Marketing & Business Development Coordinator

Benesch Law•Chicago, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Benesch is seeking a Marketing & Business Development Coordinator for its Chicago office. This hybrid position offers work-from-home flexibility and is ideal for a creative marketing professional with a solid internship or a year of experience. The role involves working closely with marketing professionals to attract new clientele. The coordinator will support Business Development Team members in various areas, including proposal and collateral materials, research, attorney experience collection, database maintenance, and event planning. This position is involved in day-to-day activities and long-term projects supporting marketing and business development for the firm's attorneys, practice areas, and initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, business, or a similar field.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Working knowledge of social media platforms.
Working knowledge of 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.

Nice To Haves

Solid internship or a year of experience in marketing or business development.

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.