Senior Marketing Communications Specialist (Writer/Editor)
About The Position
Wilson Sonsini is seeking a Senior Marketing Communications Specialist (Writer/Editor) to join their team. This role is a key contributor to firm, practice/industry, attorney team, and internal administrative team communications projects and initiatives. The specialist will lead the creation, review, and editing of content for various digital external and internal communications, including alerts, newsletters, reports, client-facing news items, internal news compilations, and website content. The position involves both scheduled tasks and special projects, with an emphasis on strategy-driven communications measured by analytics. This role can be fully remote but requires support for Eastern Time working hours.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, or marketing/business degree required, or equivalent.
- Minimum of 8 years of marketing communications experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with exceptional attention to detail.
- Copy editing experience strongly preferred.
- Responsive to requests, with the ability to prioritize numerous tasks and complete them well within a short timeframe with accuracy.
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively as part of a larger team.
- Superior proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Shared collaboration application use experience (MS Teams, MS Sharepoint, and/or sophisticated content management systems).
Nice To Haves
- Law firm or professional services marketing experience a plus.
- Experience with emailer-building software (e.g., Stripo) and managing email campaigns is preferred.
- Experience with WordPress or similar blog software is preferred.
- Experience with RubyLaw CMS a plus.
Responsibilities
- Work with attorney teams to ensure thought leadership pieces are consistent with firm style guidelines and have secured necessary approvals.
- Partner with Web Manager and Creative Services teams to format content into branded digital communications.
- Collaborate with MarCom team members to distribute and publicize content items using appropriate channels.
- Prepare and publish external and internal client highlights and other firm news items in collaboration with attorneys and internal admin teams.
- Assist with the creation of new content and review/update existing content on the firm’s flagship website and microsites.
- Assist with the preparation of attorney bios, case studies, landing page content, and other website items.
- Assist with the preparation and distribution of daily, weekly, and monthly news compilations featuring client matters and firm news.
- Help ensure content consistency with brand standards and adherence to style guidelines (largely based on the Chicago Manual of Style).
- Work with the MarCom team to develop content channels, including audio and video, to enhance communication effectiveness.
- Complete other assignments and projects as needed.
Benefits
- Highly competitive salary and benefits package.
- Discretionary year-end merit bonus based on performance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
