Marketing, Brand & Communications Manager

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$130K/yr – $150K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 9 hrs ago

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Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute integrated marketing campaigns that support firm, practice group, industry, and attorney business development goals.
  • Manage Events & Communication Coordinator supporting the planning, promotion, and execution of firm-hosted events, webinars, sponsorships, conferences, and client programs.
  • Manage the firm's editorial calendar and thought leadership pipeline, repurposing content across digital, social media, email, website, and event channels.
  • Draft, edit, and maintain attorney biographies, practice descriptions, presentations, pitch content, and other client-facing marketing collateral.
  • Monitor industry trends, campaign performance, and engagement analytics to identify opportunities to increase market awareness and client engagement.
  • Collaborate with and manage the external PR firm relationship.
  • Draft and edit attorney announcements, newsletters, executive communications, website content, social media posts, presentations, and other communications materials.
  • Develop communications plans and promotional materials for internal and external firm events.
  • Partner with attorneys and business professionals to develop clear, compelling, audience-focused messaging that meets firm standards for accuracy, tone, consistency, and brand compliance.
  • Participate as an active member of firm committees as assigned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or a related field.
  • 5-7 years of experience in marketing, communications, public relations, or content marketing; law firm or professional services experience preferred.
  • Experience managing, supervising, or mentoring team members or direct reports.
  • Exceptional writing, editing, proofreading, and oral communication skills, with strong attention to grammar, spelling, tone, and detail.
  • Strong understanding of brand management, content strategy, public relations, digital marketing, and integrated marketing campaigns.
  • Excellent project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, resources, and stakeholder needs simultaneously.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, sound judgment, diplomacy, and a client-service mindset, with the ability to work effectively with attorneys, business professionals, and firm leadership.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment as an innovative problem solver and engaged team player.
  • Familiarity with the services and business model of a multi-practice law firm.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and marketing-related technologies.
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Legal & Professional Services Council

Legal & Professional Services Council is known in the legal marketing community as the source for high-quality programming on best practices in business development, marketing and communications for law firms and other professional services firms.The organization’s first iteration began in 2006 and grew to more than 600 members over 15 years. Sadly it closed its doors in 2021 due to Covid’s impact on in-person events. Thanks to popular demand, LPSC was reimagined as a new entity in the fall of 2024 with fresh opportunities for networking, learning and idea-sharing within the Chicago legal marketing community.Email hello.lpsc@gmail.com for more information and to stay up to date on events.

Founded in 2024
Chicago, Illinois, USA
2 employees

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
476
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.9%
Direct
41.7%
Referral
12.8%
Social
9.9%
Paid
1.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2

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