Marketing & Business Development Coordinator

Who We Are

At Benesch we pride ourselves on exceeding expectations and building trust not only with our clients but with our employees - Beneschs #1 asset. Committed to providing not only the highest level of legal service to our clients Benesch also aspires to create a positive work environment for our employees. Our Firm continues to earn placement on Chicago and Clevelands Top Workplaces list along with Clevelands NorthCoast 99 Top Workplaces rankings. We also continue to advance on the AmLaw 150 list placing us among the top 150 law firms in the country.

Benesch is proud to be recognized for being a Firm that attracts and retains top talent - making Benesch a great place to work. We offer a hybrid schedule career development and growth transparent and visible leadership teams and a place where diversity equity and inclusion is addition the Firm offers a full array of benefits which can be viewed at .

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We are one of the fastest growing firms in the nation and have offices in Chicago Columbus San Francisco New York City and Wilmington. We continue to expand our geographic footprint and value the talent that comprises each of our locations. If you are someone who champions a First in Service approach and are ready to be part of an exciting and growing Firm we would invite you to apply to join our team.

Want to know more To hear from some of our team click here: is proud to announce the opening for a Marketing & Business Development Coordinator in our Columbus office! This position is hybrid and has work from home flexibility.

Position Summary:

Are you looking for that opportunity to immerse yourself into the marketing and business development world Do you have a degree in marketing communications or something parallel and looking to get your first real world experience Then the role of Marketing & Business Development Coordinator may be the one youve been looking for! This role is perfect for the creative marketing professional who has a solid internship or a year of experience and wants to work side by side with marketing professionals to cross the finish line when attracting new clientele.

The Marketing & Business Development Coordinator works closely with the Business Development Team members in areas including proposal and collateral materials assistance research projects attorney experience collection database and pipeline maintenance and analysis and event planning and support among other daily tasks as needed. The coordinator will be involved in day-to-day activities and long-term projects supporting marketing and business development for the firms attorneys practice areas and initiatives.

Essential Functions:

1. Assists Business Development Managers with preparation of materials for business development meetings pitches and presentations including drafting and/or updating of marketing content as needed.

2. Creates correspondence message templates experience overviews customized bio narratives and other content collaborating with colleagues to format edit proofread print and compile deliverables to firm standards.

3. Helps director and managers follow up on attorney business plan action items and proactively monitor industry practice group and client news and developments.

4. Inputs experience into the firms Experience Management Database coordinates adding experience to appropriate bios and collateral materials and helps to create reports highlighting the firms successes.

5. Proactively maintains news alert platforms and assists attorneys with customizing their news and information alerts.

6. Conducts company and contact research fulfills competitive intelligence research requests and helps to summarize report findings.

7. Coordinates preparation of collateral packages and swag items to be sent to client meetings and conferences and for individual attorneys or teams.

8. Assists with CRM database (InTapp) tasks including adding contacts to correct mailing lists pulling relationship data and cataloging touchpoints and client preferences.

9. Supports managers and specialists in tracking pitch and proposal activity follow-up and outcomes.

10. Works in coordination with business development and events teams to support any business development-related preparation for or follow-up from events.

11. Assists with maintaining certain firm directory listings such as bar association directories industry association directories and competitive intelligence profiles.

Qualifications:

The Marketing & Business Development Coordinator must hold a bachelors degree in marketing communications business or a similar addition the applicant must possess working knowledge of Microsoft Word Excel and PowerPoint social media platforms and Adobe Acrobat Pro. Strong attention to detail excellent writing skills and an excellent client service attitude are necessary. The ability to think creatively meet deadlines stay organized and handle multiple priorities and projects at once are also required.

Benesch is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race color gender sex age religion creed national origin ancestry citizenship marital status sexual orientation physical or mental disability (where applicant is qualified to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations) medical condition protected veteran status gender identity genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.

Applicants who are interested in applying for a position and require special assistance or an accommodation during the process due to a disability should contact the Benesch Human Resources Department by phone at or email at

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