Business Development & Marketing Assistant

Job Description

Business Development & Marketing Assistant – Edinburgh or London

At Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. We’re naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. We’ll truly value your ideas. You’ll be joining an award‑winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. You’ll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work.

Working in an open and supportive environment, to deliver outstanding results.

We are recruiting a Business Development & Marketing Assistant to provide support in the execution of the marketing and business development plans which will help the Construction Advisory & Disputes (CAD) team’s ambition to build our reputation and grow revenue in a high priority market.

This role will be based out of either our Edinburgh or London office. We operate a 3‑day office, 2‑day home working model, and as an inclusive employer we are willing to consider any flexible working requests.

• Support the creation and market introduction of CAD propositions.
• Collaborate with various teams and contribute to sector activities.
• Deliver initiatives including events, collateral updates, internal and external communications, and profile‑raising campaigns.
• Gather and share market information to enhance engagement across initiatives.
• Work with team members to deliver a variety of initiatives.

• Previous experience in Marketing, Events or Business Development, preferably within a legal or professional services setting, or a recent graduate with a Business or Marketing degree.
• Experience in events – including in‑person and online planning logistics, managing invitations, stakeholder communication and post‑event analysis and outreach.
• Broad understanding of wider Business Development or Marketing and how this relates to commercial activity.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, to be able to deal with stakeholders at multiple levels and across various teams.
• Great organisational skills, with experience creating highly accurate and detailed work.
• Comfortable using various computer systems including Office
  365 and CRM systems.
• Evidence of being proactive in your work and taking the initiative for your own workload.
• Able to adapt to a fast‑changing environment, showing resilience and bouncing back if setbacks occur.

We are a top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking.