Business Development Coordinator

Stoel Rives LLP has an immediate opening for a Business Development Coordinator located in either our Portland, Sacramento, or Seattle office. Stoel Rives Business Development Coordinators are self-starters, intellectually curious, consistently pursuing efficiency, and motivated to ask “why?”. Our coordinators have excellent written and verbal communication skills and can work across all levels of firm management. The Business Development Coordinator (“BDC”) role works as a member of a coordinator team working together to deliver services to BD Managers. Coordinators will fulfill tasks and take project support roles to further business development goals and to support learning and development across the range of coordinator skills. BDCs are located in several offices and will support BD team members from across the firm’s offices. This is a hybrid position with 3 days per week expected in the office and 2 days per week for remote work.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support on pitches and proposals, including the preparation of first drafts for BDM review, making subsequent revisions, and recording the opportunity specifics in the proposal tracking database
• Support on sponsorships and other significant investments, including processing payment and providing deliverables including firm logo, descriptions, ads, etc
• Support on events and webinars, including drafting invitation text for approval, working with the MarTech team to send invitations and track RSVPs, providing logistics support, and providing follow-up support
• Support on marketing collateral handling including experience collection, updates to brochures, web sites, practice descriptions, requests for new creative assets, etc.
• Support for content marketing campaigns, including written thought leadership, podcast and other multimedia, social media, and other digital assets
• Support for industry group meetings and reporting, including generating new business reports and collecting new matter experience points
• Support for Chambers and other surveys and directories, including tracking the completion status and compiling response information
• Support on project sprints for department process improvement including workflow mapping, SOP development, training resource creation, and other “build as you go” team infrastructure
• Support for other tasks based upon what the BD managers need to be responsive to their partner stakeholders
• Other duties as assigned.

ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES

• Solid team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong client service attitude essential.
• Proficiency with or aptitude for learning on tools including Microsoft Office Suite, Teams, Sharepoint and other firm-wide tools. Proficiency with Foundation, InterAction, Tikit, InDesign, Canva, and Adobe a plus.
• Strong project and time management skills with the ability to juggle competing priorities and multiple stakeholders.
• Strong personal initiative, continuous learning mindset, and strong work ethic.
• Strong professional writing and grammar skills.
• Ability to self-manage workload and to collaborate with others to complete tasks efficiently and effectively.
• Thirst for knowledge and desire to learn.
• Travel outside of residing office to assigned offices for on-site event management and execution as well as attendance to firm-wide events as directed by dept. leadership.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications or Business-related areas or equivalent on the job experience required.  1-3 years marketing experience preferred, preferably in legal or professional services environment.

NORMAL WORK HOURS

This is a hybrid position, non-exempt, and eligible for overtime compensation.  Regular office hours are 8:30 - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

How You Will Live Life Well at Stoel Rives: Compensation, Benefits, and More!

The pay range for this position is $52,000 - $91,000; however, the base compensation presented to a candidate may vary based on skills and overall experience. This salary range is based on market location.

In addition to base compensation, Stoel Rives has a total rewards program that includes an annual discretionary bonus and rich benefits offerings. For example, our benefits offerings include paid family & medical leave, competitive PTO, and remote work options. We offer competitive and robust medical, dental, vision, life long-term disability, AD&D, EAP, FSA and Voluntary Life, ADD, and LTC options. We also provide a generous firm-contributed health savings account, a pre-tax transportation/parking plan including an employer monthly subsidy of $100 for individuals who work 3+ days/week in the office, and an annual contribution into the employee’s retirement plan.

No recruiters, please.

What We Are Doing to Ensure A Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Environment

Stoel Rives places a high priority on attracting and retaining lawyers and business professionals with different backgrounds and life experiences. This makes us better and happier as people, as an organization, and as legal advisers. We are proud to offer many engagement opportunities including a firmwide DE&I Committee, Associates Committee, Pro Bono Committee, Affinity Groups, and Parenting Circle.

We proudly partner with Diversity Lab to implement innovative programs to advance Stoel Rives’ DE&I goals, including the aggressive metrics-based goals we’ve adopted as one of five founding Move the Needle firms. Our efforts with Diversity Lab include certification under the Mansfield Rule, to boost the representation of diverse lawyers in our firm’s leadership by broadening the pool of candidates considered for opportunities. Additional information on these programs, can be found here.