Communications, Awards, and Rankings Manager

About This Role

This role involves leading and managing the firm’s comprehensive strategy for business rankings, surveys, and awards. The manager will develop award and ranking strategies, create award-winning submissions, and elevate the firm's market profile.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the firm’s comprehensive submission strategy for business rankings, surveys, and awards.
• Proactively provide strategic recommendations for existing or new business rankings, surveys, and awards the firm should pursue.
• Create and manage a legal directory and awards calendar that sets timelines and deadlines.
• Assist with the firm’s global legal directories submissions process, including Chambers and Legal 500.
• Draft and edit nominations.
• Lead the management of the submissions process and ensure adherence to deadlines and submission quality.
• Analyze, research, and provide guidance on brand-elevating opportunities and best practices around nominations and submissions, including AI use.
• Collect data and maintain internal databases to reflect up-to-date firm rankings and recognitions.

Requirements

• Excellent oral, writing, editing, researching, and project management skills
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to distill complex concepts into compelling and persuasive content
• Ability to take initiative and independently manage and prioritize a heavy workload
• Effective interview skills
• Strong Microsoft skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Experience using generative AI tools and interest in generative engine optimization strategies
• Client-service oriented
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Flexibility to adapt to quickly changing priorities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with a specialization in communications, English, or an equivalent field; or any combination of training, education and experience
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience writing, editing, and proofreading in communications, journalism, publishing, public relations, marketing, or related field in an agency, law firm, or professional services firm.

Nice to Have

• Experience working with LexTrack beneficial

Skills

* Required skills