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King & Spalding, a leading global law firm, seeks a Communications Manager
– Directories & Awards to join its Marketing Department.
As a member of the Marketing Department’s Communications team, the Directories & Awards Manager has firm-wide responsibility for managing processes for responding to ranking and award opportunities and optimizing the results.
The position requires a blend of project management and communications skills.
The Directories & Awards Manager is responsible for:
Managing well-developed processes and instituting new processes for the intake, evaluation and pursuit of ranking and award opportunities that help elevate the firm’s brand and further its business development objectives.
Closely collaborating with members of the communications and business development teams to assign submissions, manage workflow, provide guidance on approach and requirements, and meet deadlines.
Working closely with Directories & Awards Coordinator to source and research award and ranking opportunities, track and record results, and provide reports and analysis to marketing colleagues and firm partners and leaders for use in internal communications, benchmarking, and marketing materials.
Developing productive relationships with practice group and specialty team lawyers and business development colleagues to understand their work and strategic objectives and identifying ranking and recognition opportunities to help support them.
Counseling practice group and specialty team leaders and business development colleagues on optimizing rankings and recognitions, and having frank conversations with them to set realistic expectations for potential for wins and understand disappointing outcomes.
Project managing the compilation of key high-level award and survey responses and serving as a lead writer, as needed.
With the assistance of Directories & Awards Coordinator, maintaining the firm’s LexTrack submission management database and working to optimize its usage.
Providing information to business development team and firm partners on rankings research processes and best practices for submissions and nominations in an ongoing effort to improve and scale education, training and support on ranking submissions.
A successful candidate will have these attributes:
Ability to manage multiple deadlines and projects while overseeing overall workflow for a busy ranking and award submission schedule.
Resilience and adaptability to deal with fluid situations, changing priorities and requirements, and tight deadlines.
Keen attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.
A strong team orientation and a collaborative nature, including a can-do attitude and willingness to jump in when needed to ensure ranking and award projects get completed.
Exceptional written and verbal communications skills and ability to communicate with firm partners, administrative team leaders, and colleagues professionally and effectively.
Requirements:
At least seven (7) years of experience in legal or professional services marketing or related role.
Experience with legal rankings and awards is strongly desired.
We are proud of our remarkably cohesive culture, which now encompasses more than 2000 lawyers and business professionals in 22 offices worldwide.
We seek to attract and develop the very best talent to work with us.
King & Spalding LLP (K&S) is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all state, federal, and local laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other status protected by applicable law.
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