Responsibilities

• Assist and support business development team members and lawyers in executing on business plans and client strategies, and with tracking implementation and progress against the plans
• Communicate successes of assigned groups internally, as well as best practices and group activities to ensure that best practices are leveraged and that support initiatives are coordinated across Business Development & Marketing Department groups and offices
• Support thought leadership publications and offerings including project management and mining of data for business-development opportunities; ensure robust distribution internally across the Firm’s offices, practices and client teams and other platforms and promotion outside the Firm on LinkedIn and elsewhere
• Support direct marketing and business development programs including planning and executing podcast and video recordings, seminars, sponsorships, and other events pursued by the firm including serve as central resource for logistics (e.g., meeting rooms, telephone and video conferencing needs, event set-up, delivering materials etc.); manage communications including invitations and RSVPs, meeting invites, internal socializing and external communications; leveraging appropriate teams within the Firm to support various tasks including RSVPs, CLE credit, catering, etc.; and attending meetings and events to provide support on-site
• Support initiatives related to research, data collection and analysis, directory submissions (i.e., Chambers), matter coding, economic reporting, intranet site development and maintenance and internal meeting support
• Collect matter data for energy litigation and Houston commercial litigation practice manage matter database to ensure data quality and the availability of matter data firm-wide
• Develop and maintain industry survey and directory ranking content and results for assigned products & practices; and respond to industry surveys requests or directory ranking submissions
• Track global pipeline activities
• Engage in research and analysis and competitive intelligence-gathering for strategic planning, competitive firm positioning, and business development activities for assigned practice(s), and identify speaking opportunities

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (marketing, communications, English or other discipline)
• Six years in a business development, marketing and/or research-related position in the professional services arena (e.g., law, accounting, or consulting)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products
• Proficiency with scheduling and participating on video conferences in a professional setting
• Familiarity with research techniques and databases typically used for competitive intelligence (e.g., Manzama, Capital IQ, Mergermarket, LexisNexis, Lexology)

Nice to have

• Demonstrated understanding of the energy market preferred.

Benefits

• We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including medical/dental/vision/life/AD&D insurance, 401(k) savings plan, back-up childcare and eldercare, generous paid time off (PTO), as well as opportunities for professional development and growth.