Job Title: Senior Marketing & Business Development Coordinator, West Coast
Company: Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Location: San Francisco or Sacramento
Job Description:
The Senior Marketing & Business Development (MBD) Coordinator will have the exciting opportunity to utilize their marketing and business development expertise in a highly-visible role, servicing clients in California. The Senior Coordinator will formulate, project manage, and implement initiatives as assigned by the California Regional MBD Team Lead, as well as being a direct business development resource to local stakeholders. The Senior Coordinator will take ownership of programs throughout the region, developing them from conception through execution. This will require the ability to lead, influence, and manage a team of stakeholders that includes attorneys, administrative staff, and colleagues at all levels. Candidate should be highly motivated with an attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently. Strong business skills including written and verbal communications are essential. This position can be locat ed in either the San Francisco or Sacramento office.
Job Description
The Senior Coordinator will assist the California Regional MBD Team Lead in driving the business development and marketing activities of multiple practice groups in our California offices (Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco).
Assist with carrying out regional business goals by leading check-ins with action teams, gathering input/data, and following up to ensure that steps are being taken to meet goals in a timely manner.
Identify and support brand-building opportunities; Manage external marketing events and sponsorships by acting as point person with attorneys, event planner, design group, local office staff and others as needed.
Proposal and pitch development. Participate in team meetings, gather input/data, draft responses and materials, and work with the firm’s designers to ensure that final product is effective, accurate and delivered on-time. It may also involve research on potential clients.
Knowledge management. Assist national teams in collecting attorney representative experience and compile such into effective tools for use in business development.
Assist attorneys with bio updates, maintain local office brochure inventory, and cover other day-to-day marketing responsibilities as needed.
This position will be supported by the California Regional support team, which includes a coordinator; as well as a shared administrative assistant (in the San Francisco office).
Qualifications
Undergraduate degree.
Five years work experience, with a minimum of three years direct experience in marketing or business development in a professional services environment (law firm experience strongly preferred, although other professional service experience will be considered); a strong focus on customer service.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and a demonstrated ability to work with attorneys and/or service professionals, colleagues and other stakeholders at all levels.
Superior organizational and project management skills, attention to detail, and the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to thrive in a collaborative, entrepreneurial, team-based culture.
An ability to be practical and focused while thinking creatively and completing tasks in a timely manner.
Demonstrated resourcefulness and self-directed behavior; a talent for listening actively and well.
Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook required. Knowledge of Interaction, Qorus Breeze or another proposal software, Tikit or iManage a plus.