BD Specialist (12 month FTC)

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Specialist to join our growing Marketing team.

Department Purpose
Our business development, marketing and communication teams contribute to the setting and achievement of the firm's business objectives, which includes supporting our partners and associates in their pursuit of becoming our clients' trusted advisers, building and maintaining long-lasting, deep institutional client relationships, winning new clients, increasing the visibility of the firm globally, and positioning the firm as the thought leader and most advanced law firm among the global elite law firms. The function works as one team across the globe with very close collaboration between the central teams and professionals supporting offices, practice groups, sectors and clients.

This role is responsible for supporting the business development activities of the London team and the wider Restructuring global network. This also includes supporting the Business Development Manager in delivery of marketing activities that contribute to the global Restructuring strategy.

What you will do

• Working with BD colleagues, knowledge lawyers, and fee earners to create and deliver tailored marketing campaigns for market profiling and client communication activities in pursuit of the larger global Restructuring strategy.
• Supporting the delivery of first drafts of business proposals, credentials statements (baseline documents for matter pitches, panel pitches), brochures, inserts, and contact cards.
• Supporting submissions for legal directories and awards for the Restructuring team.
• Contributing to the delivery of successful small scale and large scale client events such as roundtables, client seminars, and annual client dinners, to raise awareness of our expertise in key product areas.
• Working closely with knowledge lawyers and internal teams to bring thought leadership to market across multiple channels, e.g., blogs, podcasts, bulletins.
• Supporting the creation of campaign content, including writing/editing copy for web, social media, and email marketing elements.
• Continuously developing the BD infrastructure for Restructuring. Developing and maintaining effective processes for the team.
• Supporting trade organization and industry body relationships key to the Restructuring practice.
• Working to internally profile the Restructuring practice within the firm and across interactions with other BD teams.

What you will have

• Minimum of two years' experience in a Marketing or Business Development role, preferably within professional services or the legal industry.
• Degree-level qualification in Marketing or a related field, or substantial equivalent experience.
• A general understanding of the finance industry (including banks, fintechs, payment services providers, and financial market infrastructure) would be an advantage.
• Ability to keep calm under pressure with the capability to juggle tasks to meet short deadlines.
• Ability to project manage workflow, and prioritize deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Very high attention to detail.
• Good interpersonal skills, able to confidently interact with all levels and across cultures.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

What we can offer you

We recognise that our people are our most valuable asset, which is reflected in the wide range of benefits that are available to our employees. Some of these benefits include: our occupational pension scheme, group income protection cover, private medical insurance, mental health resources and free apps, health and wellbeing services encompassing GP service, emergency back-up care support, parental and special leave, holiday entitlement increasing with length of service, holiday trading, online discounts and lifestyle management services.

We recognise the value of flexible working and embrace hybrid working, allowing our people to work from home up to 40% of their working time. We do, however, remain committed to working together in person for the remaining 60% of time so that we can learn, grow and succeed together.

Should you require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or a health condition, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our recruitment team who will work with you to provide any adjustments as required.

We are an equal opportunities recruiter and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

If this role is not of interest we may have another suitable opportunity here for you at A&O Shearman! Visit our careers portal at A&O Shearman Careers and submit your CV to our Talent Network to be notified when the perfect opportunity becomes available.