Marketing Assistant

Ireland’s leading business law firm Byrne Wallace Shields LLP is seeking an experienced Marketing Assistant to join the firm’s dynamic and fast paced marketing team. 

Reporting directly to the Head of Marketing, this is a generalist role with a particular focus on supporting web/digital, content marketing, graphics/design and events.

This is an excellent opportunity to work in a rapidly growing firm, where you will work directly with senior partners and specialist legal teams, helping to drive multi-channel marketing campaigns whilst providing proactive and high quality marketing support, and supporting the delivery of excellent client service further strengthening of the firm’s position as a leading business law firm. 

The working environment is both challenging and interesting as we are at the cutting edge of the market across many of our legal areas. 

The successful candidate should be flexible to support a wide range of marketing activities, and also have a strong ability to draw on their own knowledge and experience to add value to the role and contribute ideas that will ensure the team consistently delivers forward thinking, proactive and best-in-class marketing and communications support to the firm.

Key Responsibilities

• Web & Digital: including management of the firm’s website, social media channels, email marketing campaigns.
  
• Content Marketing: Supporting initiatives to create content and thought leadership, and optimising distribution across multiple digital channels. 
  
• Brand & Design: Coordinating and designing marketing collateral and graphics (including PowerPoint presentations, posters, invitations, brochures), liaising with external suppliers where relevant, and supporting any brand and messaging projects as they arise.
  
• Events: supporting event management as well as the digital promotion and communication of the firm’s events
  
• PR, Advertising & Sponsorships: including drafting press releases, researching media opportunities, implementing third party partnerships and sponsorship/speaking arrangements, and directory listings.  
  
• CRM: managing CRM campaigns and employing the firm's CRM tool to input and maintain information on clients and contacts, including mailing list management, and tracking marketing related CRM activities.
  
• Supporting internal communications and internal marketing
  
• Market Research 
  
• Reporting on KPIs: monitoring and tracking the firm’s online and social presence, digital campaigns and CRM activities and inputting into quarterly and annual reports.  

Skills and Experience

• Third level qualification in marketing or equivalent.  
  
• Previous experience working in a professional services firm.
  
• Strong Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel skills.
• Proficient using CRM-based, web content management, email marketing, webinar, video/audio systems. Experience using Vutur, Wordpress, Modx, Interaction, Teams, Adobe Premiere Pro and Audition an advantage. 
  
• Experience of graphic design packages e.g. Canva, InDesign, Photoshop.
  
• Video and Audio (podcast) experience. 
  
• Social media savvy.
  
• Understanding of content marketing and proven experience drafting content and optimising distribution. 

Personal Attributes

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, in particular good copywriting and proof reading skills.
  
• Strong multi-tasker, well organised with the ability to work to short deadlines.
  
• Excellent quality-focused attention to detail.  
  
• A solid understanding of web based and digital marketing techniques including Google analytics, SEO.  
  
• Excellent customer service skills.
  
• Creative, with a good eye for design.  
  
• Team player.
  
• Energetic, proactive and ability to work on own initiative.
  
• Confident and personable.
  
• Possess a flexible can-do attitude.
  

If you are interested in being considered for the above position, please submit your CV in confidence by email to recruitment@byrnewallaceshields.com . For further information on Byrne Wallace Shields LLP, please see our website byrnewallaceshields.com.

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