Senior Business Development Executive

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Executive to join our Business Development team. You will be supporting the Financial Services sector and Banking and Lender Services Group. You will work closely with Business Development Managers, as well as the wider marketing and business development team. As a Business Development Executive, you will have the opportunity to deliver market leading sales activities to support the firm's ambitious growth strategy.Your Role

• Sales enablement
• Supporting the creation and progression of sales pipelines for targeting new clients and identifying opportunities to cross-sell services to existing clients.
• Working on a variety of sub-sector and team business development and client plans and attending team meetings to progress these.
• Producing credentials documents, proposals and pitch presentations to support winning new business. Experience of writing good proposals and small tender documents is advantageous.
• Assisting in the launch to market of new services and solutions.
• Support our Bids team and Business Development Managers on formal bid opportunities including maintaining a library of precedent text for bids through our pitch management system.
• Communications and events
• Assisting with marketing communications including sector reports, e-marketing updates, social media and website content, legal directory and award submissions.
• Working with the Campaigns and BD managers on the development of marketing and thought leadership campaigns.
• Assisting in the creation of internal communications including regular updates, intranet articles and sector reports.
• Working with the Events team and assisting, when required, in the running of sector and legal services events (virtual, in-person and hybrid), hosted events, corporate hospitality and internal events and attending to support as and when required.
• Assisting in the management and maintenance of data used for client relationship management.
• Assisting with the production of videos, podcasts and other forms of digital content
• Working with our Press Office to identify opportunities and capitalising on PR opportunities
• Managing the budget/costs and payments to external suppliers associated to marketing activity you undertake.
• Relationship management
• Assisting with the development of client plans and implementing actions from client team meetings to help grow client relationships and win new work.
• Working closely with industry bodies to develop our relationships, sponsorship opportunities and on events and other activities.
• Create your own network of intermediaries, targets and client contacts and use these to share communications and support lead generation and relationship building activity.
  
  Graduate or equivalent with BD/marketing experience in a professional services environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills - gains respect and credibility quickly.
• Enthusiastic, confident, pro-active and robust.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Able to work well under pressure and drive projects to completion.
• Excellent copywriting, editing and proof-reading skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Experience of using BD/marketing technologies (e.g. CRM systems, email marketing platforms, webinar services and website/intranet content management systems) would be advantageous.
• Ability to assimilate information quickly and a keen interest in developing your knowledge of TLT, the legal sector and the clients that we support.
• Good humoured and positive outlook.
Your skills and experience
• Graduate or equivalent with BD/marketing experience in a professional services environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills - gains respect and credibility quickly.
• Enthusiastic, confident, pro-active and robust.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Able to work well under pressure and drive projects to completion.
• Good copywriting, editing and proof-reading skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Experience of using BD/marketing technologies (e.g. CRM systems, email marketing platforms, webinar services and website/intranet content management systems) would be advantageous.
• Ability to assimilate information quickly and a keen interest in developing your knowledge of TLT, the legal sector and the clients that we support.
• Good humoured and positive outlook.
  
  Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.
We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. TLT was named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023. This marks the third year in a row the firm has taken away this accolade in industry awards - having previously been named Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards in 2021 and the British Legal Awards in 2022. Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it's essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You'll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance. At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We're happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.