Business Development Assistant

We have a great opportunity for a Business Development Assistant to join an established law firm in Newcastle. They are an award-winning firm and the role will join a friendly Business Development team.

Purpose of the role:

Support Practice Groups on the day to day activities in the delivery of business development plans.

Main duties and responsibilities:

General BD

Contribute to the successful implementation of business development and marketing plans through:

• Maintaining the business development content on the firm intranet, including updating the groups events calendar.
• Updating and maintaining information on firm websites.
• Assisting with the research, coordination and completion of Legal Directory submissions.
• Assisting with the implementation of specific business development projects.
• Working directly with the relevant Business Development team and lawyers to agree approach, source content and secure sign off of the final product
• Consistently meeting both internal and external deadlines to enable prompt delivery of each bid or submission

Bids / Proposals/ Marketing Collateral

• Support the generation of new revenue through:
• Prepare and maintain collateral (brochures, conference collateral, pre-written content).
• Review and proof proposals as requested by other team members.
• Support our content management process and other bid processes.

Key Skills:

• IT literate with good knowledge of Microsoft Office products, specifically Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
• Strong interpersonal and in particular, strong written communication skills
• Good time management and organisational skills with acute attention to detail.
• Basic project management skills.

Don’t hesitate to contact Lisa Brock to discuss the role further.