Mewburn Ellis is the forward-looking IP firm. 150 years old, but very much with a focus on the future, we are at the top of our profession. We are ‘Top Tier’ in Legal 500, ‘Band 1’ in Chambers & Partners UK, ‘Gold Ranked’ for EPO work and ‘Top Tier’ in IAM Patent 1000 as well as being ‘Recommended’ in MIP IP Stars and WTR. We are proud to have been awarded the prestigious EcoVadis Platinum Medal in 2024. Mewburn Ellis is the world’s first Intellectual Property firm to receive this medal, which is the highest rating you can earn in sustainable business practices.
There has never been a more exciting time to work for a firm like Mewburn Ellis. We have seen fee income grow by more than 50% in the last 3 years and hired more than 150 people, a 50% increase in our overall headcount, taking us to over 350 strong across five offices in Bristol, Cambridge, London, Manchester and Munich. The culture and personality of the firm is ambitious, relaxed and friendly.
We are recruiting for a Marketing and Business Development Assistant to work in London with our Marketing and Business Development (M&BD) Team.
The role
This is a role for someone bright, commercial, ambitious, and willing to work hard and who is passionate about developing a career in marketing and business development. There will be the opportunity to get involved in a wider range of activities and grow in this role for someone that shows aptitude to do this.
The role with have a range of responsibilities including;
- Supporting the marketing team with social media, blogs, website updates and email campaigns
- Supporting internal and external events and team meetings
- Keep marketing materials, firmwide statistics and proof points up to date
- Helping with HubSpot CRM system tasks
- Provide general admin support for the team as needed.
What’s in it for you?
We have an excellent benefit package which includes:
- Competitive salary
- A blended office and home working approach
- Flexible working hours
- 30 days leave (exc. Bank Holidays)
- Health scheme including Health Assurance
- Interest-free season ticket loan
- Generous pension scheme
- Enhanced family leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Firmwide discretionary bonus scheme
- Paid day off for charitable endeavours
- Discount Voucher Scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- Workplace ISA
- Medicash
- Care concierge
Our successful growth story is down to our people. And we take the wellbeing of our people seriously offering a huge suite of initiatives to de-stress, engage and enthuse. We care about wider society too and the communities in which we operate, read about our Forward Community Programme to find out more about how we're giving back.
About you
You don’t need to know about IP but it’s obviously an advantage. You also don’t have to have marketing experience or have worked in a law firm, although of course this is useful. What you do need is to be is interested in marketing and business development and a commercial, dynamic and ambitious personality who wants a role where you are part of a strong team that all muck in together to get the job done.
You need to have ideas, take responsibility and be a good communicator with people at all levels. There’s no room for wall flowers or those that look to others to drive change, but equally you will be part of a small team and everyone must support each other and work together. You will also need the emotional intelligence to navigate a complex and very intelligent environment and to be able to bring people with you.
You will be commercially focused and think from a client’s perspective when managing tasks and consider the value that you can add in everything you do. You will be able to operate in a fast-paced environment, have excellent IT skills with experience of CRM systems ideally HubSpot.
Your career is important to us, and we will invest in you to allow you to develop and grow. If you are excited by the prospect of this role and where a career with Mewburn Ellis could take you, we’d love to hear from you. If you would like more information on the role and a detailed role description, please contact us on recruitment@mewburn.com
To make an application please forward your CV to Victoria Moore at recruitment@mewburn.com
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome a broad diversity of talent to apply.
We reserve the right to cease advertising should we receive a high number of applicants.
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