Practice Development Coordinator-Corporate and Tax Departments

New York, NY or Chicago, IL 

Job Description

A global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world, is currently seeking a Practice Development Coordinator-Corporate and Tax Departments to join our winning team, located in either Chicago or New York. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service.  They are driven by our core values: respect, innovation and collaboration.

As a Practice Development Coordinator-Corporate and Tax Departments you will support the global marketing and business development activities for the Practice Groups within the aforementioned departments, spending a majority of time working with the Public Company Representation Practice and the Tax Practices. As a member of the Practice Development team, you will work in conjunction with the Practice Development Sr. Coordinator – Private Equity and Practice Development Sr. Manager-Corporate and to support the strategic plans and business development goals of the Global Department Chairs (GDCs) and Practice Group Chairs (PGCs), while accomplishing these and other critical functions:

• Supporting the GDCs and PGCs with the development and implementation of firmwide business development activities as well as operational and management projects.
• Collecting, aggregating, auditing, and producing reports on information regarding the experience and successes for the practices. Using information to create internal practice communications and develop pitch book materials.
• Developing and maintaining new and existing department and practice-specific marketing materials (liaising with lawyers and other BD members as needed). This includes, but is not limited to, experience lists, practice profiles, PowerPoint presentations, tout sheets, case studies, and external web content.
• Preparing responses to legal directories. Liaising with the PR team and office BD teams as needed.
• Acting as a lead resource to maintain and enhance experience data, including entering, reviewing and extracting detailed matter information as well as improving data quality and search/reporting functionality in the firm’s experience database.
• Conducting market research in concert with GSO finance and library teams regarding clients and prospective clients, competitors and market share.
• Leading the collection of deal and case data from lawyers for quarterly league table reporting and other annual survey submissions. Tracking league table ranking and awards results and reporting to GDCs and/or PGCs, Public Relations (PR), and Business Development (BD) teams.
• Providing statistical analysis regarding clients, prospective clients, deal/matter flow and market share.
• Collaborating with office BD teams on the development and production of major, enterprise-wide pitches, presentations and Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for assigned practices.
• Collaborating with the Global Client Programs team and office BD members on global or multi-office events (seminars, conferences, client dinners and webcasts) for the groups.
• Managing practice group sponsorships, including internal and external coordination of deadlines and deliverables and regular evaluation of existing and new sponsorships.
• Preparing and distributing internal newsletters and communications to relevant practice groups and BD team members
• Collaborating with production team to publish and promote thought leadership
• Planning for and leading regular calls with practice group chairs
• Maintaining BD intranet pages with the most current practice group information including rankings, awards and marketing materials.
• Working with members of the PR team and/or relevant office BD teams to ensure that significant matters are publicized externally and internally as appropriate.
• Expanding practice-specific mailing lists using the firm’s Customer Relations Management system in conjunction with members of the firm’s InterAction team.
• Assisting with and/or implementing other special projects.
• Promoting effective work practices, working as a team member, and showing respect for co-workers.

As a Practice Development Coordinator-Corporate and Tax Departments, you will be expected to apply your organizational and communication skills while displaying a positive, high-energy attitude. The successful Practice Development Coordinator-Corporate and Tax Departments must have knowledge of core marketing principals including internal communications, public relations, seminar/event planning, branding, market research, competitive intelligence, credentials, and RFP response preparation. The Coordinator will display the confidence and discipline to work independently and provide concise and specific recommendations to Senior Management, as well as exhibit an advanced ability to perceive and analyze problems and develop alternative strategies to solve them. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership and project management skills, well developed and professional interpersonal skills, excellent proofreading skills, and a high level of attention to details. The Coordinator must have strong analytical skills for primary duties of reviewing and interpreting large quantities of data as well as summarizing data conclusions. The successful candidate will have the ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with the appropriate discretion, as well as advanced knowledge of PC applications, including the entire suite of MS Office applications (MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

A Bachelor’s degree is required. A focus in Marketing, Business Administration or related field is also desired. Two (2) to three (3) years’ experience in marketing/communications/public relations in a professional services organization, preferably in a law firm practice, is desired.