Business Development and Marketing Coordinator

New York, NY

Summary

The Business Development & Marketing Coordinator will work alongside the Business Development & Marketing (“BDM”) Director and team, along with various administrative teams, on the implementation of Firm marketing, business development, and communications initiatives. This position will be a dual role combining administrative support and project management duties. 

Critical Success Factors

The Business Development and Marketing Coordinator will be a self-starter, who is flexible, innovative, collaborative, forward-thinking, resourceful and attentive to detail. This candidate must have strong organization skills and be able to multi-task and prioritize, as well as have strong client service skills.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Providing direct administrative support to the BDM Director.
• Liaising between the BDM department and other administrative departments (Recruiting, Diversity, Professional Development, Pro Bono).
• Providing support for Firm and practice group events.
• Tracking and updating various BDM files and working with the BDM managers on maintaining files.
• Maintaining the BDM calendar of events, deadlines, and PTO requests.
• Working with the BDM Director and Firm partners on creating an agenda for the monthly partnership meetings.
• Creating agenda for the weekly BDM team meetings.
• Compiling and organizing notes from various meetings.
• Creating the monthly BDM Report to be distributed Firm-wide.
• Working with the BDM Director and Managers to assist in internal meeting logistics, agendas, and ad hoc requests.
• Working with the BDM Director on the BDM budget, forecasting, and reconciliation.
• Coordinating and disseminating information pertaining to the Firm’s communication inbox.
• Assisting the BDM Managers on the organization of marketing promotional items.
• Keeping track of vendor lists and managing vendor contracts.
• Conducting Contact Manager searches.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in business, marketing, communications, or related field.
• 2-3 years in law firm or similar related field.
• Excellent computer literacy with Microsoft Office suite of applications; WordPress, Adobe Photoshop a plus.
• Basic Internet research skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to positively interact with attorneys and staff.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Flexibility, team-oriented, with the ability to work independently.
• Ability to multi-task and manage competing deadlines.
• Ability to work extended hours, as needed.