Responsibilities

• Market-Aligned Execution: Execute the firm’s event, client hospitality, and sponsorship strategies in direct alignment with specific market nuances and practice group priorities.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with MCD and market leaders to co-design programs that drive high-value client engagement and intentional cross-selling.
• End-to-End Market Planning: Lead the comprehensive planning and delivery of firm-hosted, market-based events, ensuring every activation meets rigorous brand standards and quality benchmarks.
• Sponsorship Assessment: Critically evaluate regional sponsorship opportunities, providing data-backed recommendations to ensure strategic fit and measurable business outcomes.
• Governance & Process Implementation: Apply established firm-wide criteria and governance processes to manage event and sponsorship requests, ensuring disciplined investment across the region.
• Strategic Client Hospitality: Support high-touch hospitality planning for priority clients and key firm milestones, collaborating with development teams to enhance partner-led relationship building.
• Performance Tracking & Analytics: Monitor and report on regional performance metrics, specifically highlighting engagement data and the program's contribution to the business pipeline.
• Post-Event Conversion: Coordinate structured follow-up strategies with client development teams to ensure event engagement is successfully transitioned into tangible business opportunities.
• Vendor & Agency Management: Direct relationships with local vendors, venues, and creative agencies to guarantee high-quality execution and adherence to budget.
• Budget Ownership: Support management of the specific budgets for assigned markets, ensuring precise tracking, variance reporting, and cost-efficiency.

Requirements

• After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications
• Ability to work extended and/or weekend hours, as required
• Ability to travel, as required
• 5+ years applicable experience in the field (e.g., marketing or business development, preferably with an emphasis working in a strategy, transformation, or growth function)
• Must have professional services industry experience and/or B2B marketing experience
• Must have experience working with local business organizations for the purposes of brand and relationships opportunity
• Must have experience with TicketManager and CRM

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree
• Supervisory experience
• Prior legal industry or professional services experience

Benefits

• We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as 21 days of Paid Time Off (“PTO”) and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.