Coordinator: Business Development and Marketing

Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.

We are a collegial, collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realize their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.

If you thrive in a collaborative environment that values exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, we invite you to consider joining our Commercial department in our Chicago office as a Coordinator:
Business Development and Marketing.

This Coordinator:
Business Development and Marketing will be responsible for advancing and supporting the business development and administrative initiatives of Mayer Brown’s Litigation and Advisory groups, which are strategic priorities of the Firm. This role is ideal for driven and flexible candidates who have an interest in business development and marketing in a global, fast-paced and intellectually stimulating organization. This role will provide other support for initiatives that align with the Firm’s strategic plan and will require working closely and collaboratively with the rest of the Global Business Development and Marketing team.

Essential Functions:

Business Development and Profile Raising Initiatives

• Supports direct marketing and business development programs including planning and executing podcast and video recordings, seminars, sponsor ships, and other events pursued by the firm including serve as central resource for logistics (e.g. meeting rooms, telephone and video conferencing needs, event set-up, delivering materials etc.); manage communications including invitations and RSVPs, meeting invites, internal socializing and external communications; leveraging appropriate teams within the Firm to support various tasks including RSVPs, CLE credit, catering, etc.;
  
  and attending meetings and events to provide support on-site
• Coordinates initiatives related to research, data collection and analysis, directory submissions (i.e., Chambers), matter coding, economic reporting, intranet site development and maintenance and internal meeting support
• Work with marketing systems and shared drives, including maintaining information about win/loss for RFPs, CRM database and assist with experience database updates
• Update and maintain marketing materials, including industry profiles, attorney profiles and PowerPoint presentations
• Coordinate the production of client mailings including newsletters, invitations and other communications pieces
• Conduct research of prospective targets, industries, markets, competition and conflicts via firm-wide resources, online databases, and utilization of library resources

Pitches, Proposals and Marketing Materials

• Support in the development and tailoring of proposals and presentations to clients and marketing material development by gathering relevant information and materials; drafting language, handling edits, proofreading and supporting initiatives through delivery ensuring attorney and client deadlines are met.
• Develops and maintains group-specific marketing content, including group and matter descriptions, brochures, PowerPoint presentations, website/blog…