Manager, Awards and Rankings

NRF United Kingdom; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP seeks a Manager, Awards and Rankings to raise the firm’s profile by leading nominations for awards, surveys, and rankings. The role partners with the PR & Communications team to develop compelling narratives for lawyers and clients, ensuring timely submissions and strategic calendar management.

Based in a hybrid location (Austin, Dallas, Houston or San Antonio), you will collaborate with senior leadership, prepare lawyers for interviews, and coordinate award events

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least eight years of relevant experience in public relations, corporate communications, marketing or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead awards- and rankings-focused initiatives and nominations for firms, practice groups, lawyers and clients.
• Oversee surveys and industry rankings participation, collaborating with management to shape responses.
• Advise firm leadership on opportunities and participation in directories, surveys and awards.

Tools

Microsoft Office

AI tools

Job description

Job Description At Norton Rose Fulbright, people thrive because of a shared commitment to quality, unity and integrity. The highly regarded law firm consistently receives recognition from Great Place to Work and Top Workplaces, two companies that specialize in assessing organizational culture. Teams collaborate across regions, value new ideas and deliver meaningful client solutions, supported by a culture that embraces ambition, development and shared success. With more than 3,000 lawyers and 3,000 business services professionals working together across 50 offices worldwide, this global law firm provides a full range of legal services to leading corporations and financial institutions operating in key markets and sectors.

The Manager, Awards and Rankings plays a key role in the firm’s PR and Communications team, part of the broader Marketing and Business Development Department. The position is primarily responsible for raising the profile of the firm and its lawyers through strategic participation in legal directories, surveys and awards. This hybrid position may be based in Austin, Dallas, Houston or San Antonio and requires flexibility to visit the office for trainings or meetings on an as-needed basis. This role reports to the firm’s Director, Public Relations and Communications.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Play an important role in the PR and communications team’s efforts to elevate the firm’s profile, leading awards- and rankings-focused initiatives.
• Develop compelling, high-impact nominations for awards and other recognition opportunities involving the firm, practice groups, individual lawyers and clients.
• Oversee the firm’s strategy and participation in industry-specific, workplace-focused and regional surveys, collaborating with firm management to develop and shape responses.
• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to firm leadership on legal directory, survey and award opportunities and participation.
• Interview lawyers to identify compelling narratives and differentiators that strengthen nominations and submissions.
• Manage an awards-focused editorial calendar across regional, legal and trade publications, maintaining and continually refining a strategic pipeline of opportunities.
• Lead the firm’s employee engagement survey strategy, overseeing data analysis and presenting insights and recommendations to firm leadership.
• Prepare lawyers for key interviews with legal directory and survey researchers and editors.
• Support publicity for legal directory rankings and award recognition across the firm’s website, social channels, lawyer CVs and marketing materials.
• Manage the firm’s submission strategy and research schedule for key legal directories, partnering closely with business development leadership to meet critical deadlines.
• Contribute to broader marketing and communications initiatives as needed.
• Coordinate the firm’s participation in award events, including managing logistics for finalists and winners.

Other duties:

Please note this job description does not cover or contain all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree and at least eight years of relevant experience in public relations, corporate communications, marketing or a related field.
• Strong judgment and attention to detail, with the ability to independently manage high-profile, deadline-driven projects involving multiple stakeholders.
• Significant experience in the legal or professional services industry strongly preferred.
• Extensive experience writing and editing for external audiences, with a proven ability to produce compelling, polished and accurate copy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with exceptional command of English grammar, usage and style.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to enhance quality and efficiency where appropriate.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with professionals at all levels of the organization, including senior leadership.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Superior organizational and project management skills, with the ability to successfully manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and the ability to quickly learn new technologies and platforms.
• Demonstrate and promote our business principles of quality, unity and integrity.

Benefits:

• Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is committed to providing employees with a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that supports you, your health, and your family.
• Benefit packages include access to three medical insurance plans, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance.
• Employees can also access pre-tax benefits such as health savings and flexible spending accounts.
• Norton Rose Fulbright helps provide financial security by allowing employees to participate in a 401(k) savings plan and profit‑sharing plans if eligible.
• Full-time employees are eligible to access fertility benefits designed to support fertility and family-forming journeys.
• Employees may also access commuter benefits where applicable and student loan assistance refinancing options.
• In addition to the Firm’s health and welfare benefits above, we offer a competitive paid time off plan, which provides a minimum of 20 days off based on your role and tenure with the firm.
• The firm offers a generous paid maternity leave and paid paternity leave (parental leave) benefit allowing parents to take a minimum of 14 weeks of paid leave to bond with your newborn or adopted child(ren).
• Employees may also access child care support through a back-up care program.
• Employees are also entitled to 11 Firm holidays.

Legal Notices:

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal laws and their implementing regulations that require the collection and recording of certain data and information. The information we receive will not be used to make any decision regarding employment and will be kept separate from your application. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law.

Right to Work Information:

Norton Rose Fulbright US is committed to providing reasonable accommodation as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities. If you require assistance of accommodation to complete your application, please contact [e-mail]. When submitting your request, please provide your contact information and a description of the accommodation needed or the accessibility barrier you are experiencing. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

Pay Transparency - Nondiscrimination Provision:

The firm will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c). E-Verify is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This business uses E-Verify in its hiring practices to achieve a lawful workforce.

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Norton Rose Fulbright provides a full scope of legal services to the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions. The global law firm has more than 3,000 lawyers advising clients across locations in the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. With its global business principles of quality, unity and integrity, Norton Rose Fulbright is recognized for its client service in key industries, including financial institutions; energy, infrastructure and resources; technology; transport; life sciences and healthcare; and consumer markets.