Entry level digital marketing assistant role with global law firm Squire Patton Boggs.

About the job

Description

Are you looking for a new challenge? Keen to develop your career in an ambitious professional services business? We’re looking for a Digital Marketing Assistant to join our global Business Development and Marketing team.This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, creative and determined individual with a positive approach to working on a range of digital marketing tasks. You’ll have a good understanding of basic web and multimedia technologies, and ideally some relevant experience, but more importantly an enthusiasm and willingness to learn!

Our Firm

Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world’s strongest integrated law firms, committed to providing insight at the point where law, business and government meet. We deliver commercially focused business solutions to a diverse mix of clients, from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses, start-up visionaries and sovereign nations. With over 1,500 lawyers spanning more than 40 offices across four continents, the firm is renowned for its local connections and global influence, delivering comprehensive legal services across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. In the UK, we have offices in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and London.

Our Team

Our global Business Development and Marketing team includes over 65 colleagues working together to provide frontline BD support and advice at a practice, industry and office level – much of the work being collaborative and international in nature. This role will report to the Head of Digital Marketing, and forms part of the firm’s wider Business Development & Marketing team.

Our Opportunity

Working within the Digital Marketing function, as well as the wider Business Development & Marketing team, you will be responsible helping to grow the online and digital presence of our successful firm.You will be assisting with content management of the website, ensuring it is kept accurate and up to date as well as ensuring that email campaigns are created and distributed in a timely and targeted manner. You will also be responsible for supporting with online event management, as well as working with online video/audio contentThis is a busy and all-encompassing role, perfect for a junior digital media assistant to gain a wide range of experience in a professional services law firm. The role will be largely working within our e-marketing platform with aspects of managing the website and other digital initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the management of our website and support our content marketing efforts.
• Assist with the development and delivery of interactive marketing materials promoting the firm’s brand and communicating legal updates and event opportunities to targeted audiences within the industry.
• Assist with the delivery of email marketing campaigns to external clients and contacts through the firms Email Marketing System.
• Contribute to the design and creation of email campaigns to convert with our audience.
• Assist with the management of staff photos for both internal and external use.
• Assist with the production and distribution of audio/visual campaigns.
• Provide reporting support for interactive marketing initiatives

You

• Educated to degree level or an appropriate equivalent (preferably but not essential)
• Preferably (although not essential) have some web content management and multimedia experience in a similar role.
• Have a good understanding of basic web technologies, CMS systems, marketing techniques and experience in the use of Adobe creative suite coupled with a basic understanding of HTML/CSS.
• Be competent to use the core IT programmes of the business to include MS Word, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Have some understanding and preferably previous experience of web content management and email marketing.
• Have a professional attitude and be able to work under pressure.
• Have excellent communication and listening skills and an ability to work with a considerable amount of complex and detailed information.
• Be able to display dynamism, creativity and determination and will have excellent organisational and attention to detail skills.
• Be able to demonstrate flexibility with regards to hours and travelling to other offices, dependent on operational needs.

What You Need To Know

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, please visit our website at www.squirepattonboggs.com/en/careers in the first instance. We are unable to process applications sent directly by email. Please complete an online application. No agency CVs accepted at this time.We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is representative of our diverse society. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply. We may collect relevant data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process.