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About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing Business Development & Marketing team on a five-month fixed-term contract, playing a central role in delivering one of the firm's most strategically important annual projects.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and drive the firm's legal directory submissions, leading the project management and delivery of Chambers UK submissions while helping prepare the Legal 500 process for the following submission cycle.
- Ensure submissions are delivered to a consistently high standard, on time and in line with the firm's strategic objectives.
- Support a range of business development and marketing initiatives across the firm, including events, internal communications, marketing campaigns and profile-raising activity.
- Project manage the firm's Chambers UK submissions from planning through to submission.
- Coordinate submission timetables, deadlines and stakeholder engagement across the firm.
- Work closely with partners and lawyers to gather information and identify suitable matters and referees.
- Draft, edit and refine submission content to ensure it is clear, compelling and aligned with directory requirements.
- Coordinate referee collection and submission processes.
- Monitor progress across all practice areas, proactively chasing outstanding information and managing deadlines.
- Ensure consistency of messaging, style and quality across all submissions.
- Work alongside the BD team to prepare the Legal 500 submission process, including planning, content gathering and project organisation.
- Maintain submission templates, precedent materials and supporting documentation to improve future efficiency.
- Assist with the planning and delivery of client events.
- Support firmwide communications and marketing campaigns.
- Draft and update marketing collateral, credentials and case studies.
- Support business development initiatives across practice groups and sectors.
- Update CRM records and support marketing administration where required.
- Provide general project support across the BD & Marketing function.
Requirements
- Highly organised, comfortable managing multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
- Confident working with partners and senior stakeholders.
- Able to quickly understand complex legal and commercial matters and communicate them clearly.
- Collaborative, adaptable and happy working across a broad range of marketing and business development activities.
- Experienced in Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel.
- Previous experience within a legal or professional services marketing or business development team is preferred.
Skills
- Excellent writing skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Experience of Chambers, Legal 500 or other professional services directories would be highly advantageous.
Work Type
- Fixed-term contract
About the Company
- Fox Williams is a business City law firm that competes directly with magic circle firms in its core areas of practice.
- The firm provides specialist advice on high-complexity, judgement-drive mandates where trust and relationships are valued highly by clients.
- The Fox Williams Business Development & Marketing team are creative, innovative and focused on providing best in class BD&M provision to the firm.
- The team has evolved its provision in recent years and was recently shortlisted for the Business Services Support Team of the Year at the British Legal Awards.
- The team comprises the Business Development and Sales Director, Head of Business Development & Marketing, Business Development Manager, Relationship Data Analyst, Senior Events & Marketing Executive, BD and Marketing Executive and BD & Marketing Administrator.