Manager, Media Relations

Firm Summary

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working around the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It’s not just about our global network of offices; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

The Manager, Media Relations works directly with partners and business services leaders to provide media relations advice and execution, with an emphasis on proactive work to manage firm announcements, protect and promote the firm’s reputation and leverage practice and industry expertise to join public conversations about current issues in the news.

The Manager will lead the practice-wide Americas-based media relations programs for the firm’s Disputes Practices, which include Litigation, International Arbitration, White Collar, Intellectual Property and Trade, as well as Pro Bono and Global Citizenship. The manager will also spearhead Americas media relations activity for the corresponding Global Industry Groups, which include Life Sciences & Healthcare and Technology.

This role is part of a global Media Relations team. Based in New York, the Manager will interact with lawyers and colleagues across the firm’s 11 offices in the US and Latin America, as well as colleagues in offices across our EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions.

The Manager, Media Relations is part of a global team spread across locations including New York, London, Paris, Hamburg and Melbourne.

The Manager will sit in the Americas team, with peers that are also in the New York office. Reporting to the Associate Director of Media Relations for the Americas, the Manager’s immediate team consists of another manager and a specialist. The Director of Media Relations also sits in New York.

The role resides within the Global Marketing and Business Development function, an integrated team of more than 250 marketers based throughout the firm’s 43 offices across the globe. Marketing and BD consists of several key departments:
Business Development, Marketing Technology, Creative Services, Global Events, Integrated Marketing and Communications. Together, we drive the firm's strategic growth by delivering innovative marketing solutions, fostering client relationships, and enhancing the firm's market presence. Our collective objectives are to support the firm’s business goals, promote its global brand, and create a cohesive and compelling narrative that resonates with clients, prospects and employees alike.

Through collaboration, creativity and strategic insight, marketers at White & Case ensure that we reach and engage our target audiences effectively, elevating the firm’s reputation and contributing to its success.

Led by a new CMO, marketing at White & Case values team members who bring a broad range of experiences and expertise, from both within and outside the legal industry. The team’s mission is to make White & Case one of the world’s best and most respected brands.

• Manage the Americas media strategy for a portfolio of the firm’s Finance practice areas (Debt Finance, Capital Markets, Project Development and Finance, Asset Finance), and select Global Industry Groups (Energy, Financial Institutions, Infrastructure, Transportation & Logistics and Mining & Metals), with an emphasis on executing through proactive planning, tactical coordination and…