Are you a motivated graduate looking to kick-start your career in business development and marketing within a professional services environment?
This is an exciting opportunity for a driven and proactive individual to join a busy Business Development team, supporting a wide range of marketing and BD initiatives designed to raise the firm’s profile and generate new business.
About the Role
You will work closely with business development managers, marketing colleagues, and fee earners to help deliver effective BD and marketing activity across the business. This is a varied, hands-on role offering excellent exposure to events, campaigns, client engagement, and internal stakeholder management. Responsibilities include:
- Supporting business development and marketing initiatives to help drive new business
- Maintaining administrative records including planners, ROI trackers, mailing lists, CRM data, and budget tracking
- Pre-event planning (invitation copy, delegate lists, logistics, catering, and third-party coordination)
- On-the-day event support (registrations and meet-and-greet)
- Post-event follow-up, CRM updates, ROI tracking, and debriefs
- Liaising with internal teams and external suppliers such as designers, facilities, catering, reception, and PR
- Assisting with awards, dinners, and client entertainment activities, including bookings and logistics
- Supporting the management and tracking of business development pipelines
- Researching industry events and managing attendance and bookings
- Preparing content and mailing lists for email campaigns, ensuring GDPR compliance
- Writing copy for invitations, webpages, newsletters, and social media posts
- Supporting sector planning meetings alongside a BD manager
- Working closely with the marketing team to deliver high-quality materials
- Providing general administrative and ad-hoc marketing support
About You
- A recent graduate in marketing, business, or a related discipline
- Some prior exposure to marketing and/or business development (e.g. placement year, internship, or relevant work experience)
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- A confident written and verbal communicator
- Proactive, enthusiastic, and adaptable, with a strong “can do” attitude
- Comfortable managing multiple tasks and working to deadlines
If this sounds like the right opportunity for you and you’re ready to take the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you.