Marketing & Business Development Coordinator

Benesch Law•Chicago, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Benesch is a law firm that prides itself on exceeding expectations and building trust with both clients and employees, who are considered the firm's #1 asset. The firm is committed to providing high-level legal service and fostering a positive work environment, consistently earning recognition on Chicago and Cleveland's Top Workplaces lists and advancing on the AmLaw 150 list. Benesch is known for attracting and retaining top talent, offering a hybrid schedule, career development, transparent leadership, and celebrating diversity, equity, and inclusion. As one of the fastest-growing firms in the nation, Benesch has offices in Chicago, Columbus, San Francisco, New York City, and Wilmington, and values talent across all locations. The Marketing & Business Development Coordinator position is open in the Chicago office, offering a hybrid schedule with work-from-home flexibility. This role is ideal for creative marketing professionals with a solid internship or a year of experience who are eager to immerse themselves in marketing and business development. The coordinator will work closely with the Business Development Team, assisting with proposals, collateral materials, research projects, attorney experience collection, database and pipeline maintenance and analysis, and event planning and support. The role involves both day-to-day activities and long-term projects that support the firm's attorneys, practice areas, and initiatives.

Requirements

Hold a bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, business, or a similar field.
Possess working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, social media platforms, and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Strong attention to detail.
Excellent writing skills.
Excellent client service attitude.
Ability to think creatively.
Ability to meet deadlines.
Ability to stay organized.
Ability to handle multiple priorities and projects at once.
Solid internship or a year of experience.

Responsibilities

Assists Business Development Managers with preparation of materials for business development meetings, pitches, and presentations, including drafting and/or updating of marketing content as needed.
Creates correspondence, message templates, experience overviews, customized bio narratives and other content, collaborating with colleagues to format, edit, proofread, print, and compile deliverables to firm standards.
Helps director and managers follow up on attorney business plan action items and proactively monitor industry, practice group and client news and developments.
Inputs experience into the firm's Experience Management Database, coordinates adding experience to appropriate bios and collateral materials, and helps to create reports highlighting the firm's successes.
Proactively maintains news alert platforms and assists attorneys with customizing their news and information alerts.
Conducts company and contact research, fulfills competitive intelligence research requests, and helps to summarize report findings.
Coordinates preparation of collateral packages and swag items to be sent to client meetings and conferences and for individual attorneys or teams.
Assists with CRM database (InTapp) tasks, including adding contacts to correct mailing lists, pulling relationship data, and cataloging touchpoints and client preferences.
Supports managers and specialists in tracking pitch and proposal activity, follow-up and outcomes.
Works in coordination with business development and events teams to support any business development-related preparation for or follow-up from events.
Assists with maintaining certain firm directory listings, such as bar association directories, industry association directories, and competitive intelligence profiles.