12 Month FTC: Marketing & Business Development Assistant at top US Law Firm: to £28,000

A prestigious US Law Firm is looking to hire a new Marketing & Business Development Assistant to join on an initial 12 Month FTC, being responsible for meeting the practice and business development needs of the different practice groups in the London office.  The Marketing and Business Development Assistant is expected to perform all responsibilities with a commitment to providing superior service to the Firm’s lawyers and staff, and maintaining an atmosphere of teamwork and continuous improvement.  Above all, the Marketing and Business Development Assistant must fulfil the needs of the Firm in a manner which is consistent with the Firm’s Core Values.  Responsibilities will include assisting with the preparation of business development presentations, briefings and new business proposals, maintaining library of collateral materials and marketing information about the practices, maintaining current and accurate experience lists, descriptions and case studies for use in marketing and business development efforts, coordinate updates to practice materials and lawyer biographies on firm’s external Web site and internal proposal database, maintain and update mailing lists in firm marketing database – InterAction – to enable external communication, assist with practice, industry and office-related events, sponsorships and memberships to facilitate the development of the practices and to increase local visibility, assist with formatting submissions for legal directories including Chambers and Legal 500, perform various administrative tasks for the London BD team including research, maintaining the Firm’s contact database (InterAction), processing invoices, updating activity reports, booking meeting rooms and other administrative duties.  Candidates must have a minimum of 12 months experience working within a similar role, excellent written, oral and communication skills and someone with fantastic education.