Communications Manager – Awards & Rankings
Location: New York, NY
Working pattern: Hybrid – two days remote per week following training.
The Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Communications Manager – Awards & Rankings to join a leading international law firm in its New York office.
This is a high-profile position within the firm's Communications team, taking responsibility for the strategy and delivery of its legal directory submissions, industry awards and rankings programmes.
The successful candidate will inherit an established and highly successful submissions programme, with the opportunity to build on this success and further strengthen the firm's market position.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end management of legal directory submissions.
- Develop and execute strategies to improve individual lawyer and practice group rankings.
- Manage and write high-profile award nominations.
- Coordinate submissions, research, deadlines, client references and supporting materials across multiple practice groups.
- Build strong relationships with partners, practice leaders, business development teams and external directory researchers.
- Coach and support lawyers in preparing for researcher interviews and provide guidance on submissions best practice.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- A minimum of five years' relevant experience in legal communications, marketing, business development or a similar professional services environment.
- Strong hands-on experience managing legal directory submissions and awards programmes, ideally within a US law firm.
- Excellent knowledge of Chambers USA and other major legal directories.
- Outstanding writing, editing and proofreading skills, with the ability to turn complex legal matters into compelling narratives.
- Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple deadlines and stakeholders.
- Confidence working with senior lawyers and building relationships across a partnership environment.
- Demonstrable experience using generative AI tools for research, writing and analysis.
- An interest in automation, process improvement and introducing new technology to improve existing workflows.
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This position is listed as full time and able to be worked remotely.