King & Spalding

law firm

BusinessDevelopment&MarketingManager

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia FULL TIME
The Brief

“Business Development & Marketing Manager at King & Spalding. Skills: Business development, Marketing strategies, Client targeting, Pitches, RFP’s, Strategic research, Market recognition. Inform, develop and implement business development and marketing strategies designed to target the firmwide desired client base across key practices. Provide direct support to the Middle East offices including its cross-office and cross-disciplinary needs within the broader network”

What You'll Achieve.

grow market share

Industry & Context.

law firm

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor’s degree, Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, A creative commercially minded thinker with project management skills, Ability to quickly grasp concepts, trends and good command of the subject matter, Flexible, proactive and self-motivated, Ability to work successfully both independently and in conjunction with the marketing team and fee earning stakeholders and business services, Excellent oral, written and presentation skills including the ability to communicate with credibility and diplomacy where required, attention to detail, client service attitude, Able to integrate well into a geographically dispersed functional team, Highly developed Microsoft Office skills, including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel, and be proficient in contact relationship and experience management databases

Nice to Have

Highly experienced business development/marketing knowledge and skills gained in a professional services or consultancy law firm experience considered a plus, demonstrative track record in energy

What You'll Do.

develop and implement business development and marketing strategies designed to target the firmwide desired client base across key practices

Provide direct support to the Middle East offices including its cross-office and cross-disciplinary needs within the broader network

Provide ad hoc support to our EMEA offices

Identify and facilitate client targeting

including go-to-market strategies around agreed opportunities

Lead the production of dynamic and client-facing pitches

RFP’s and other marketing material as required building on the best of the firm’s capabilities and experience

Conduct strategic research on potential clients

competitors and practice developments

Identify business trends and opportunities and ensure that K&S is optimally positioned to grow market share

Manage and lead directory submissions and league rankings

compilation and correct categorisation of experience for the Middle East

Work in collaboration with the events team to build successful events

including targeted client lists

on-site management and targeted follow- up activities

Identify and recommend conferences

speaking opportunities and networking opportunities that strengthen the firm’s market recognition

Build effective agendas for internal meetings and participate in knowledge sharing and best practice to best highlight the work and initiatives of the Middle East office

Collaborate with marketing personnel across the firm to drive industry and practice initiatives on cross-selling and cross-practice initiatives

Act as a first point of call on transactional BD requests

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work in collaboration with the events team; Collaborate with marketing personnel across the firm; Ability to work successfully both independently and in conjunction with the marketing team and fee earning stakeholders and business services; Able to integrate well into a geographically dispersed functional team

Communication Scope

Excellent oral, written and presentation skills; ability to communicate with credibility and diplomacy where required

Process & Methodology

Project management skills

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