Marketing & Business Development Coordinator
11/05/2022

CMS DeBacker, the Belgian member of CMS, provides complete legal and tax services/solutions to its clients, with approximately 100 lawyers in Brussels and Antwerp, combining local governance and international reach.

CMS is a founding member of the Legal Diversity and Inclusion Alliance (https://legaldiversityalliance.be/). Selection for recruitment is irrespective of gender, race or ethnicity, age, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

We are currently recruiting a full-time (M/F/X)

We are currently recruiting a full-time (M/F/X)

MARKETING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

Mission

CMS is looking for a dynamic and professional Marketing and Business Development Coordinator to support the department across a wide range of initiatives and new opportunities.

The Marketing and BD Coordinator will have an important role in the development and implementation of the business development strategy and will support "dedicated" legal practices.

The team

You will be joining a no-nonsense team of 7 people where good spirit, collegiality and open communication rule.

You will collaborate with a team of 1 Events Manager, 2 (senior) Marketing & BD coordinators, 1 Brand & Web Manager, 1 Legal Designer, and 1 Marketing and Business Development Director.

Tasks

Alongside the Marketing, Business Development and Communication team, in close coordination with and for your dedicated legal practices, you will:

• Act as the first point of contact for all business development-related enquiries;

• Manage and contribute to practice-related pitches and panels;

• Support activities aimed at targeting potential clients or further developing existing clients;

• Raise the profile of the dedicated legal practices and their lawyers via internal & external communications;

• Manage the development and execution of marketing and thought leadership campaigns;

• Compile directory and awards submissions;

• Support the planning, program creation and execution of events with support of events management.

Technical requirements

• Bilingual French/Dutch with a good knowledge of English

• A comparable experience in the industry of services, preferably in a professional services environment

• Good knowledge of information technology tools

• Good writing skills

• Excellent spelling

• Strong sense of document layout

• Basic knowledge of Law is a plus

• Interest for political and economic news

Skills

• Good sense of organization and prioritization

• Autonomous

• Eye for aesthetics

• Good intelligence

• Ability to work under pressure

• Good interpersonal skills and outgoing personality

• Rigorous, organized and structured

• Commercial and service minded