Head of Marketing (Temp)

Geo Marketing Manager - SoCal/Rockies
Cooley is seeking a Geo Marketing Manager to join the Marketing and Client Developmentteam.
Thisrole is part of the Strategy, Transformation & Growth Team, which acts as the firm's "central nervous system," building the scalable infrastructure and data-backed frameworks that allow Marketing & Client Development to move from reactive execution to proactive, high-impact strategy. It ensures that strategic choices and unique brand differentiating experiences (spanning high-end events to targeted digital channels) are translated into repeatable, optimized market performance that makes the firm stand out in market.Cross-Functional Partnership: End-to-End Market Planning: Lead the comprehensive planning and delivery of firm-hosted, market-based events, ensuring every activation meets rigorous brand standards and quality benchmarks.

• Critically evaluate regional sponsorship opportunities, providing data-backed recommendations to ensure strategic fit and measurable business outcomes.
• Governance & Process Implementation : Apply established firm-wide criteria and governance processes to manage event and sponsorship requests, ensuring disciplined investment across the region.
• Support high-touch hospitality planning for priority clients and key firm milestones, collaborating with development teams to enhance partner-led relationship building.
• Performance Tracking & Analytics: Monitor and report on regional performance metrics, specifically highlighting engagement data and the program's contribution to the business pipeline.
• Coordinate structured follow-up strategies with client development teams to ensure event engagement is successfully transitioned into tangible business opportunities.
• Vendor & Agency Management: Direct relationships with local vendors, venues, and creative agencies to guarantee high-quality execution and adherence to budget.
• Support management of the specific budgets for assigned markets, ensuring precise tracking, variance reporting, and cost-efficiency.
• Provide day-to-day supervision of direct reports, ensure compliance with assigned workhoursandmonitor forcompliance with all firm and department policies. Manage staffing coverage,reviewand process time logs/time off requests
• In collaboration with immediate supervisor and central HR,participatein hiring, performance appraisals, counseling,terminationand other employee lifecycle events
• After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibitproficiencyin the Microsoft Office suite,iManageand other firm applications
• Ability to work extended and/or weekend hours, asrequired
• Ability to travel, asrequired
• 5+yearsapplicable experience in the field(e.g., marketing or business development, preferablywith an emphasis working in a strategy, transformation, or growth function)
• Must have professional services industry experience and/or B2B marketing experience
• Must have experience working with local business organizations for the purposes of brand and relationships opportunity
• Must have experience withTicketManagerand CRM

~ Prior legal industryor professional services experience

Approaches tasks through a lens of quality and consistency

• Approaches tasks through a digital first lens
• Takes a consultative approach to set goals, drive projects, and achieve outcomes
• Unwavering ability to handle andmaintainconfidentialityregardingfirm information,projects,clientdata
• The expected annual pay range for this position with a full-time schedule is $115,000 - $160,000. We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as 21 days of Paid Time Off ("PTO") and 10 paid holidays each year.