Legal Staff Marketing in Los Angeles, CA

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Los Angeles, CA

Legal Staff Marketing in Los Angeles, CA

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1-5 yrs required

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Date Posted: 10/8/2021
Temporary Business Development Manager - Work Remotely with **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***.

Law Firm Seeking Temporary Business Development Manager for Employment and Corporate Practices

Job Title: Temporary Business Development Manager
Department: Business Development
Experience: 5+ years in professional service organization (law firm experience preferred)
Duration: 6-9 months with potential for full-time conversion
Location: Remote, with option to work from any of Davis Wright Tremaine's 11 offices nationwide
Salary: Hourly rate of , based on location and experience

**MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***., a leading AmLaw 100 law firm, is seeking a Temporary Business Development Manager to join our team. This is a remote position with the flexibility to work from any of our 11 offices nationwide. The successful candidate will have 5+ years of experience in a professional service organization, with at least 1 year in a leadership or management role. The position will last 6-9 months, with potential for conversion to a full-time opportunity for the right candidate.

Responsibilities:

- Develop a deep understanding of the Firm's practice areas, including services, expertise, clients, and competitors. Serve as a firm-wide 'connector' who helps facilitate internal knowledge sharing and cross-practice selling.
- Build strong business relationships with lawyers throughout the Firm.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop, execute, and track various business development projects, including identifying opportunities to expand existing client work and enhancing cross-selling opportunities within the Firm's practice and industry groups.
- Provide support for specific new business pursuits, including pitches, RFP responses, and capabilities presentations.
- Develop and implement programs to enhance the service provided by the team, including creating custom proposals, tracking opportunities and leads, calculating ROI on events and sponsorships, collecting experience data, and implementing a sales-focused CRM.
- Monitor market, industry, and competitive trends for Firm practice groups. Conduct research related to clients, prospects, industry segments, and competitors.
- Manage key practice group information, including experience, client profiles, market intelligence, and contact lists.
- Collaborate with the Marketing Department to develop new external marketing collateral and update content on the Firm's website.
- Work with the Head of Public Relations & Strategic Communications to develop and raise practice area profiles through submission of rankings, surveys, league tables, sponsorships, and practice group events.
- Support other administrative functions as appropriate at the practice levels with direct and regular interface with other business services support teams.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or related disciplines and/or combination of relevant experience preferred.
- 5+ years of experience within a professional service organization (law firm experience preferred).
- 1+ years of leadership, supervisory, or management experience.
- Ability to establish credibility with legal personnel at all levels of the Firm.
- Demonstrates an efficient mix of confidence, tact, patience, and persistence.
- Intellectual curiosity and eagerness to understand the Firm's mission and business priorities, practice activities, and related market dynamics.
- Commitment to client service.
- Elevated levels of organization, communication, and writing skills.
- Flexibility and resourcefulness.
- Elevated level of proficiency with all Microsoft programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Demonstrates initiative-taking drive and follow-up on projects while thinking outside of the box.
- Previous record with identifying, developing, and implementing best practices to expand cross-selling opportunities that yield high realization successes.
- Strong multitasking and project management skills and understanding how to prioritize projects.
- Demonstrates confidence and ability to work independently to enhance communications within and across practice groups, offices, and members of management.
- Ability to drive, maintain, and execute traction with business development efforts.
- Collaboration with the practice management team, the marketing team, outside vendors and consultants, and other administrative professional staff.
- Travel may be required.

Why Work for **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***.:

- Challenging assignments and opportunities for professional growth.
- Culture of inclusion and authenticity.
- Voice and support for all employees regardless of position.
- Commitment to client service.
- Generous benefits package, including telemedicine, employee assistance programs, wellness benefits, and more.
- Emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion, with a four-pillar framework of Community, Growth, Education, and Engagement.
- Reasonable accommodations for those with disabilities or religious reasons.

Application Instructions:

To apply for this position, please click on the link below to be directed to our corporate careers page. We look forward to hearing from you!

Temporary Business Development Manager - Work Remotely with **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***.

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Job Status: Contract/Temporary
Date Posted: 10/8/2021