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About the Role

The Business Development Senior Coordinator is a key team member within the Marketing Department, supporting assigned practice and/or industry groups with a variety of business development and marketing projects. This role involves learning about service offerings, lawyers, and clients, and coordinating integrated business development and marketing efforts across offices and functions.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the preparation of new business proposals, capability pitches, and formal RFP responses.
• Maintains business development infrastructure, including collateral, experience databases, contact lists, and opportunity tracking, ensuring quality control and accuracy.
• Supports the preparation and submission of rankings, awards, surveys, league tables, and other recognitions for assigned groups.
• Updates practice/industry information on the Firm's website and intranet, and coordinates occasional external republication.
• Helps write and edit practice/industry group descriptions, lawyer biographies, and client presentations.
• Conducts research on clients/prospective clients and gathers market and competitive intelligence.
• Collaborates with the Creative team to produce branded collateral for sponsorships, client events, advertisements, presentations, and other activities.
• Works with Regional BD and Marketing team members to plan client programs and Firm-sponsored events.
• Performs other tasks and projects as assigned.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
• A minimum of two (2) years of business development and/or marketing related experience.
• Excellent writing and proofreading skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Outlook.
• Marketing or business development experience in a law firm or other professional services organization (preferred).
• Working knowledge of customer relationship, pipeline, and experience management databases such as InterAction, Salesforce, and/or Foundation (preferred).
• Familiarity with relevant company/market research tools, as well as law firm rankings, awards, and league table publications (preferred).
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Good judgment.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Superior relationship building skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work harmoniously and effectively with others.
• Ability to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities.

Skills

• Microsoft Office
• Outlook
• Customer relationship management databases
• Pipeline management databases
• Experience management databases
• Company research tools
• Market research tools
• Law firm rankings
• Awards
• League table publications

Location

• New York
• Washington D.C.
• Los Angeles
• Chicago
• Dallas

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 2 years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

• $68,000-$86,000

Benefits

• Bonus eligibility
• Comprehensive benefits program

About the Company

• Sidley Austin LLP is a law firm.

Equal Opportunity

• Sidley Austin LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.