Specialist: Marketing Communications

Overview

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 and collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realise 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 enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Marketing Communications department in our London office as a Specialist:
Marketing Communications.

The Marketing Communications Specialist, based in London, supports the Firm’s EMEA and global communications strategy. Working closely with both the external and internal communications Assistant Directors, the Director of Marketing Communications, the role assists colleagues across the Firm in delivering clear, consistent and engaging communications.

This individual has responsibility for editing and improving the effectiveness of external communications published by the firm, as well as planning, drafting and producing messaging and campaigns that serve to deliver firm news, promote engagement and reinforce the Firm’s core values and priorities.

The specialist helps produces content for email, intranet, audio, video and print media, and supports the adoption of new technology platforms, as needed, to expand the reach and effectiveness of both external and internal communications efforts.

Standard hours are 9:30am to 5:30pm with flexibility in accordance with the needs of the business.

Our current working from home policy allows for two days working from home, subject to business need.

This policy is subject to change and does not form part of contractual terms.

• Assists in reviewing and proofing external content, including announcements, biographies, firm-produced legal updates and white papers, and other firm-authored content.
• Works with the Firm’s global editorial team to review workflow and processes.
• Supports strategic external marketing communications efforts that support the Firm’s brand.
• Ensures compliance with Firm risk and governance procedures, including review and engagement by legal, risk, and brand stakeholders
• Provides regular insights and training to lawyers to help them make their content more compelling and effective.
• Supports the development of internal communications campaigns across all relevant media including written materials, cascading messages through practices groups, videos, podcasts, intranet posts, and other relevant media.
• Assists with content on the Firm’s intranet pages and helps maintain internal messages database.
• Provides input on work-product of graphic designers and collaborates with the designers’ external manager to ensure that designers understand assigned tasks and deliver high-quality graphics and presentations.
• Contributes to the Weekly Update from senior leadership
• Supports other departments and offices with their internal newsletters and updates describing or promoting Firm initiatives or disseminating firm news.
• Handles other internal communications tasks, as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm goals and objectives.
• The Firm may modify and amend this job description at any time at its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment.

The Firm may modify and amend this job description at any time at its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment.

Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, journalism or a…