Business Development and Marketing Assistant

Business Development and Marketing Assistant

Location: Leamington with regular travel to other offices within Coventry and Warwickshire

Salary: c£28,000 per annum

We are working in partnership with a well-established, multi-office law firm who are looking to appoint a business development and marketing assistant to support their Business Development Director.

The role will involve:

• Organising and attending events and exhibitions
• Provide monthly reports on referrals and prospects, reviews, website analytics, and social media
• Providing support in keeping the company website up to date with articles blogs, staff profiles and photos
• Organising and planning social media posts
• Developing and building relationships with local estate agents, mortgage brokers and other referrers, keeping them updated on matters
• Liaising with the Wills and Probate team and the Conveyancing team to ensure cross-selling opportunities are maximised
• Updating and maintaining the external newsletter database
• Undertaking research for potential leads/contacts
• Organising photographer for events and for the company website
• Supplying artwork to publications for local press advertising, reviewing and monitoring effectiveness
• Responding to client reviews on Google and Review Solicitors
• Managing staff profiles and raising awareness surrounding the importance of client reviews

Suitable candidates will have:

• Project and event management experience
• Experience in the use of Canva (preferred but not essential)
• Experience using social media scheduling tools
• Strong business development skills
• Proven organisational and administrative skills with attention to detail
• Analytical skills with ability to interpret data and provide commentary and recommendations
• Excellent communication skills
• A good understanding of a range of social media, particularly Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram
• Experience of working within a business development role with a law firm (preferred)
• Own transport and a full UK driving licence, as travel to other offices will be required.

This is a full-time permanent job working 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.

Benefits include:

• 23 days’ holiday (increasing to 27), plus 8 days’ bank holidays
• 2 days’ additional leave between Christmas and New Year (office closure)
• Your birthday off, from your second year of employment
• Holiday buy and sell scheme. Buy or sell up to 5 days holiday per year
• Annual salary reviews
• Company Sick Pay (on completion of probation period)
• Company Pension Scheme
• Discounted legal fees (on completion of probation period)
• BUPA healthcare scheme (on completion of probation period)
• Death in service benefits 3 x salary (on completion of probation period)
• Long service awards
• Career development and regular performance reviews
• Technical and personal skills training
• Community and fundraising events
• Full induction programme
• Virtual GP
• Funeral Planning and support
• Group Life Employee Assistance Programme
• Bereavement and Probate helpline and counselling service

Note: Salary is given as a guideline in line with market rate and will be dependent on experience. The information given above is correct to the best of our knowledge

For more information, please contact Tracey at Talentwise Solutions

About Talentwise

Talentwise Solutions is a family-run, boutique recruitment agency specialising in legal professional and legal support jobs throughout Coventry and Warwickshire, Birmingham and the Midlands.

We offer a tailored service, to find the right role and the right cultural fit for our candidates, and rest assured we will never forward your CV to any firm without first gaining your consent.

About Your Consultant

Tracey is the Owner and Director of Talentwise Solutions, where her focus is on offering a prestigious, consultative, open, and honest service - the way she believes recruitment should be! Tracey’s passion for recruitment in the legal sector goes back over thirty years, and today it’s stronger than ever. Tracey prides herself on her personalised approach to recruiting and will be on hand to guide you through every stage of the process from initial application through to job offer. You know your career is in great hands with Tracey’s experience and expertise.

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