Marketing Assistant

Greenberg Traurig (GT), a global law firm with locations across the world in 15 countries, has an exciting employment opportunity for you. We offer competitive compensation and an excellent benefits package, along with the opportunity to work within an innovative and collaborative 

Join our Marketing Team as a Marketing Assistant located in our Los Angeles office.

We are seeking a professional who thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. The ideal candidate possesses strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities, ensuring efficiency and accuracy in every task. With a dedicated work ethic and a can-do attitude, you will take initiative and approach challenges with confidence and resilience. Excellent communication skills are essential for collaborating effectively across teams and delivering exceptional client service. If you are someone who demonstrates initiatives, adaptability, and innovation, we invite you to join our team.

This role will be based in our Los Angeles Office, on a hybrid basis. This role reports to the Marketing and Business Development Manager.

Position Summary

The Marketing Assistant must be a self-starter who is flexible, collaborative, resourceful and will work as part of the Southern California Regional Offices (Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego) to support the local marketing team to implement marketing, business development, and communications initiatives in the region.  This role offers an excellent opportunity to join a highly regarded and innovative team and will work hand in hand with regional marketing leadership. Candidate should also be flexible to work overtime as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Assists with event coordination including venue outreach, drafting invitations, managing invite lists and providing on-site support as needed

• Supports the growing practice groups and attorneys in delivering strategic marketing and business development plans/programs and in cross-marketing initiatives

• Prepares marketing materials for new attorneys (bio, announcements, etc.)

• Assists with PR support regionally and nationally including drafting press releases, internal and external communications, client updates and other client communications, as needed

• Post articles, news, press releases, and publications to the website, PRWeb, and other platforms

• Drafts responses to marketing surveys, directories and nominations

• Coordinates sponsorships including preparing advertisements for charitable and client events

• Helps maintain events and charitable events calendars and other internal communications

• Coordinates the flow of information from attorneys to marketing team, including as it relates to attorney biographies, practice area description updates, experience tracking news and activities data, press releases, etc.

• Assists with drafting, reviewing and editing press releases, website and social content, attorney biographies, nominations and other marketing collateral as needed

• Updates content on website, including attorney biographies, and in RFP/Proposal database as requested

• Delivers superb customer service to internal and external clients and ensure that administrative details are handled with accuracy and in a timely manner

• Provides administrative support to the Western Regional team for marketing, business development and communications initiatives

• Assists with other projects as assigned

• Collaborates with marketing professionals throughout the firm including the communications team, events team and design team

Qualifications

Skills & Competencies

• A self-starter and team player, able to accept direction, yet work independently

• Tech-Savvy problem solver who will have the ability to learn new programs or systems with ease

• Interest in digital, multimedia marketing strategy

• Excellent prioritization, problem solving and time management skills

• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral; including solid composition, research and editing skills

• Flexibility and adaptability in a fast-paced work environment that works well under pressure

• A positive attitude, strong attention to detail and possesses excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills

Education & Prior Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required

• 0-3 years clerical or office-related experiences desired

• Prior marketing or law firm experience is a plus

Technology

• High level of proficiency using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

$26.88 to $29.12 per hour

Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience, location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.  Full time employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, health insurance with an optional HSA, short term disability, long term disability, dental insurance, vision care, life insurance, Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, 401K, vacation, sick time, and an employee assistance program.  Additional voluntary programs include:  voluntary accident insurance, voluntary life, voluntary disability, voluntary long term care, voluntary critical illness and cancer insurance and pet insurance.  Commuter and Transit programs may also be available in certain markets.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment.

GT is an EEO employer with an inclusive workplace committed to merit-based consideration and review without regard to an individual’s race, sex, or other protected characteristics and to the principles of non-discrimination on any protected basis. ​