Marketing Coordinator - Business Development

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Paid time off

Job summary

A leading law firm in Kansas City seeks a Marketing Assistant to support business development and marketing efforts. Responsibilities include assisting with proposals, coordinating events, and maintaining databases. Ideal candidates will have experience in marketing, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple tasks. The firm offers a competitive salary alongside benefits such as medical, dental, vision, and a generous retirement plan.

Qualifications

• Experience in marketing support and business development.
• Ability to coordinate and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Support marketing business development efforts and assist with pitches.
• Coordinate marketing events, manage RSVPs, invoices, and shipping.
• Maintain accuracy of marketing systems and BD materials.
• Track project status and outcomes of pitches, proposals, and meetings.
• Provide backup support to the Marketing department as needed.
• Collaborate with marketing and other departments to ensure accuracy of BD materials.

Skills

Marketing support

Event planning

Proposal writing

Database management

Proofreading

Tools

CRM systems

MS Office

Print production

Job description

Works within the firm's Marketing Department and supports marketing business development efforts, primarily assisting with a wide variety of pitch/proposal/client meeting materials and brochures; marketing event materials; and ensuring that internal business development databases and project files/records are up-to-date, thorough, and accurate.

This role also includes supporting the planning and execution of marketing events, including managing invitations and RSVPs, coordinating invoicing, and overseeing the shipping of materials.

Helps with requested pitches, proposals, and RFP responses, including gathering content from existing databases, proofreading/editing content, formatting materials in existing templates, and assisting with print production and delivery.

Supports marketing and business development events, including assisting with event planning and logistics; managing event invitations and RSVPs; coordinating invoicing and expense tracking; and overseeing the shipping, receipt, and return of event materials.

Provides administrative and logistical support for legal industry rankings and awards submissions, including assisting with data gathering, drafting support materials, tracking deadlines, and coordinating information with attorneys and the marketing team.

Tracks status of projects and outcomes, and follows up as needed to pinpoint the end result of pitches/proposals/RFPs/meetings.

Helps keep marketing systems, including experience and CRM databases, up to date.

Helps maintain updated content of all BD materials, including practice brochures, office brochures, client lists, mailing lists, case/work summaries, BD databases, and internal project files.

Collaborates with members of the marketing team and other departments as necessary to ensure the ongoing accuracy and thoroughness of BD materials, including case summaries and experience descriptions.

Monitors internal and external resources to stay abreast of firm and industry activities/trends that offer opportunities to enhance the department's ability to provide best-practices BD services to our attorney clients.

Assists as needed with BD research, including gathering information on firm clients, prospective clients, and competitors from a variety of internal and external sources.

Helps create metrics to allow BD team to continually analyze and improve our efforts/projects.

Maintains library of exemplar BD project samples and templates.

Coordinates internal meetings and agendas as necessary.

Provides backup services to the Marketing department on an as-needed basis.

Benefits Statement

Shook, Hardy & Bacon provides a competitive salary and comprehensive salary and benefits package for professional staff which includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement plan with a generous contribution plan, and paid time off.