Business Development, Marketing and Communications Assistant - 12 months undergraduate placement

Location:

Belfast

Workplace:

Hybrid

Closing Date:

6th January 2025

The opportunity:

To support Baker McKenzie's BDMC (Business Development, Marketing and Communications) team globally in programs and activities to drive profitable revenues and raise the firm's profile.

The successful candidate will work with the Belfast based team - of over 40 specialists across Marketing, Comms, Media, Practices, Sectors, Clients, and Pursuits, supporting colleagues in developing and implementing plans and gaining hands on experience in a global law firm in one of the largest BDCM teams in Northern Ireland. Additionally the successful candidate will also have the opportunity to interact with professionals in a fast-paced, multi-cultural business environment.

This opportunity is ideal for students who are on track for a 2:1 degree or above studying Marketing, Business Studies, Communications or related degree.

Working at Baker McKenzie:

Baker McKenzie is the world’s leading law firm with offices all over the world. Our Belfast Centre is home to over 400 colleagues in both legal and professional services.

We offer one of the best workplace benefits packages in the business with comprehensive private health cover, income protection, life assurance and a full employee assistance plan. These and a host of other benefits make us one of the most desirable companies to work for in Belfast.

We are committed to promoting inclusion, diversity, and equity for all and are confident we can provide a career as individual and as exceptional as you.

About the role:

As part of this role, the successful candidate will:

Practice Groups and Industry Groups (PG/IG) and Business Development and Marketing

• Support the development and execution of business development and marketing day-to-day activities and programmes for the Sectors and Practices.
• Developing marketing materials to support campaigns, events and client engagement.
• Support social media and digital campaigns

Client Development

• Support targeted client initiatives and ensuring that related activity is documented and shared with relevant stakeholders
• Creating and maintain membership lists, client contacts and mailing lists
• Gather research for client relationships using firm-wide systems and other teams and input into systems where relevant to do so
• Assist with overall coordination of newsletters, client alerts, documents and reports; assist in the preparation and execution of webinar broadcasts
• Assist with BakerMcKenzie.com updates - scheduling featured insights, updating page content, content tagging
• Track and update databases and Blog

Profile-raising and campaigns

• Support development and deployment of thought leadership content and other profile-raising activities working closely with the Marketing function, Sectors and Practices
• Support creation of marketing and client communications relating to market facing knowledge based tools and materials - handbooks, Apps and tools, market know how, technical updates, training programs and seminars, etc.
• Support practice group awards, directories and league table submissions
• Support media relations team in engaging with target press to raise firm profile.

Pitches and Panels

• Support pursuits team in development of pitches
• Writing content and creating materials for pitches
• Source firm-wide base data to support key pursuits and targeting initiatives

Internal Communications

• Support the planning and related materials creation for internal communications, meetings and special events
• BDMC information requests and updates
• Assist with ad hoc BDMC information requests

Essential Criteria:

To be successful in this role you will need:

Skills and Experience:

• Studying for a relevant degree – Marketing, Business Studies, Communications or related degree
• Be on course for a 2.1 degree or above (We will determine whether you're on track for a 2.1 based on the grades you achieved in your last completed year of academic study)
• Be an undergraduate university student expecting/ hoping to undertake a work placement in your third year. Must be available to start in July 2025.
• Good communication skills, including the ability to liaise with people across the business
• Excellent Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Strong time management skills and client service orientation.
• Demonstrates initiative and a self-starter
• Able to present ideas and views clearly and with confidence
• Creative problem solving
• Very high level of attention to detail
• Very high work standards
• Ability to prioritise and work to tight deadlines
• Ability to work well both in a team and individually
• Respects and enjoys the diversity of cultural, social and academic backgrounds found in the Firm