Marketing and Business Development Coordinator - Dublin
Job Introduction
Based in the DAC Beachcroft Dublin office, forming part of the UK based central Clients and Markets team, this role will support our local marketing and business development initiatives.
Role Responsibility
The key responsibilities include:
- Providing vital support to the Dublin office on a broad range of marketing and business development needs with a particular focus on coordination of events and administration;
- Supporting the Dublin office with key marketing and business development tasks such as the production and updating of marketing materials, PowerPoint presentations, e-alerts and event invitations; (using firmwide templates)
- Assisting in the maintenance of the contacts in OnePlace (CRM system) and the use of OnePlace for the purpose of BD and marketing activity.
- Supporting the Dublin office and central Bids team with pitches, bids and tenders;
- Providing onsite support and coordination during key local events;
- Providing support to the Dublin office by ensuring consistency of message, output and approach in written materials;
- Supporting the creation of content for the firm’s website, then preparing and uploading it for the Digital team to publish.
- Acting as a key liaison for the relationship between the Dublin office and the Firm’s central Clients and Markets function;
- Liaising with third parties and suppliers including event organisers and design/content agencies;
- Assisting with general administration as necessary.
This role will also contain a knowledge management element comprising the following:
- Booking of external events and courses;
- Coordinating knowledge sharing sessions;
- Ad hoc tasks relating to the administration and coordination aspects of knowledge management activity.
The Ideal Candidate
- Have strong administration and organisational skills
- Have experience of working with Client Management Systems and email sharing platforms;
- Have strong IT skills and the ability to learn (or experience of) tools such as InDesign (using firmwide templates)
- Have strong writing skills, with the ability to adapt style to different audiences and channels;
- Communicate clearly and confidently with people across all area of the business by phone, in written communication and in person;
- Plan their time effectively, prioritising workload to meet agreed deadlines;
- Be proactive and take the initiative where appropriate;
- Have excellent computer literacy, including Excel, Word & PowerPoint.
This role would ideally suit a marketing assistant looking to progress their career through increased responsibility, or a strong administrator/coordinator with an interest in marketing.
About the Company
We are a leading international legal business with over 2,500 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.
We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.
We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual' rankings.
Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards – the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.
Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.
Application Details
At DAC Beachcroft, we don’t just accept your differences we celebrate them. From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual. Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are. We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.
We also want you to be at your very best. Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible. We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us. Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable. Our recruitment team can be contacted at recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com
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