Overview
In this role you will lead the firm’s legal directories and rankings programme to enhance market reputation and support growth. You will collaborate with senior partners and cross-functional teams to shape submission strategies and showcase DAC Beachcroft’s expertise. You will drive innovation and process improvement, including tech-enabled solutions, to strengthen the firm’s profile in directories like Chambers and Legal 500. This is a high-visibility, strategic position within the Clients & Markets function with a strong impact on recognition and business development.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end management of the legal directories and rankings programme (Chambers, Legal 500 and others)
- Develop submission strategies, planning cycles and governance across the firm
- Draft, edit and refine high-quality submissions highlighting expertise and client outcomes
- Collaborate with lawyers and business services to identify key matters, referees and evidence
- Manage submission timelines and stakeholder engagement to meet deadlines and quality standards
- Analyze rankings outcomes, researcher feedback and competitor activity to inform improvements
- Produce reports and recommendations to support future submission strategies
- Leverage submissions for awards and profile-raising initiatives
- Act as subject matter expert on legal directories and rankings
- Advise partners on submission strategy, researcher engagement and interview prep
- Collaborate with BD, Marketing, Communications and Clients & Markets to maximise value of rankings
- Ensure firm profiles across directory platforms are accurate and aligned with priorities
- Maintain and enhance tracking systems, reporting tools and submission processes
- Explore tech-enabled solutions to support delivery and reporting
Key requirements
- Experience managing legal directory submissions (Chambers and Legal 500) in a law firm or professional services
- Outstanding writing and editing skills for client-focused content
- Excellent project management and organisational skills
- Strong stakeholder management, including influencing senior leaders
- Experience analysing rankings performance and market intelligence
- Exceptional attention to detail and high-quality delivery
- Confidence with Microsoft 365 and digital collaboration tools
- Proactive, self-motivated with ability to manage multiple priorities
- Strong written communication
- Stakeholder management
- Attention to detail
- Microsoft 365
- CRM/SharePoint awareness
- Workflow or project management systems
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