Proposal/Business Development Content Specialist

Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.

We are a collegial, collaborative, and diverse firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realize their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.

If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Business Development and Marketing department in our Chicago office as a Proposal/Business Development Content Specialist.

The Proposal/Business Development Content Specialist supports global content management for the Business Development & Marketing Department. With the support and direction of the Assistant Director of Operations, Content Management & Competitive Intelligence, this is individual will create and execute detailed project plans in collaboration with business development colleagues for the ongoing maintenance, updating, and creation of pitch and proposal content. This individual will ensure that content is regularly updated across product groups, industry groups, RFP question responses, general firm boilerplate, firm initiatives, and other content. This role will primarily focus on development and maintenance of content for pitches and proposals, but may also assist with individual pitch and proposal drafts as required.

Essential Functions:

• Develop and drive detailed work plans with key dates, deliverables, and action steps enabling timely review and updating of pitch and proposal content
• Develop a content audit schedule for pitch and proposal content across the Business Development & Marketing Department and ensure that content remains on schedule
• Work with business development colleagues to build out market-leading content that helps to drive the firm’s business goals
• Hold meetings with product and industry groups, Proposal Center, and other business development colleagues to set out key deliverables
• Outline content direction and arrive at messaging and win themes
• Enforce editorial standards by referencing global messaging guide and ensure consistent messaging
• Work with content owners to remove outdated content and identify where gaps in content exist
• Develop a process where content owners notify this position of new bespoke content that needs to be collected and added to the content library
• Work with content owners to create regionally-focused pieces of content as needed
• Review website text to see where content can be leveraged
• Work with other firm departments to update their relevant content including Diversity, Innovation, Pro Bono, Information Security, and other departments
• Be a key proponent of best practices in messaging, writing, style, and grammar
• Maintain content library in the proposal generation tool to revise and add new content and ensure content is properly categorized and tagged
• Ensure audit trail of updates is properly recorded
• Provide training on the content library in the proposal generation tool
• Develop an understanding of content areas and serve as a resource for business development colleagues and proposal center team members
• Performs other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm goals and objectives

Education/Training/Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Marketing, English or a communication field

Professional Experience:

• At least 4 years of work experience in marketing, writing and project/production management in the professional services arena (e.g., law, accounting, or consulting) or in a comparable position in the corporate, trade association or academic sectors
• Law firm and pitch/proposal experience a plus

Technical Skills: 

• Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills; attention to detail
• Strong project management capabilities; ability to work effectively under deadlines
• Strong MS Office experience (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is required
• Experience with proposal generation system and/or desktop publishing a plus

Performance Traits:

• Excellent interpersonal skills – must have a mature, professional and personable presentation and demeanor
• Strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Demonstrates good judgment and problem-solving capabilities, a team-first and client-service orientation, and stamina
• Highly collaborative
• Ability to work in an environment with shifting priorities and deadlines and ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to work well in a team as well as independently
• Flexibility to work additional hours as necessary
• Must be a self-starter with a high level of initiative
• Strong customer service skills, able to anticipate needs and exercise independent judgment and problem-solving skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Maintains confidentiality and exercises discretion

Physical Requirements:

• May require occasional lifting of up to 20 lbs

The above is a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.

The Firm may modify and amend this job description at any time at its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including medical/dental/vision/life/and AD&D insurance, 401 (k) savings plan, back-up childcare and eldercare, generous paid time off (PTO), as well as opportunities for professional development and growth.

Thank you for your interest in Mayer Brown. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities and disabled veterans. To request a reasonable accommodation related to the application process and/or job interview, please email uslateralrecruiting@mayerbrown.com. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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