Why Seyfarth:
At Seyfarth, we understand that great people are the key to our success, and we provide the opportunities to match. If you join us, you’ll work with state-of-the-art technology in a friendly and professional environment, and we will continue to invest in your professional development. If you want the freedom to grow at a firm that is invested in your future, keep reading.
The Opportunity:
As the Receptionist, you will interface with clients, visitors, and colleagues in a team setting and uphold the image of the Firm by maintaining positive contact with clients, attorneys, and staff. You will perform general front desk duties, including answering phones, greeting visitors, coordinating meeting room reservations, confirming daily meeting planning for internal and client meetings and social events.
This position is located at our Century City office: 2029 Century Park East, Suite 3500, Los Angeles, CA 90067
Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
The Day-To-Day:

On any given day, you will interact with coworkers and clients on a variety of requests. You will:

• Greet visitors entering and leaving the office.
• Answer multi-line phone system and forward calls to appropriate individuals.
• Review and confirm conference room and hoteling office reservations utilizing Event Management System, alerting internal clients of any potential errors and discrepancies. Communicate regularly with hospitality and IT Departments to coordinate set ups and technology needs.
• Maintains security by communicating with the building, setting up client and visitor access, providing visitors with loaner access cards and following up for their return.
• Provide parking validations to guests and maintain log of validations to include relevant information such as client matter numbers, visitor names and amount of validation provided. Alert Administration when validation supply is in need of replenishment.
• Order building access cards for new hires and replacement access cards as needed.
• Process expense reports and office invoices in Chrome River. Assist with attorney timesheet entry as needed.
• Assist Office Administrator, HR Management, and other departments with projects as needed.
• Keep reception area neat and orderly at all times.
• Coordinate office maintenance needs with building management.
• Perform daily office opening and closing duties.

You Have:

• A high school degree.
• 1-2 years of experience working as a receptionist in a corporate environment. Previous law firm or professional services experience strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft programs (Word, Outlook).
• Exceptional interpersonal and verbal communication skills.
• Strong customer service skills and professional presentation.
• Familiarity with Event Management System or similar conference room reservation technology is preferred.

What We Provide:
Seyfarth provides competitive salary and benefits at all levels, and our culture embraces the entrepreneurial spirit of its professionals like no other firm. Our professional staff are a collaborative team, helping to define the unique client experience offered by the firm. We understand that it takes more than attorneys to build a successful legal practice; everyone participates in our commitment to excellence.
More About Seyfarth:
With more than 900 lawyers across 18 offices, Seyfarth Shaw LLP provides advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services to clients worldwide. Learn more about The Seyfarth Experience at www.seyfarth.com/careers/.
Seyfarth Shaw is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, change of sex or transgender status, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.
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Location Specific Language:
Seyfarth will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the following laws if applicable, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act.
Seyfarth Shaw believes that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to the following job duties: accessing company property, information, assets, and products; accessing client data or confidential information, and partnering and regularly working with or supervising other Seyfarth employees and interacting with Seyfarth clients.
The salary range for this role is $55,000 to $62,000 annually, which is based on a 40-hour work week. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in Century City. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s pay within the salary range will be based on numerous factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. This job is also eligible for an annual merit increase and bonus pay.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k).

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