Business Development and Marketing Executive
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary :
Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00 – 17.30
Department: Costs, Health Business Group
Location: Liverpool
Our client is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Leeds, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong. With more than 840 people including 175 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.
They act as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.
Role overview
What’s in it for you
This role provides the opportunity to join one of the fastest growing teams in the business and The Health team have been growing year-on-year with a team of over 150 lawyers and national coverage, they are one of the leading firms providing legal advice and support to the NHS and independent healthcare organisations.
What’s on offer for you
Here are some examples of what’s on offer for you via our benefits:
25 days annual leave
Birthday privilege day
Christmas shutdown
Holiday buy and sell and carry over scheme
Charity volunteering days
Smart working
Private medical insurance
Permanent health insurance
Health cash plan
Maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave, special leave
Life assurance
Annual travel season ticket loan
Dress for your day
Training opportunities
Introduction to the role:
This is a full mix role, providing proactive business development and marketing support to the Business Services Group (BSG).
You will work closely with the BSG Business Partner and BSG fee earners as well as drawing on specialist skills from within the Business Development and Marketing (BD&M) team and other parts of the firm, co-ordinating these individuals so the fee earners receive a single point of liaison and a ‘joined up’ service and delivery.
You will have an important role in supporting the delivery of business development and marketing activity to a high value part of the business, where you will hold key relationships with internal clients – dealing with fee earners in all our UK offices. The work is fast paced and varied and brings an excellent opportunity to continue to learn and apply your business development skills.
Our Business Services practice is a substantial group with more than 270 dedicated lawyers. As a full-service practice, we offer expertise across property, commercial litigation, corporate and employment matters.
You will be part of the BD&M team and will report to the BSG Business Partner. Although the focus of this role is to be a point of contact for the BSG all members of the wider BD&M team are expected to support the work of the wider business development and marketing plans and other parts of the firm as needed.
Key responsibilities:
Relationship and Stakeholder Management
Assisting the BSG Business Partner with drafting, developing, and implementing business development plans.
Facilitate the execution of plans through communicating with and effectively delegating activity to the wider BD&M team.
Acting as a single point of contact between the wider BD&M team and the fee earners, providing a joined-up service and delivery.
Reporting and MI
Report on progress against plans, communicating effectively and regularly with key stakeholders to manage expectations and gain input as appropriate to ensure progress.
Support BSG Business Partner to prepare and issue monthly MI pack to the BSG senior management team.
Day-to-day Marketing
Co-ordinate agreed “always on” BSG marketing activity such as events, e-newsletters and articles liaising with wider BD&M team and fee earners as appropriate.
Ensure website, intranet and other BSG marketing collateral are up to date and fit for purpose.
Build relationships with external bodies such as conference organisers
Work closely with BSG Business Partner to ensure a smooth new partner induction and onboarding process
Support BSG on cross-Business Group marketing and BD initiatives.
New Business and Client Development
Work with CRM team, BSG Business Partner and BSG fee earners to cleanse and maintain client and non-client data and marketing lists, facilitating the process between BSG and BD&M
Campaigns and Project Management
Work closely with BSG Business Partner to provide assistance on marketing projects and campaigns as required.
What we are looking for
Essential:
Experience in a similar role
Excellent organisational skills
Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
Effective communication and people skills
Attention to detail
Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
Proactive and can-do attitude and approach
Flexibility in approach and a willingness to work outside normal office hours, if required.
Desirable:
Experience in marketing planning and reporting
Mission – who we are and our approach
We act as trusted advisors to our clients, providing commercial solutions in their specialist markets for their strategic
success.
20:20 Vision – where we want to be
We want to grow a sustainable and profitable business, with a positive and inspiring culture, which places us as a top 40 law firm.
People Strategy
To create a firm we are proud of and a culture that reflects our values to deliver our ambitions of growth
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
To foster an environment of fairness, equality and respect for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, professional skills or status, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief and to create an inclusive culture that is representative of all sections of society.
Partnerships
We work with Stonewall as part of our commitment to being an LGBT friendly employer, to ensure all policies are gender inclusive and we are up to date on language and terminology. We link in with local Pride events and wear rainbow lanyards to show support to the LGBT legal community.
We work with the Social Mobility Foundation to offer work experience placements in October each year for students from low socio-economic backgrounds. We deliver a formal mentoring programme with associates and trainees mentoring students from the Social Mobility Foundation. We continually review our recruitment processes to ensure fairness and inclusion for all roles.
We are members of Working Families and work with them to ensure our policies and practices are family friendly as well as commercially viable. Working Families worked with us to develop our updated Smart Working guidelines which promotes a healthy work life balance by encouraging all employees to have a flexible approach to work in a way that is beneficial to them and to their work.
Values
Trust: We understand that trust is fundamental to how we do business, it empowers our colleagues, builds loyalty and inspires creativity.
Respect: We will maintain the highest standards of professionalism and integrity so that we foster a climate of mutual trust and confidence amongst our colleagues.
Innovation: We will embrace change, utilise our technologies and modernise our approach to business and people management.
Collaboration: We will work together and integrate across teams and in doing so share our expertise and knowledge for the benefit of the firm and our clients.
Disability Support
We will make reasonable adjustments to help you perform at your best. Please contact the Huntsman Group Recruitment Team and tell us what adjustments you need to submit an application for a vacancy, or if you require reasonable adjustment should you be invited to interview.
All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.
Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible
More Information
- Address Liverpool, Merseyside
