Administrative Coordinator – Workplace Experience

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.  

The Administrative Coordinator – Workplace Experience is an integral part of Latham’s Workplace Experience team. This role will be responsible for providing support to department leadership for the efficient execution of day-to-day responsibilities and is responsible for inter-department and cross-functional communication strategies and deliverables, while developing complex and thoughtful presentations conveying internal strategies, projects, and initiatives in a way that is concise, compelling, and easy for key stakeholders to comprehend. This role will be located in our New York office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence. 

Other key responsibilities include:

• Developing complex and thoughtful presentations conveying internal strategies, projects, and initiatives in a way that is concise, compelling and easy for key stakeholders to comprehend
• Developing agendas for virtual and in-person meetings keeping in mind the strategic priorities of the team
• Developing a wide range of department communication and documentation content with a consistent, elevated style, and tone that is in line with design principles, and maintaining a strategic thread through all work
• Storyboarding, developing, and editing visual content with a strong, intentional, and compelling narrative for varying stakeholder groups, exhibiting keen design thinking and an eye for detail
• Performing executive support duties such as scheduling, booking travel, reservations, email inbox monitoring, submitting expenses, among other day-to-day responsibilities
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills exhibited through written and verbal interactions and deliverables
• Exhibit strong written and verbal communication skills
• Possess strong organizational skills with the ability to operate independently

And have:

• A High school diploma or an equivalent, with a Bachelor’s degree, preferably
• A minimum of two (2) years of experience in communication and/or administration
• Experience at a Professional Services firm, preferably
• Experience in design or basic understanding of graphic design, preferably

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional Development programs
• Employee discounts
• And more!

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

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Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services. We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department. Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are. 

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