Responsibilities

• Lead the development of sophisticated written content for law firm and professional services clients, including ghostwritten thought leadership, award submissions, op-eds and reports.
• Translate complex legal matters, across corporate and transactional practices such as capital markets, private equity, tax, bankruptcy and project finance, into clear, compelling prose calibrated to sophisticated audiences.
• Apply strong editorial judgment to position each matter for maximum impact: knowing what is salient, what to cut and how to work within the constraints of a submission or publication format.
• Craft winning submissions for the major legal awards, including AmLaw, Law360, Bloomberg and Financial Times, and consult on strategy for legal directory submissions.
• Own written assignments from concept through completion, managing timelines, quality and detail with limited oversight.
• Maintain current, expert knowledge of the legal industry, the business of law and the corporate legal awards and rankings landscape.
• Serve as a senior communications counsel on assigned accounts, helping shape strategy, messaging and narrative, and advising partners and marketing leaders on media strategy.
• Lead hands-on media relations and pitching when content demand allows, flexing into broader account support as needed.
• Work directly and confidently with law firm partners, chief marketing officers and communications leaders, delivering white-glove service throughout.
• Partner with account teams to ensure written work aligns with each client’s broader public relations and business goals.

Requirements

• You have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• You have a minimum of 10 years of legal writing and communications experience, either as a journalist covering the legal industry at a recognized publication such as Law360, American Lawyer, National Law Journal or Bloomberg Law, or in a writing role within the marketing and communications function of an AmLaw 100 or 200 law firm.
• You have deep substantive knowledge of corporate legal practice and the business of law, with strong command of transactional and/or litigation practice areas.
• You have exceptional writing and storytelling ability, with a portfolio that demonstrates rendering complex legal matters in clear, compelling, audience-appropriate prose.
• You have strong editorial judgment; you know what is salient, what to cut and how to position a matter for maximum impact within a given format.
• You are familiar with the corporate legal awards and rankings landscape and have a clear sense of what distinguishes a strong submission from a mediocre one.
• You have client-facing confidence and polish; you are comfortable working directly with partners, chief marketing officers and communications directors, and attuned to the demands of white-glove service.
• You have strategic PR fluency; you can contribute communications counsel and strategy to accounts as well as hands-on media relations and pitching, with strong knowledge of the news media and, ideally, established relationships across the legal and business press.
• You are self-directed and reliable; able to manage written assignments from start to finish with strong attention to detail and time management.
• Exposure to corporate law firm marketing or legal public relations is a strong plus; experience in a marketing, communications or writing role within an AmLaw 200, and ideally AmLaw 100, firm is especially valued.

Benefits

• Friendly and highly collaborative working environment where your voice will be heard and your ideas will count.
• Opportunity to work with leading law firms and professional services firms on a global scale within an international network.
• A focus on growth and professional development: twice annual professional planning sessions, regular access to leadership and mentorship opportunities.
• Hybrid work schedule; two days in the office with three optional work-from-home days per week.
• $175 one-time stipend for your at-home work set-up; $50 monthly stipend for your smartphone contract and a stipend to upgrade your device every three years.
• Competitive salary and customizable benefits package including:
• 100% company paid health, dental and vision insurance coverage
• 401k with competitive company match
• Monthly benefit stipend that can be used for health and wellness, transportation, student loan repayment or charitable contributions
• Employee Assistance Program and free annual membership to the Calm app