We have a number of exciting opportunities for Senior Marketing Assistants to join our growing Marketing department, based in the A&O Shearman Belfast office.
This role offer the opportunity to play a key part in the ongoing success of our marketing and business development efforts, contributing meaningfully to the team’s objectives and the firm’s wider goals. We are keen to speak to candidates who are highly organised, detail-oriented, and capable of managing their own workload efficiently.
Our business development, marketing and communication teams contribute to the setting and achievement of the firm’s business objectives, which includes supporting our partners and associates in their pursuit of becoming our clients’ trusted advisers, building and maintaining long-lasting, deep institutional client relationships, winning new clients, increasing the visibility of the firm globally, and positioning the firm as the thought leader and most advanced law firm among the global elite law firms. The function works as one team across the globe with very close collaboration between the central teams and professionals supporting offices, practice groups, sectors and clients.

Key Requirements

• Exceptional customer service skills gained in a service orientated commercial environment.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Comfortable working with data, including data entry, management, and basic analysis.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Proactive, enthusiastic, and committed to delivering high-quality work.
• A team player who contributes positively to team culture and objectives.
• Experience within a marketing or business development support role is desirable

Senior Marketing Assistants provide proactive and detail-oriented support to the global marketing and business development initiatives of the firm. This role is integral to the smooth operation of the marketing function, ensuring the accuracy and effectiveness of marketing materials, data, and communications. The Senior Marketing Assistant will collaborate closely with business development, digital marketing, and creative teams to deliver high-quality support across a range of marketing activities.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Pitch aftercare and reporting – add proposals and opportunities to EPiC, liaise with BD teams to chase pitch outcomes., update and maintain master credentials lists and CVs, maintain and update standard text at a regional level, support pitch reporting activities.
• Email marketing – collaborate with BD teams to assemble content for email campaigns, build and test mailings in Vuture, making necessary amendments prior to final review, managing lists for mailings and events, oversee contact management ensuring accurate data entry.
• Data management – collect and manage matter descriptions, ensure data integrity, support the maintenance of accurate marketing databases.
• Collateral management – make amendments to marketing collateral, participate in central projects to review and update key brochure assets.
• General marketing support – provide ad-hoc support to marketing, BD and comms teams as required, assist with the coordination and delivery of marketing projects and initiatives.

Key Requirements

• Exceptional customer service skills gained in a service orientated commercial environment.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Comfortable working with data, including data entry, management, and basic analysis.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Proactive, enthusiastic, and committed to delivering high-quality work.
• A team player who contributes positively to team culture and objectives.
• Experience within a marketing or business development support role is desirable.