Marketing & BD Manager

EMEA
International Operations
Leeds
Permanent

Eversheds Sutherland is one of the largest full service law firms in the world, with offices across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, US and Asia providing legal advice to clients through our company commercial, employment, labour and pensions, litigation and dispute management (L&DM), real estate practices.

About the role:

This role is aligned to our L&DM practice area, working with some of the market’s leading disputes lawyers on a range of litigation and arbitration for some of the world’s leading blue-chip companies.

We require a highly professional and energetic marketing professional, expert in delivering reputation enhancing marketing activities across traditional and digital marketing platforms, as well as, adept at delivering and leading on client development activities.

The role is fast-paced, with high expectations of achieving measurable success in supporting client conversations, brand awareness and revenue generation. There is considerable time spent working with Partners, requiring effective preparation, insight and time management to ensure we drive value into every interaction and output.

In this role, you will be working with the Senior Manager on all aspects of strategy, BD and content-led campaigns. You will work as a key part of the wider Litigation & Disputes Management marketing team, drawing-in and working on, key campaigns and activities relevant to the practice group, alongside others Practice/Sector/In-Country teams on firmwide projects.

This role requires a global outlook and ability to work with others, on structuring and delivering activities, content and conversations across borders and to measurable KPIs and targets.

The role requires a deep understanding of the disputes landscape, using that knowhow to identify opportunities to develop our firm’s profile and open revenue opportunities.

Specifically, you will be working directly with Partner leads on identifying and interpreting trends, deciding what our actionable response and market positioning should be.

Primary accountabilities and responsibilities of the role:

  • Delivering the existing strategy and working with Partners on its evolution and positioning for the future
  • Embedding client development and a focus on clients, at the heart of the strategy and how it is delivered in our campaigns, content and events
  • Design and delivery of campaign plans for the practice group and the teams within, unifying the different projects within the market and client strategy
  • Responsible for managing the delivery of all marketing activity relating to each aspect to the campaigns, aligning with others to execute events, marketing communications and our online presence across various digital platforms

This opportunity is closed to applications.