Marketing & Business Development Coordinator

$60,000 - $70,000/Yr

Van Ness Feldman Llp - Washington, DC

Full-time - Entry Level

Washington, DC

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Marketing & Business Development Coordinator at Van Ness Feldman, LLP will play a crucial role in supporting the firm's marketing and business development initiatives. This position involves collaborating with the senior marketing team to assist attorneys and professionals across various practice areas, ensuring effective implementation of business strategies and maintaining marketing materials.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the overall implementation of business development strategies, including maintaining systems to track various initiatives.
• Assist with posting content on the firm website and social media, including bios, speaking engagements, publications, news items, events, and client alerts.
• Assist in the production of client-facing pitch materials, presentations, and responses to RFPs, including compiling, proofreading, editing, and formatting.
• Maintain accurate, updated marketing collateral including practice descriptions and templates.
• Maintain data in the Firm's contact relationship management (CRM) system by reviewing and curating targeted mailing lists for various marketing publications, updating current contact information, conducting regular database audits, and executing other meaningful back-end data entry projects.
• Assist with planning, execution, and tracking of events, including seminars, conferences, sponsorships, and speaking engagements.
• Assist with the design and creation of graphics for social media, website, and print materials.
• Assist with award submissions for legal and business trade publications.
• Maintain publication editorial calendars.
• Manage firm promotional items.
• Assist with general online and database research.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, communications, journalism, or related major.
• One to three years' experience in a similar role in a law firm/professional services environment.
• Experience with CRM/database software (e.g., InterAction, etc.).
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally with timekeepers and staff.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, including the ability to prioritize and execute a diverse range of tasks with a high level of attention to detail.
• Ability to take initiative and adapt to change in deadline-driven scenarios while exercising sound judgment and making intelligent, informed decisions.
• Ability to handle ambiguity, weigh options, and find ways to move initiatives forward to meet critical deadlines.
• Meticulous data entry, writing and proofing skills, and a general facility for learning new software.
• Solid command of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Canva, and other graphics programs.

Nice-to-haves

• Organized, thoughtful, dependable, and curious.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Profit sharing