Senior Public Relations Manager Recognitions
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Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Summary
Reporting to the Director of Public Relations the Senior Public Relations Manager (Recognitions) is part of a global team of marketing and business development professionals. The Senior Public Relations Manager plans directs strategically evaluates and manages the Firms participation with key legal directories publications and other rankings and awards organizations to increase rankings and recognition for the Firm and its lawyers. She/he provides leadership to the Rankings & Awards team and works closely with and collaborates with Marketing colleagues other Firm departments lawyers and Firm management.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Leads the Firms participation in key legal directories and other rankings and awards organizations in order to increase rankings and recognition for the Firm and its lawyers in alignment with the Firms strategic priorities and to maximize the firms investment.
- Liaises with directory management and researchers to understand methodology and submission guidelines as well as other information specific to the directory or Sidley and uses that information to maximize process efficiency.
- Advises lawyers and business development liaisons on preparing successful legal directory submissions choosing client references and preparing lawyers for interviews in a way that is in keeping with strategic considerations.
- Manage resources and processes for executing submissions that emphasizes efficiency collaboration and results by leveraging research analysis technology and best practices in order to effectively meet submission guidelines and continually improve the quality of submissions.
- Communicates and advocates the Firms strategy regarding participation in key legal directories and other rankings and awards to key stakeholders.
- Oversees research calendars submissions client references and lawyer interviews globally in close coordination with members of Business Development and Marketing.
- Coordinate with relevant stakeholders (Firm management; practice leaders; Pro Bono and Diversity Committees Strategic Planning) to determine the approach to identify and coordinate cross-practice or cross-department submissions such as Law 360 Practice Group of the Year.
- Reports rankings and awards results to Firm management and ensures that rankings and awards submissions nominations and results are accurately captured and tracked in LexTrack to allow for reporting to firm management in real time.
- Provides leadership and operational support to the Rankings & Awards Team including direct reporting oversight of marketing professionals coaching and training delivering performance feedback and reviews hiring handling HR issues and any other tasks related to a direct reporting relationship.
Salaries vary by location and are based on numerous factors including but not limited to the relevant market skills experience and education of the selected candidate. If an estimated salary range for this role is available it will be provided in our Target Salary Range section. Our compensation package also includes bonus eligibility and a comprehensive benefits program. Benefits information can be found at Salary Range To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform the Duties and Responsibilities (Duties) above satisfactorily and meet the requirements below. The requirements listed below are representative of the minimum knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. If you need such an accommodation please email (current employees should contact Human Resources). Education and/or Experience: Required: Preferred: Other Skills and Abilities: The following will also be required of the successful candidate: Sidley Austin LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer #LI-Hybrid #LI-HM1Qualifications
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Special Events
- Blog Posts
- Account Executives
- Fact Sheets
- Press Releases
- Account Management
- Client Relationships
- SEO
- Content Marketing
- Client Meetings
- ROI
- Client Contact
- Client Service
About Company
Sidley is a global law firm, collaborating across disciplines and borders to help clients in more than 70 countries achieve business objectives.
