Business Development Assistant - Real Estate

The role

This is an excellent opportunity for a Business Development Assistant to join us providing support to the Real Estate Department, as a result of the growing need for support from our go -to-market groups. 

Reporting to the Senior Business Development Manager and working closely with a Business Development Executive, the role provides the full mix of business development and marketing activities and is an exciting opportunity for an engaged and proactive individual looking to build a career in professional services Business Development. 

Role responsibility

You will be required to support on the following activities:

• The drafting of directory submissions and awards
• Creating and maintaining brochures and other sales support materials
• The pitch and credentials process including updating the credentials database and identifying relevant experience, collating content, document formatting and logging pitch information on CRM
• Planning, building and encouraging content for client newsletters, the website, social media posts and internal communications
• Assisting with events, including event planning, invitation drafting, building invitation lists and liaising with third parties and lawyers on content
• Undertaking ad-hoc research requests related to legal topics, people, clients and prospects or markets. For example, competitor websites, LinkedIn searches, marketing opportunities such as sponsorships and internal CRM system searches
• Providing meeting support, organising diaries and following up action points
• Providing support for marketing campaigns, such as liaising with content producers, chasing copy to ensure deadlines met
• Developing the CRM building mailing lists and segmentation of data for events, general contacts and mailings
• Creating reports and research in advance of various business development and marketing meetings
• Collating information and content for the Real Estate monthly internal newsletter and the quarterly client newsletter
• Assistance with developing the monthly Board report
• Assisting lawyers with digital tasks such as creating blog posts and sharing LinkedIn assets

About you

Ideally you will be able to demonstrate;

• Enthusiasm and a willingness to learn
• Proactivity with the ability to use your initiative to drive efficiencies
• An eye for detail, accuracy and good writing skills
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to multi-task and effectively prioritise tasks
• A personable and confident approach, with the ability to build relationships with partners / key stakeholders

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual holiday
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Interest free Season Ticket Loan
• Private Healthcare
• Pension Scheme
• Staff Introductory Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

About us

With almost 200 lawyers in one location, we ensure our clients have the right team to help them get from where they are to where they want to be. We advise major corporates and institutions as well as entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises which are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. As well as our significant business law capability, we are one of only a few London-based law firms with a large private wealth offering. Our clients find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.

Whether you are an ambitious and talented individual wanting to hit the ground running from day one, or an established professional looking for a new opportunity, Howard Kennedy is the firm where you can really make it happen.

We have earned a strong reputation for our exceptional and uniquely talented people who between them deliver outstanding results for clients. In a firm of our size, our strong team dynamic creates a thriving culture of creativity and entrepreneurialism. Howard Kennedy is a pragmatic and non-hierarchical environment where success is shared, and you are proactively encouraged to thrive at your own pace.

Our distinctive culture is built on fairness and respect. Guided by the firm’s values of talk straight, think smart and be yourself, everyone in the firm holds equal value, and everyone plays their role in supporting, encouraging and inspiring colleagues to do their best work.

At the same time, we recognise and reward individualism, celebrating the diversity of our people and supporting them to grow their practice and drive their own career advancement.

As well as client work, there is opportunity to broaden your horizons at the firm with fulfilling pro bono and charity projects. We have a regular social calendar full of wellbeing activities, charitable and social events too.