Marketing and Business Development Coordinator

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Job Title
Marketing and Business Development Coordinator - Antitrust & Competition, International Trade & Investment, and Public Law & Policy

Department
Marketing and Business Development

Office Location
London

Reports To
Marketing and Business Development Manager

Working Hours
35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns. Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office, please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.

Firm Description
Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms. Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of our practice, on deep industry knowledge, and on our 'one team' global approach. Formed through the combination of two top international law firms, Hogan Lovells has over 40 offices in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

With a presence in the world's major financial and commercial markets, we are well placed to provide excellent business-oriented advice to our clients locally and internationally. Our people are the key to our success, which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice.

Department Description
Our Marketing and Business Development (M&BD) department supports the firm on a wide range of business development, marketing, and client relationship management activities. We work collaboratively across these activities through dedicated M&BD teams aligned to Practice Groups, Clients and Industries, Regions, Corporate Communications (includes Public Relations, Brand, Design, Events, and Digital, and Pitches and Pursuits).

Role Overview
We are recruiting for an enthusiastic, organised, collaborative, and capable Marketing and Business Development Coordinator to support our Antitrust and Competition, International Trade and Investment, and Public Law and Policy regulatory practices, together with communication and events projects to support our regional activity. This position will be based in London and will have a specific focus in helping to implement and drive forward projects designed to raise the profile and grow both practices. This role is an important part of our broader well-organised, supportive, creative, international team of M&BD professionals supporting the firm's Global Regulatory and Intellectual Property Practice Group.

Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities
Business Development

• Primary responsibility for organising, editing, and formatting pitches and proposals in coordination with lawyers and other M&BD colleagues to respond to pitch opportunities and RFPs in a coordinated, strategic, and timely way.
• Support lawyers in executing their client development programs including relationship nurturing (events, thought leadership mailings, social media postings, etc.).
• Working with partners to raise their, and the firm's profile, to generate cross-selling and business opportunities through award submissions, multi-media projects, internal promotion, and external PR / social media.
• Contribute to the development, implementation, measurement and reporting of strategic business development programs.

Research

• Read industry, legal, and business publications to remain aware of trends that may impact the practice and to identify promotional opportunities.
• Conduct market research using firm resources on relevant issues and produce client target business summaries.

Marketing

• Assist in the creation and regular update of marketing collateral, including web content, brochures, practice group descriptions and credentials, and matter descriptions.
• Compile all of the information for practice newsletters and London office quarterly newsletter and create draft versions for review by the M&BD Manager.
• Support the directory submission process, maintaining the UK submissions and awards summary and assist in the drafting descriptions that feature key legal matters and identification of client references.
• Contribute to building and organise quality data resources that enable more efficient marketing by regularly inputting relevant data (matters, pitches, contact lists) to firm systems including our in-house experience management system, foundation.
• Contribute to integrated campaigns to help raise profile and awareness with existing and potential clients.
• Support logistical execution and programmatic planning for events, (including webinars), that strategically support business development objectives including practice and EMEA regional activity.
• Develop digital content promoting thought leadership, programs, lawyer recognitions, and more.
• Ensure that the practice and regional intranet pages are kept up to date.
• Help to leverage content on social media (Clearview Social).
• Help manage ad hoc requests for practice-specific materials and information from additional firm stakeholders, including fellow M&BD teams and lawyers.

Specific duties or responsibilities may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changes in personnel and management structure, staff location or services.
All members of the firm participate in our Responsible Business program.
Person Specification
Qualifications And Training

• 3+ years of relevant experience, preferably in a legal, similar professional services industry.
• Experience working independently in a collaborative, professional environment.
• Experience in InDesign, iPublish, and InterAction or other CRM systems is desirable.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

General Attributes

• Strong organisational skills and an ability to prioritise and complete simultaneous projects.
• Strong client service-oriented mindset.
• Ability to think critically and demonstrate a can-do attitude with a high level of initiative and an openness to feedback.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure.
• Strong writing skills and an exacting attention to detail in all work product.
• Enjoys and / or is enthusiastic about working on an international team with colleagues from around the world.
• Enthusiasm and dedication to the development of a professional services marketing career.

Agile Working Statement
Our goal is to embed flexibility across our business by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

Equal Opportunities Employment Statement
It is the policy of Hogan Lovells to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion. Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of racial or ethnic origin, religion, sex , gender and gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital and civil partnership status, pregnancy or disability.

All vacancies are open to direct applicants. Recruitment agencies; please be advised that we have a preferred supplier list in place for all roles.