Business Development Specialist

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Business Development Specialist
The candidate will focus on business development activities that strengthen the Firm's profile in the market, overseeing the maintenance of business development and marketing collateral for the offices, business planning, monitoring progress against planned priorities, and developing and executing its strategy for major events. Work with the CA BD team, North America Clients team, industry and practice groups, events team, and others to develop, organize, coordinate and execute seminars, receptions, and special events taking place in the local markets. Create and manager critical dates and timelines concerning local events and sponsorships. Draft and manage all internal and external communications for programs, liaising with the North America Communications team. Oversee maintenance of the office's client mailing list. Support the California offices by working independently and with the North American Business Development team to identify new business opportunities. Work with the industry and practice groups to develop cross-selling opportunities, and to implement strategies to capture those opportunities. Work as part of a project team on strategic projects/marketing opportunities as identified by office management. Work with the North American Clients team, supports strategic client development projects, including the Firm's global client programs, regional client teams, and regional targeting initiatives. Provide overall support for activities that focus on target clients in the local market and integrate these where possible with North American programs. Work with regional BD management to manage and support regional client teams. Conduct client research, including research on Firm-specific information such as billings, matters, and relevant timekeepers. Responsible for the development and maintenance of marketing collateral, where necessary. Update Firm information and relevant capability statements concerning the office, including those appearing on the Firm’s external website. Obtain and verify that information is readily available for use in Directory submissions, marketing materials, CVs, and proposals. Work with the North America Proposals team, provide input into the development of proposals including collecting relevant content such as practice area descriptions and case lists. Evaluate key sponsorships and networking opportunities with professional organizations and associations in the local market. Coordinate all deliverables associated with office-identified key sponsorships. Leverage the Firm's involvement to strengthen client relationships, and create client and attorney connections across the organizations. Ensure the Firm's brand and that of the office is maintained, and implement the various activities supporting the brand of the Firm and that of the office. Create advertisements as required in support of Firm charitable activities and sponsorships. Develop business cases for budget requests based on business planning and is aware of the budget available from both Regional and Global sources. Monitor annual budget expenditures for the office and seek funding from global and regional sources where appropriate. Manage the allocation of tickets to the Firm's various sporting and sponsored events and other opportunities in the local market. Other duties as assigned to develop and drive the North America regional strategy. Bachelor's degree is required, preferably in marketing, communications, marketing, business, or related field. Strong experience in marketing, or another relevant field preferably in a professional services environment and with partners/senior executives is required.

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