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Haynes and Boone, LLP · 10 hours ago

Business Development Assistant

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

1+ years exp

Haynes and Boone, LLP is one of the largest law firms in Dallas, seeking a Business Development Assistant to support their business development team. The role involves assisting in marketing materials, coordinating content updates, managing events, and providing operational support to enhance client relationships and internal initiatives.

Consulting

Responsibilities

Assists the BD team in responding to internal requests for practice group marketing materials, attorney bios and photos, and other marketing and business development-related assistance

Helps draft, proof, and assemble pitch books, presentations, and proposals

Maintains and updates information in the firm's pitch book and proposal databases

Coordinates regular updates to lawyer bios, practice group overviews, deal and case charts, representative client lists, practice group web page content, and other materials

Assists the BD team with preparation of submissions for key directory rankings (including Chambers and Legal 500)

Assist in content creation, editing, and proofreading

Ensure marketing and related materials are tracked and saved in appropriate locations and manage department’s electronic files

Support the implementation of internal communications

Works with the BD Manager (BDM), BD Specialists and BD Coordinators on various events and sponsorships and drives follow-up efforts to achieve positive results

Assists the BDMs and Event Specialist during events

Updates firm’s CRM system to track post-event follow-up and return on investment

Prepares materials for, maintains overall schedules, and participates in practice group meetings

Creates business presentations with various software tools, especially PowerPoint

Collaborates with the BD team and Competitive Intelligence Group on research projects

Coordinate the development of forms to collect, organize, and analyze data

Assist with the maintenance of client relationship management database and contact lists

Support ongoing matter maintenance, including matter narrative updates

Assist in ad hoc production of various marketing-related projects, including Word documents and PowerPoint presentations

Provide support for various BD Department needs, including scheduling department meetings and maintain department calendars and ensure content is up to date

Ensure paid sponsorship / charitable initiative components are executed as contracted

Provide support for various BD Department needs, including scheduling department meetings, filing expenses, and filing check requests / invoice processing

Assist in tracking marketing budgets and expenses

Collaborate with teams on budget management

Handle scheduling and logistics for a variety of team and committee meetings as well as the attorney training program

Performs related duties as assigned

Qualification

SmartsheetMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointInterActionVutureFoundationPositive client service orientationCommunication skillsTeamwork skillsAttention to detailWork ethic