About Buckles:
Buckles Solicitors LLP is an award-winning firm, that provides world-class client experience and services on a comprehensive range of legal services to both businesses and individuals in the UK and internationally.
Delivering effective and cost-efficient legal solutions from our offices based in Bristol, Cambridge, London, Nottingham, Peterborough, Stamford, and with international presence in Paris and Milan.
We recognise that all this is possible due to our team of highly dedicated, enthusiastic professionals across our locations. We pride ourselves on providing a positive work environment where independent thinking and new ideas are actively encouraged and where every member of the team genuinely can make a difference.
Buckles carries the LawNet Mark of Excellence and is Investor in People Gold accredited.
We are growing our well-established Marketing Team and are looking for an experienced Head of Marketing & Growth to join us in Peterborough on a full time, permanent basis.
As Head of Marketing & Growth at Buckles, you will lead our marketing team and take clear responsibility for business development.
You will work closely with partners and lawyers across all legal departments to drive lead generation, strengthen client relationships and convert opportunities into profitable work, while shaping and delivering the firm’s overall marketing and growth strategy.
In this pivotal role, the successful candidate will:
·Define and communicate a clear, coherent business growth strategy.
·Work with departmental heads to identify key target clients and growth opportunities.
·Strengthen market awareness of our capabilities and value proposition.
·Equip and empower lawyers to act as business development ambassadors.
·Collaborate with partners and leaders to set annual revenue targets and translate them into actionable plans.
·Lead a high-performing marketing team to deliver data-driven strategies and measurable results.
·Adopt a culture of accountability and proactive risk management across the firm.
You’ll maintain strategic oversight of client and prospect relationships, supporting pitches and presentations where needed, while focusing on enabling lawyers to lead these engagements
What we’re looking for:
·Proven experience in senior marketing and growth leadership roles, ideally within professional services.
·Strong strategic thinking and execution skills.
· Ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of the business.
·A data-driven approach to marketing and business development.
Experience and skills required for the Head of Marketing and Growth:
·Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to convey information clearly, concisely, and confidently.
·High levels of tact, diplomacy, discretion, and emotional intelligence, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and differing viewpoints within a partnership environment.
·Strong consensus-building capability, able to bring together diverse perspectives, identify common ground, and establish shared goals, naturally collegiate and sensitive to others’ viewpoints.
·Proven experience enabling successful sales through others, whether by leading teams or supporting professionals to deliver in client-facing roles.
·Solid knowledge of core marketing disciplines relevant to a medium-sized organisation (e.g., digital and social marketing, event management, pitch materials, campaign execution).
·Demonstrated ability to set targets, hold others accountable, and manage delivery against agreed objectives.
·Experience in the legal sector is beneficial but not essential.
Reward and development:
Buckles recognise the success of every employee; working with you to ensure you have what you need to maximise your potential and develop your career.
Alongside a host of development, professionally and personally, we offer some fantastic benefits, which include:
• 30 days annual leave + all UK Bank Holidays.
• An additional day for your birthday each year (or closest working day to your birthday).
• Additional annual leave on Christmas Eve (1 full day) and New Years Eve (half day PM) if these days fall on a contracted working day.
• Private healthcare options for you – via Bupa, paid for by Buckles.
• Free healthcare cash back plans for you and your family – paid for by Buckles.
• Enhanced pension – 5% matched contribution by Buckles.
• Ability to buy additional holiday – up to 3 days per year.
• Group Life Assurance – 4 x your annual salary.
To apply:
If you meet the criteria for this position and would like to apply, please submit an up-to-date CV demonstrating your skills and experience relevant for the role.
Buckles Law are an equal opportunity and disability-inclusive employer and value diversity across the firm. We do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or parental or caring status.
Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to the recruitment process. If you would prefer to discuss this confidentially, please email careers@buckles-law.co.uk and add the job title in the subject line of the email.