Executive Summary
Bates Wells are seeking a Business Development and Marketing Executive to join their busy BDM team on a permanent basis.
Key experience
The successful candidate will have gained experience in a busy Business Development and Marketing team, ideally in a partnership environment.
Required/essential skills
To thrive in this role you will;
- Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Demonstrate great attention to detail.
- Be a smart, fast, reliable and enthusiastic team player.
- Have excellent organisational skills: be a multi-tasker with the ability to manage assigned tasks in an efficient and timely manner.
- Have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Power Point and Word.
- Be able to adapt and use new platforms quickly and effectively (Concep, Wordpress, Hootsuite).
About you
- A creative, solutions-focused outlook.
- The ability to build, maintain and nurture relationships.
- A client-centric approach.
- Teamwork – there is a place for individual effort but we highly value a collaborative approach
- A results-focused mentality – we hope you’ll challenge the status quo if you feel it’ll benefit our work.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- A genuine interest in a business development focused role and the work we do.
- Finally, we want people whose values reflect our own and who feel inspired working in a firm with a strong social purpose.
About our BDM team
- We’re a collaborative and supportive team that enjoys a fast-paced, fun working environment. Teamwork and enthusiasm are key for us.
- We work with stakeholders at all levels of the firm and we’re passionate about the Bates Wells focus on wider positive impact. We all work together to achieve the common goal of promoting and growing the amazing work that Bates Wells does on a daily basis.
- With two new additions to the team already this year, this is a very exciting time to join the expanding team and work in a law firm which balances profit with purpose.
Key responsibilities
In this position you will:
- Be responsible for driving the development and upkeep of internal comms channels including the Bates Wells intranet, The Beat, positioning yourself as the internal comms expert.
- To project manage timely directory submissions, working with our Solicitor Apprentice and external directory consultant.
- Co-ordinate and project manage BDM and firm events.
- Work with the BDM Managers to implement the social media policy for the firm and each team.
- Work with the BDM Managers to implement campaigns and projects for the firm and each team, including across website, social media, and e-marketing channels - from planning to execution and reporting.
- Deliver monthly metrics around campaigns to better inform strategy.
- Conduct research and create first draft creds packs.
- Support departments and groups on business development research and client relationship management projects.
- Support the BDM Manager and Director on the delivery of the Key Client Programme.
- Produce ad hoc reports and research as required.
- Support the wider BDM team with any additional projects.
Specific tasks may change over time, so we’ll need you to be adaptable and flexible as we continue to meet our clients’ needs.
About our culture
- A one firm approach means working together and improving to achieve common goals and to provide a consistent Bates Wells experience.
- As a values-driven firm we show commitment to our clients, our people, the environment and society. We take into account the Climate Emergency and Biodiversity Crisis in developing our business strategy.
- We want to have a positive impact on our people who are our greatest asset so that they can have a positive impact on others. Purpose is baked into our partnership deed.
- We promote a strong work/life balance with at least 25 days holiday with the opportunity to buy more.
- We have an agile and hybrid working environment – this means you might sit next to a different colleague every day or choose to work from our rooftop garden if you are in the office.
- Our benefits and wellbeing package includes firm matching pension contributions, private medical insurance plus a medical benefit cash plan, discretionary bonus arrangements, life assurance, subsidised gym memberships, lifestyle discount scheme and a firm-wide profit-sharing scheme.
- Everyone gets a bonus if there is one - a proportion of the LLP profit is distributed to our people when we exceed our financial thresholds.
How to find out more about us
Don’t forget to review our website (https://bateswells.co.uk) and ask around about us to find out more and whether we’re the right fit for you.
Contact:
If you have any questions about this vacancy or require any reasonable adjustments to be made to the process due to a disability, please email:
Rosie Waters (r.waters@bateswells.co.uk) |
