Job description
Content Executive (5430)
We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it’s personal or business, we understand that everyone’s situation is different. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.
We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.
We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.
We’re looking for a proactive and detail-oriented individual to join our Content team, supporting the business in delivering high-quality written materials and marketing content.
In this role, you’ll take ownership of the end-to-end submissions process—from planning and content creation to submission and post-submission marketing. You’ll also contribute to wider content initiatives, helping to amplify our brand and celebrate our successes.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Lead and manage the full lifecycle of legal directory and award submissions, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery
- Act as the go-to expert and trusted advisor for colleagues across the firm on all matters relating to rankings and awards
- Maintain and coordinate research calendars, submission deadlines, client references, and interview schedules
- Draft, review, and edit compelling content for submissions, awards, and other marketing materials
- Provide training and mentoring to colleagues on best practices for the legal directory process
- Liaise with partners and researchers to coordinate interviews and prepare briefing materials
- Collaborate with Communications and Marketing teams to promote rankings internally and externally
- Analyse and report on rankings performance, identifying trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Maintain an annual awards calendar and track outcomes to inform future strategy
- Support broader content and go-to-market activities as needed, depending on team capacity
- Experience in a content marketing or digital marketing role, ideally within a law firm or professional services environment
- Can interpret and make good use of data
- Comfortable multi-tasking and working on multiple competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Project and process management skills with the consistent ability to meet deadlines
- Excellent communication skills, including strong writing, editorial and proofreading skills
- Self aware, passionate about self-development/improvement and the learning and development of others
- 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
- Generous and flexible pension schemes.
- Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
- Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.
We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.
We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!
Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.
Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.
As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.
We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties.
The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.
Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.
We're proud of our values, and we're looking for people who share them
- Sub-Department:External Communications & PR
- Sub-Division:Business Development & Marketing
- Company:IM LLP
- Vacancy Type:Permanent
- :Flexible
- Salary:Competitive
