Marketing and Business Development Executive

At BCLP, we’ve built our firm on the foundations of thinking differently. Curious, inquisitive and unbound by tradition, we’re building change within our sector and beyond. It starts with our people, which is why we need a Marketing & Business Development Executive to join our team at BCLP. Our function has been built in a non-traditional way for the legal sector, bringing together specialists from diverse backgrounds including BD, PR, communications, media, digital and operations. This blend of expertise creates a dynamic, energetic team environment that nurtures fresh perspectives and gives the firm a genuine competitive advantage.

We take a holistic approach to marketing and business development, with the goal to help our lawyers win more work and make new connections. Because we are so transparently aligned to this core strategic objective, we enjoy full buy‑in from the business including senior management, who have a clear view of how our work contributes to the overall success of the firm.

Purpose of the job

This important role exists to support the Business Development (BD) Directors and go‑to‑market teams in the delivery of high‑level, quality and innovative business development, marketing and communication initiatives. Working as a collaborative member of the firm’s shared support team in ‘The Hub’, this role will provide executive support across a broad range of exciting business development and marketing initiatives and projects.

Why join the Hub?

The Hub sits at the very heart of the BD, marketing and communications team at BCLP. Hub team members will have the opportunity to work across the full spectrum of BD, marketing and communications activities in all practice groups and sectors. The Hub team will offer agile assistance, delivering valuable additional and flexible support to work on priority clients, practice/sector groups and markets, as the need arises. This exciting role will enable Hub team members to learn a range of valuable skills, strengthening existing competencies and developing strong and lasting relationships across the firm, while gaining new insights and deepening knowledge. Full training will be provided.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Business development: Supporting across the spectrum of BD to help in developing new business opportunities and deepen existing client relationships. This might include research, creating business development collateral, CRM assistance, involvement in pitches, press and social media searches, management of invitation lists and follow‑ups.
• Practice and sector groups: Working flexibly across the different teams to provide hands‑on executive support in the implementation of plans and projects.
• Directories: Supporting the team in the creation and submission of Directory entries in Chambers and Legal 500.
• Marketing campaigns: Working with the wider team to support with the implementation of campaigns. This might include working with brand and design, updating invitations, supporting events, mailshots, communications, website updates, social media posts and event follow‑ups.
• Communications: Helping the team with internal communications, creating posts using standard templates, tracking activity and assisting with reporting, helping with client alerts.
• Digital, social media and website: Posting content onto website pages and social media, supporting with sourcing imagery, photography and infographics.
• Operations support: Ad hoc operations support as needed.
• Presentations: Updating and editing client and internal presentations.
• Global support: Acting as part of a wider global team who collaborate and support each other on a global basis.
• Digital skills: Keeping up‑to‑date with digital tools and applications to provide support with design, postings and formatting (training will be provided).

Key relationships

• Key partners and fee‑earners
• Wider marketing team including CRM, campaigns, design, digital, events, international
• The Hub management and team
• Business Services teams as required (e.g. Practice Economics, Knowledge Management, Finance & Accounting)

Skills and experience required

• Degree‑educated, ideally with a Marketing (CIM) qualification.
• Marketing and/or Business Development experience.
• Self‑motivated and proactive.
• Happy to work flexibly with agility across the business.
• Highly organised with impeccable attention to detail.
• Excellent written communication and project management skills.
• Able to manage competing priorities, requiring multi‑tasking and working to tight deadlines.
• Enthusiastic and eager to learn.
• Professional, confident and at ease with all seniority levels.
• Good digital and social media skills.
• Sunny disposition and positive outlook.

At Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner we understand the value of a diverse workforce and we believe people perform at their best when they can truly be themselves at work. We aim to create an inclusive environment where all our employees are valued, motivated and able to be themselves. In order to provide the best possible service to our diverse client base, we are committed to recruiting, retaining, rewarding and developing our people with regard to their abilities and contributions and without reference to their background, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, socio‑economic status, political belief, disability or any other protected characteristic.