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Business Development Coordinator
Apply locations Nottingham posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition id JR100460
About the team
We trust our people to work flexibly in the way that works best for them, their teams and our clients. Our firm is set up to ensure everyone’s voice is heard, and mutual respect is shown by all.
About the role
To work as an effective member of the team, to raise profile and support Business Development Managers with marketing activity to develop new business for the firm.
Key Responsibilities
* Maintaining CRM Pipeline records, research clients and potential clients, production of power point presentations from the CRM dashboard.
* Assisting in identifying target markets and potential clients, carrying out background research and keeping the database updated.
* Maintaining and monitoring business development pipelines and action plans, including attending meetings with the Executive Business Development Manager and ensuring lawyers carry out scheduled activities.
* Supporting events run by the office (in house seminars, networking events etc), including managing delegate lists, ‘meeting and greeting’ and ensuring follow up is undertaken. Also, to attend external local networking events to represent the Firm when required.
* Researching industry events for lawyers to attend and managing bookings.
* Help to develop the use of social media by lawyers within the Firm, in targeting prospects and that relevant material is generated and posted.
* Help prepare content and mailing lists for email campaigns generated by Business Development.
* Monitoring tracking for website and email campaigns.
* General administrative and ad hoc tasks supporting Business Development activity.
* Confident use of telephone as a sales and marketing tool.
* Fully conversant with social media (LinkedIn, Twitter, Blogs) its use and ability to train others on these platforms.
* Attending meetings with internal sector focus groups to help create business development action plans for that sector, usually alongside a Business Development Manager.
* Preparing a note of key ‘Action Points’ following meetings.
* Provide support to implement the plan. Activities will vary for each sector but may include maintaining a list of key targets, liaising with the marketing and digital teams as well as helping to prepare capability statements, and organising events.
* Taking an active role to ensure the plan is achieved even when fee earners are busy with client commitments.
* A working knowledge of a proprietary CRM system or MS office system is desirable.
Your skills and qualifications
* Educated to degree level, ideally a marketing or business-related degree, or related qualifications/training, such as CIM.
* Advanced knowledge of MS Office, in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint
* A familiarity with social media channels
* Previous experience in a business development role within a law firm or other professional services firm will be an advantage.
* Strong focus on customer service
* Ability to communicate at all levels both internally and externally, written and verbal.
* Flexible approach
* Excellent ability to prioritise and manage different tasks simultaneously.
* Ability to develop relationships with third parties through networking and referrals.
* Strong organisational skills
* Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team.
* Excellent attention to detail
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About Us
We’re 1000+ Freethinkers, striving to create a better place. We’re committed to living our values – smart, bold, together – and making a positive change at every touchpoint for our colleagues, clients and communities. We’ve built our law firm on solid foundations of integrity, entrepreneurialism and expertise. This has helped us grow into one of the largest full-service law firms in the UK, with 13 offices and over 1000 colleagues, and counting.
1. Think Ambition: We’ve built our law firm on solid foundations of integrity, entrepreneurialism and expertise. This has helped us grow into one of the largest full-service law firms in the UK, with 13 offices and over 1,000 colleagues, and counting. Matching individual ambition and our firm’s ambition matters. That’s why we develop our people by making sure every one of our team feels connected through a clear progression pathway and leadership support. It’s helped us to grow an award-winning reputation in the eyes of our clients and competitors that each and every one of the Freeths team works hard to uphold in everything we do.
2. Think Recognition: Sharing success matters to us. We love to showcase excellent work across the firm and celebrate our people through our employee awards. We recognise our teams work hard together to deliver the best solutions for our clients. That’s why g reat work is well rewarded - our rewards and benefits are among the best in the business.
3. Think Together: Our people are at the heart of what makes Freeths such a great place to be. We’re a firm where people care about each other and employee wellbeing is high on the agenda. Our firm is set up to ensure everyone’s voice is heard, and mutual respect is shown by all. We understand that differences add strength, which means we maintain a diverse culture where everyone has the freedom to be themselves and thrive.
We're committed to championing diversity and building an inclusive culture. We want to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of their background. We welcome applications from everybody, particularly those from marginalised backgrounds.
We celebrate difference, encourage diversity of thought and are dedicated to continually challenging our processes to maintain fairness, equity and transparency. If you require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or a health condition, please do not hesitate to contact !recruitmentfreeths@freeths.co.uk and we will be happy to discuss.
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