Marketing Assistant

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Marketing Assistant Contract Chicago - IL Ref #: 49976 Industry: Law Practice
Our client, a Chicago law firm, is hiring a Marketing Assistant for a brand-new role. This person takes over the work of an outgoing marketing vendor: LinkedIn content, award nominations, presentations, and distribution of promotional items.
You Will:
Create and publish LinkedIn posts with graphics built in Canva, whenever the firm is quoted in an article or gives a presentation
Prepare and submit award nominations, including Best Lawyers and Chambers, with peak volume from October through year-end
Update the firm's WordPress website with new articles, presentations, and quick text changes
Coordinate speaking engagements: book travel and hotels, join pre-panel prep calls to take notes, and build PowerPoint slides from the firm's library of past presentations
Travel with the Managing Partner to conferences 3 to 4 times a year to set up the booth and hand out promotional materials
Run promotional items and the annual holiday gift mailing, directing the interns who pack and ship
Proofread and edit articles and presentations written by the attorneys
General admin tasks when marketing work is lighter
You Have:
1-3 years of marketing experience; legal industry experience is not required
Working skills in Canva, LinkedIn, PowerPoint, and basic WordPress editing
Strong proofreading and editing skills
The organization to juggle requests from several attorneys and management at once
A polished, professional standard for everything that goes out under the firm's name
An associate's or bachelor's degree, preferred
Bonus: video editing skills to cut short clips into LinkedIn and website videos, including a year-end video
Bonus: the ability to learn the attorneys' voices and draft articles for them
Logistics:

Projected Start Date: Early-Mid November
Duration: Contract to Hire
Hours/Week: 40
Hourly Rate: $35-$43 (DOE)
Onsite/offsite: 2-3 Days Onsite in Chicago
Laptop/Program Requirements: Provided
Team Structure: Reports to COO and Managing Partner

Our client, a Chicago law firm, is hiring a Marketing Assistant for a brand-new role. This person takes over the work of an outgoing marketing vendor: LinkedIn content, award nominations, presentations, and distribution of promotional items.
You Will:

Create and publish LinkedIn posts with graphics built in Canva, whenever the firm is quoted in an article or gives a presentation
Prepare and submit award nominations, including Best Lawyers and Chambers, with peak volume from October through year-end
Update the firm's WordPress website with new articles, presentations, and quick text changes
Coordinate speaking engagements: book travel and hotels, join pre-panel prep calls to take notes, and build PowerPoint slides from the firm's library of past presentations
Travel with the Managing Partner to conferences 3 to 4 times a year to set up the booth and hand out promotional materials
Run promotional items and the annual holiday gift mailing, directing the interns who pack and ship
Proofread and edit articles and presentations written by the attorneys
General admin tasks when marketing work is lighter

You Have:

1-3 years of marketing experience; legal industry experience is not required
Working skills in Canva, LinkedIn, PowerPoint, and basic WordPress editing
Strong proofreading and editing skills
The organization to juggle requests from several attorneys and management at once
A polished, professional standard for everything that goes out under the firm's name
An associate's or bachelor's degree, preferred
Bonus: video editing skills to cut short clips into LinkedIn and website videos, including a year-end video
Bonus: the ability to learn the attorneys' voices and draft articles for them

Logistics:

Projected Start Date: Early-Mid November
Duration: Contract to Hire
Hours/Week: 40
Hourly Rate: $35-$43 (DOE)
Onsite/offsite: 2-3 Days Onsite in Chicago
Laptop/Program Requirements: Provided
Team Structure: Reports to COO and Managing Partner

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