Marketing & Business Development Specialist - LAE

Time to inject your career with a fresh challenge? Looking to work with and be a part of a high performing, collaborative, and caring team? If making an impact and working with lawyers at the forefront of the industry handling high stakes appellate cases and defending household name clients sounds exciting, then we have an open position that might be your next career move!

Hogan Lovells is a leading global law firm, providing business-oriented legal advice and high-quality service across its breadth of practices to clients around the world. Our world-class, dynamic Marketing and Business Development (M&BD) department is looking for the right candidate to serve as the Marketing and Business Development Specialist for our Litigation, Arbitration & Employment (LAE) Americas Practice in the firm’s Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Northern Virginia or New York office.  

This position supports, plans, and executes the marketing and business development activities for the LAE Practice by working closely with our litigation lawyers in the Americas. S/he will work with the firm’s Marketing and Business Development (M&BD) team members to help drive firm priorities and overall firm strategy.

The role is integral in helping to implement and drive forward programs supporting our priorities in the Americas and globally. Marketing and Business Development Specialist’s responsibilities fall into two major areas of focus:

Business Development

• Support partners in managing their client development programs including executing pitches, identifying new business opportunities, and internal marketing to help generate cross-selling business opportunities.
• Become knowledgeable in the practice and nuances of commercial litigation, including appellate, securities and M&A litigation, financial services disputes, insurance disputes, and other areas as needed.
• Contribute to the development, implementation, measurement, and reporting of strategic plans and budgets.
• Support on other strategic business development and promotional initiatives as needed.
• Help conduct research on existing and prospective clients, competitor activity, and industry or market trends to aid in the development of marketing programs, and pitch strategy
• Read industry, legal, and business publications to remain aware of trends that may impact the practice and to identify promotional opportunities.

Marketing

• Help program manage and support submissions to major ranking and award programs for the practice by working with partners to draft descriptions that feature and position sub practice areas in an optimal light.
• Support the Marketing and Business Development efforts for the practice on internal and external profile-building programs that publicize victories, thought leadership, practice accolades, news, events, and other relevant content, coordinating and managing discreet projects and ongoing programs as needed.
• Handle the creation and regular update of marketing collateral, including Web content, brochures, practice group descriptions and credentials, matter descriptions, deal and case lists, and biographies.
• Collaborate and share knowledge across practice groups and offices on current/planned initiatives and outcomes/lessons learned and best practice.
• Identify and coordinate participation in events that strategically support business development objectives for partners and LAE sub practice groups, working with partners to work through the firm’s go-no go rubric for events and developing strong business cases to secure funding, identify strategic objectives and KPIs which will be reported on post event, and delivering on event execution plans, including event promotion.
• Participate in the firm's Global Citizenship program.
• Other duties as assigned.

• 5+ years of relevant experience preferred, preferably in a law firm or analogous professional services organization.
• BS or BA degree.
• Experience in supporting client development and new business development programs to build and nurture relationships and generate demand for services, including pitch and proposal development.
• Strong client service-oriented mindset.
• Ability to think critically and demonstrate a can-do attitude with a high level of initiative.
• Pragmatic, diplomatic, and resourceful, with the ability to adapt quickly to different situations and personalities.
• Strong organizational skills and an ability to prioritize and complete simultaneous projects with minimal supervision.
• Experience working independently as well as within cross-functional teams in a collaborative, professional environment.
• Ability to contribute to the overall growth of our team by collaborating effectively with colleagues and facilitating teamwork.
• Excellent writing and presentation skills, and an exacting attention to detail in all work product.
• Excellent research skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines, take ownership of project delivery, and work well under pressure.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); experience with marketing AI applications is a plus.

Core hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. including lunch hour. Must be flexible to work additional hours and travel occasionally.

This position is posted in multiple locations.  In New York, the annualized salary range for this position is $85,000 to $119,000 and in Washington, DC., the annualized salary range for this position is $79,000 to $111,000 depending on the candidate's overall experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. Full time employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus.  In addition, full time employees as well as some part time employees, will be eligible for the firm’s fringe benefits as they currently exist.

This job description sets forth the authorities and responsibilities of this position and may be changed from time to time as shall be determined. Hogan Lovells is an equal opportunity employer. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or other factors protected by law.

This job description sets forth the responsibilities of this position and may be changed from time to time as shall be determined.

Hogan Lovells is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or other factors protected by law.

Hogan Lovells complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and candidates with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected].