Overview

Business Development Executive UKIME (Dentons Business Services EMEA) is a temporary position for a duration of 20 months. The role supports employees based in the UK and Ireland, with a work schedule following UK working hours and the UK calendar of bank holidays.

Role purpose

The BD Executive will, together with the BD Executive and Senior BD Manager, provide support on marketing and business development activity across the Disputes division, including the Restructuring & Insolvency and Regulatory & Investigations practice. The role focuses on delivering strategic objectives related to campaigns, events, sponsorship management, directory submissions, thought leadership, client relationship management and client targeting.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Profile Raising: Prepare award entries, legal directory submissions, and explore profile-raising opportunities; maintain and update website and social media content with the Communications team; ensure all materials follow brand and visual identity guidelines.
• Winning Work: Support the production of proposals (content creation, editing, team coordination, branding, and pricing compliance); collaborate with the Senior BD Manager to develop high-quality proposal materials and ensure consistent messaging across platforms; act as a proposal process ambassador and ensure proposals are logged and outcomes tracked; conduct research on organisations, sectors, and individuals.
• Events and sponsorship management: Assist in planning and executing client events (in-person and virtual); draft invitations, manage logistics, and create targeted mailing lists; leverage sponsorships for client engagement and manage post-event follow-ups, including ROI tracking.
• Campaign Management: Support the development and delivery of marketing campaigns; draft and design marketing content for internal and external use; work with the Digital Marketing team for online rollout, ensuring brand compliance and tracking ROI.

Requirements

• Significant relevant marketing and organisational experience
• Experience managing the legal directories process
• Experience of working in a legal and/or professional services environment
• Understands when to act and when to ask
• Builds trust amongst fee earning teams and wider stakeholder community
• Understands the need and has the ability to manage expectations
• Good attention to detail
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Willingness to take on additional responsibility and deputise for their line manager when required
• Sound working knowledge of Word, PowerPoint and Excel

Qualification Requirements of the Role

• Graduate calibre with demonstrable and/or professionally recognised marketing or communications qualification (such as CIM, etc)

Benefits

• Private medical healthcare provided by Medicover
• MultiSport card
• Benefit Cafeteria system
• Veterinary care for your pet provided by PetHelp
• Option to join a private insurance plan
• An additional day off for your birthday
• Tailored learning & development opportunities
• Hybrid work model with a modern office in Warsaw city center

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Temporary

Job function

• Other

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting