Business Development Coordinator - Chicago, United States - Systems Limited

Systems Limited

Verified Company

Chicago, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Essential Functions

Develop and maintain wellrounded understanding of Life Sciences Health Industry (LSHI) lawyers and LSHIrelated subpractice areas (e.g., product liability, FDA, transactions, etc.).
Support the LSHI Business Development Team in various projects as they relate to business development efforts associated with the LSHI Group.
Promote the FDA Compounding pharmacy team internally and externally, maximing the opportunities to raise the profile of the group and generate more work. This includes using appropriate external media and social media channels to raise the profile of key lawyers and partners
Assist with pitch materials, presentations and responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs); assist attorneys with presentation preparation by assisting with creating and editing materials, and be instrumental in delivering a strong first version document for the partners.
Assist LSHI attorneys with business development activities; maintain strong working relationships and a high level of daytoday interaction with lawyers in LSHI as well as attorneys in related practice groups.
Edit marketing collateral, including practice area descriptions and attorney biographies for print, website and intranet; facilitate posting updates to firm website and intranet as required.
Work with the LSHI group and related practice teams/task forces to help prepare and edit drafts of various industry survey and directory submissions, plus maintain repositories of information on practice group accolades and awards.
Assist in coordination of Client's participation in, and sponsorship of, local and national conferences. Responsibilities would include handling attorney reservations or RSVPs, and coordinating and submitting advertisements, giveaways, logos, check requests, and other materials as needed for sponsorships and other external activities.
Assist in coordinating Clienthosted client seminars and events. Responsibilities would include development of invitations and invite lists, coordinating with venues on logistics, coordinating speaker calls, and assisting with event materials, event promotion, and dayof event needs.
Collect and maintain attorney experience and client information in Firmwide experience databases and client relationship management (CRM) system.
Work closely with LSHI attorneys to draft, edit and coordinate posts for the LSHI LinkedIn Showcase page.
Assist with the development of group and strategy meeting agendas and presentations, and prepare and circulate meeting summaries.
Help maintain industry group/specialty group intranet sites.
All other duties as assigned.
Job functions included are not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary. Client reserves the right to revise or modify job functions at any time._

Requirements:

Education:
College degree in Marketing, Business, Communications or related field desirable, but not required.

Skills:

Be a good team player, with a positive attitude, and willingness to learn
Able to collaborate with virtual teams and manage work that is generated and required in different time zones.
Strong computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Social media platforms and CRM a plus.
Technologically savvy and able to quickly learn new database systems.
Extremely resourceful, detail oriented, proactive and selfdirected with ability to independently manage and appropriately prioritize multiple projects and competing priorities under tight deadlines, sometimes with mínimal oversight.
Able to demonstrate sound professional judgment and a high degree of poise and professionalism when interacting with internal and external contacts.
Comfortable establishing effective firmwide working relationships with individuals at all levels.
Possess, and be willing to continue to develop, strong organizational, project management and problem solving skills.
Able to work independently as well as part of a team, and be flexible in approach.
Interest in reading legal, economic and marketing press.
Interest in providing administrative support to team to help manage myriad tasks and deadlines.