GSC Junior Marketing Specialist

Marketing Junior Specialist – Business Development will provide administrative support to the International Marketing and Business Support teams, related to sector and practice group activities, creative design, dlapiper.com content updates and client relationship support.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Provide support to the marketing assistants, coordinators and managers in all aspects of sector, practice group and location Business Development activities

• Receive requests, understand the tasks you are required to deliver and seek clarification when needed

• Schedule the work and ensure it is delivered in accordance with the deadline

• Create and maintain process documentation

• Support graphic design processes

• Update and amend our internal and external websites

• Update our marketing media repository

• Conduct analysis of activities involving key and target clients as requested by the practice group, sector or location marketing teams

• Contribute to the reports prepared by the team and/or requested by the Operations Manager

• Provide support for a variety of administrative tasks where necessary

• Contribute to a customer and team work oriented atmosphere in a demanding and fast-paced environment

• Assist with other daily tasks assigned by the Team Coordinators, Operations Team Leader or Operations Manager

• Ensure that all relevant company standards and guidelines are met

About you

• Advanced English skills

• Basic knowledge of MS Office: Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook

• A keen interest in marketing/business development and project management methods and tools

• Timeliness, accuracy and precision in task delivery

• Ability to multi-task and work to deadlines

• Experience in dealing with a demanding workload and conflicting priorities

• Ability to stay calm and composed in often demanding situations

• Proactive 'can do' attitude and collaborative working style, able to work on own initiatives as well as part of a wider team

About us

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers and business service professionals located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

Our values

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

• Be Supportive – we are compassionate and inclusive, valuing diversity and acting thoughtfully
• Be Collaborative - we are proactive, passionate team players investing in our relationships
• Be Bold - we are fearless and inquisitive, challenging ourselves to think big and find creative new solutions
• Be Exceptional - we are strategic and driven, exceeding standards and expectations

Diversity and inclusion

At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.

Diversity of perspective, thought, background and culture combine to make us the leading global law firm; that’s why we actively seek to build balanced teams. We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.

Hybrid working

We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That's why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.

Pre-engagement screening

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits and where relevant, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and work-related references.