Business Development and Marketing Assistant

Lawrence Stephens; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000

Job description

Role Description

Our highly regarded and growing Business Development and Marketing team is looking for a new Assistant. The successful candidate will work alongside three Senior Business Development & Marketing Executives, working closely with the Head of Business Development & Marketing and other senior staff members. The Assistant will help to manage and improve the coordination, administration, and delivery of initiatives and events across the firm, adding value to the business as well as our clients.

The role will include, but not be limited to, the following tasks:

Business Development

• Assist the Senior Business Development and Marketing Executives to deliver plans to grow new and existing business.
• Co-ordinate team processes and cycles to ensure delivery deadlines are met.
• Provide fee-earners with efficient support, with a keen awareness that our most precious resource is fee earner time.
• Help the team execute campaigns, initiatives and projects in the course of the year that increases the number of companies we have contact with and builds our relationship with buyers of legal services (mix of new and existing).
• Support the onboarding of new joiners through coordinating new headshot photos, business cards, and newsletter entries.
• Provide practical support to the production of the weekly Gazette (our internal newsletter) and manage contributions from across the firm.

Marketing and Digital

• Work with other members of the team to ensure all marketing collateral has a consistent look and feel in keeping with Lawrence Stephens branding guidelines and ensure that website and intranet content is accurate, spell-checked, and up-to-date.
• Maintain lists for MBD activity and ensure relevant follow-ups are actioned.
• Co-ordinate LinkedIn updates with our PR agency and monitor the outputs.
• Co-ordinate regular firmwide social media posting schedule.
• Co-ordinate website updates and respond to ad hoc requests from across the firm regarding website content, ensuring consistency across website pages.

Events

• Assist in the execution of an agreed program of events for designated go-to-market groups, ensuring external events meet business objectives.
• Provide practical support for the organisation and execution of firmwide events, held internally and externally.
• Attend and project manage all key events with the support of the Senior Business Development & Marketing Executives where necessary.
• Help source venues, agree dates and coordinate logistics for all events, including working to a budget and negotiation of costs and contracts with suppliers.
• Project manage the production and delivery of event materials, such as invites, sales materials, and follow-up mailings.
• Support the Senior Business Development & Marketing Executives to assess the value of each event in terms of ROI and ensure all opportunities from internal events are monitored and followed up.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Strong and consistent administrative and organisational skills.
• Ideally one year’s experience in administrative, assistant, or coordination roles, ideally within a professional services organisation.
• Excellent written communication and editing skills; able to write accurate, concise, and persuasive text.
• Strong IT skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Canva.
• Good awareness of risk in daily law firm operations and confidence to raise concerns when appropriate.
• The ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks running in parallel with tight deadlines.

Company Description

Lawrence Stephens Limited is a commercial law firm based in central London, providing legal services to a wide range of clients from private individuals to SMEs and PLCs. With over twenty years of experience, the firm has built a reputation for its unique, personal approach to working with clients. Lawrence Stephens focuses on Corporate, Commercial, Real Estate Finance and Banking, Real Estate, Private Client and Succession Planning, and Commercial Litigation. “We’re a people business” and our people are at the core of what we do. Lawrence Stephens is an ambitious and growing law firm providing commercial solutions across a range of sectors, servicing an impressive client base that includes big-name Banks, international businesses, and HNWIs. We are based five minutes away from Chancery Lane and Farringdon tube stations. The office environment is an open plan workspace that encourages learning and development and a sense of camaraderie. The drinks fridge is always full and there is always coffee brewing in the canteen!