Reporting to:
- Business Development Manager
Role:
- To support the Business Development Manager with a variety of business development activities.
Responsibilities:
- Identifying and reporting on prospective target and client opportunities and using our CRM system and other internal systems to track and report on opportunities
- Assisting with select client targeting, including research on clients and prospects; preparing company summaries about clients’ and prospects’ businesses, strategy and operations
- Working with the firm’s sector groups, including attending meetings, preparing and maintaining client and target lists
- Developing a solid understanding of the firm, including practice and lawyer experience, client base and firm experience, and legal, business and media trends, in order to support practice, industry and market-driven BD initiatives
- Supporting the BD team with all on-going administration activities required for the successful implementation of the firm’s clients and markets plan, with a particular focus on business development activity
- Developing knowledge of portfolio of clients
General
- Work collaboratively across BD & Marketing Department and other business services teams
Requirements
- Degree educated, preferably in business or law
- Previous professional services experience preferable
- Excellent written and verbal interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong editing and proofreading skills
- Must be proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience with legal-research / legal-news databases and resources
- Knowledge of InterAction or CRM system