Business Development Intern

Main responsibilities

• Pitches, proposals and tender submissions
  Assist in the preparation of pitches and proposals in both English and Chinese, working with partners and legal teams on pitch strategy and approach
• Marketing literature
  • Working with secretaries to create, amend and update profile sheets/CVs for lawyers, maintaining and updating the profile sheet log
  • Proofreading of marketing literature
  • Uploading and maintaining documents on the Intranet (QUEST)
• Internal and external communications, social media platforms
  • ⁠Drafting news update and work with lawyers and London communication team to prepare intranet, LinkedIn, and WeChat posts
  • Managing the firm’s WeChat account
• Legal directories and awards submissions
  • Dealing with directory submissions, ensuring deadlines for entry are met and all the relevant information is supplied
  • Drafting submissions and preparing referee spreadsheets for each submission
  • Maintaining and updating the directories log
  • Co-ordinating research interviews - liaising with the partners and the external researchers, building good relationships, providing the partners with all the necessary/relevant information, dealing with queries and last-minute requests for information, scheduling/rescheduling appointments, booking rooms and conference calls
  • Updating rankings and commentary documents (including profile sheets) for practice groups following publication
• ⁠Events
  • Assisting with all the logistics for client seminars and social events from start to finish
  • Drafting of post-event messages for internal and external promotion
• General BD team co-ordination and support
  • Checking presentations for brand compliance and making amends/recommendations as appropriate
  • Updating various practice group related memberships and directory listings
  • Maintaining order of the BD storage space. Keeping a log of items stored
  • Assisting global BD teams with requests for information and marketing literature
  • Arranging payment for BD related expenses

Attributes / skills required

• Students in bachelor's degree programme from any disciplines with an interest to develop a career in the Business Development field
• Ability to work for 2 full days per week during Monday to Friday
• Highly motivated with a growth mindset
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally in English and Chinese
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and Word