Strategic Legal BD & Marketing Specialist

Considine Search; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Considine Search, a leading national law firm, seeks an experienced marketing and business development professional to support its Litigation and Labor & Employment Departments. The Business Development & Marketing Specialist will collaborate with Department leaders to advance client relationships, BD initiatives, and brand awareness.

The role emphasizes understanding practice groups, supporting BD programs, RFPs, content updates, events, e-communications, and cross-department collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 4+ years of marketing and/or business development in legal or professional services.
• Experience in Litigation and/or Labor & Employment marketing encouraged.
• Strong communication and project management skills.
• Ability to work with executives and adapt to changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of practice groups, attorneys, competition, and clients to inform opportunities and expand relationships and brand awareness.
• Support development and execution of BD initiatives, programs, events, activities, and strategies for the Departments and practice groups, independently or with the Senior Department Marketing Manager.
• Support RFP and pitch responses, including drafting targeted materials and maintaining proposal tracking database.
• Ensure department content is compelling and up to date (website pages, attorney bios, pitch materials).
• Coordinate and support development, execution, and follow-up of internal and client-facing events with events team support.
• Coordinate e-communications including eAlerts and blog posts, monthly department emails, and other communications.
• Foster collaborative conversations among lawyers and within Marketing to connect the dots across departments.
• Collaborate with PR to advance profile-raising in the market.
• Coordinate and draft content for external submissions (Chambers, Legal 500, etc.) and collect matter descriptions and references.
• Monitor knowledge/experience management efforts and InterAction client data updates.
• Assist with marketing budget and invoice processing.
• Conduct research and competitive analysis of practices and industries.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Marketing & BD

Client relationships

Project management

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Considine Search, a leading national law firm, seeks an experienced marketing and business development professional to support its Litigation and Labor & Employment Departments. The Business Development & Marketing Specialist will collaborate with Department leaders to advance client relationships, BD initiatives, and brand awareness.

The role emphasizes understanding practice groups, supporting BD programs, RFPs, content updates, events, e-communications, and cross-department collaboration.