Business Development & Marketing Executive
| Company Name: | Clyde & Co |
| Employment Type: | Full Time |
| Location: | Dubai |
| Experience: | 2-5 years |
| Degree: | Bachelor |
| Gender: | Any |
| Age: | Any |
| Nationality: | Any |
| Salary: | Unspecified |
| No. Of Vacancies: | 1 |
| Job Description: |
| The Team To support and drive the ambitions of a dynamic, complex, and growing business, we are building the world’s leading Business Development, Marketing & Communications function. This role will sit in the firm’s Middle East & Africa BD & Marketing team. Job Purpose The Business Development & Marketing Executive is required to support the MEA BD & Marketing department in implementing sector and practice plans through coordinating and assisting with the full spectrum of marketing and business development activities. Key Responsibilities Business development • Supporting the team in the implementation of sector and practice business plans. • Working with the team to prepare proposals and capability statements for the MEA region and working with global BD team on multi-office opportunities. • Assisting with client relationship management programmes, including collation and analysis of client feedback. • Providing ad hoc support to revenue generating initiatives such as client and market research. • Identifying projects to improve efficiency within the team. • Proactively maintaining and improving team precedents and processes. Marketing and communications • Working with the team to create client mailings via vuture, managing distribution and reporting on engagement statistics. • Contributing to the legal directory process, including managing submissions, interviews, and reporting back to the business. • Coordinating and communicating the internal marketing diary on weekly basis. • Managing the production of brochures and key marketing materials. • Creating and maintaining content on the firm’s website. • Maintaining team resources such as experience and CV databases. Event management • Working with the team to manage client events from start to finish. • Reporting and analysis of the ROI of events. • Attending events and providing ‘on site’ management. • Managing event lists including coordinating the invitation list to ensure a high-quality of attendees. • Liaising with key vendors to arrange necessary logistics. • Arranging conference sponsorships. CRM • Championing the use of the firm’s CRM database and providing training and support to users. • Producing reports on CRM activities to support and measure BD & Marketing campaigns and initiatives. • Overseeing the quality of the data within the CRM database. • Managing system improvements and the roll out of new functionality. Candidate Profile The ideal candidate will: • Be educated to degree level (2:1 or above); or possesses equivalent experience. • Have a background in business development and marketing within a legal services organisation, ideal not essential • Possess a good understanding of the role that business development and marketing play within an international legal environment. • Possess excellent IT skills with knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Internet research tools essential. Knowledge of common legal CRM and marketing systems for client mailings and webinars is preferrable. • Have an understanding of client service standards and client relationship management. • Have good interpersonal skills with the ability to persuade and influence others. • Be able to develop effective working relationships with the wider team and across the business. • Have strong organisational skills with ability to prioritise multiple tasks and projects, manage expectations of stakeholders and meet deadlines. • Have excellent English language skills (written and spoken) and demonstrate attention to detail. • Flexibility and willingness to adjust work schedule from time-to-time according to workload demands and/or planned events outside of core hours. Clyde & Co Clyde & Co is a global law firm which has quadrupled in size over the past decade.Revenues from the firm’s 50+ offices* worldwide rose to £627million for the last financial year.The firm has over 1800 fee earners, across six continents, with 4000 staff advising corporates, financial institutions, private individuals and governments. |
