Business Development & Marketing Manager – ONSITE
A growing mid-size Houston law firm with nearly 30 attorneys is seeking an experienced Business Development & Marketing professional to lead and further develop the firm’s business development, marketing, and client relations efforts. The firm’s practices include civil trial law, corporate law, bankruptcy, intellectual property, and appellate matters.
This is a highly visible role working directly with attorneys and firm leadership. The ideal candidate will be polished, outgoing, creative, self-motivated, and comfortable taking ownership of both the strategic and tactical aspects of the firm’s business development and marketing function.
The firm is looking for someone who can bring ideas and strategy to the table, build strong relationships with attorneys, and help them identify and pursue opportunities to grow their practices.
Prior law firm experience is required.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and tactical business development coaching and support to attorneys to help grow their practices and strengthen client relationships.
- Partner with firm leadership to develop and execute business development and marketing strategies, priorities, and initiatives.
- Coordinate attorney business development activities, including client and prospect meetings, follow-up strategies, events, pitches, RFQs, and RFPs.
- Develop client alerts, newsletters, marketing communications, and other content promoting the firm’s capabilities and successes.
- Manage the firm’s social media presence and oversee website content and updates.
- Manage attorney awards, rankings, nominations, and recognition opportunities.
- Develop and execute public relations initiatives, including media outreach, speaking opportunities, bylined articles, attorney achievements, new hires, and significant firm news.
- Coordinate client events, seminars, conference receptions, sponsorships, charitable initiatives, and attorney involvement in business and community organizations.
- Maintain marketing distribution lists and the firm’s CRM/client database.
- Coordinate law school recruiting efforts, including OCIs and law school events.
- Manage CLE accreditation and reporting for firm-sponsored programs and attorney presentations.
- Support new attorney onboarding, including biographies, website profiles, and announcements.
- Assist with business development and marketing budgets, expenses, promotional materials, and client gifts.
- Identify new opportunities and initiatives to strengthen the firm’s overall business development and marketing efforts.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field.
- Approximately 5–10+ years of business development, marketing, communications, or related experience within a law firm.
- Law firm experience is required, including direct experience working with attorneys and firm leadership.
- Strong understanding of law firm business development, client relations, and attorney marketing.
- Excellent writing, presentation, communication, and relationship-building skills.
- Polished and confident with the ability to earn credibility and build relationships across all levels of the firm.
- Creative, proactive, highly organized, and comfortable working both independently and collaboratively.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
- CRM experience preferred; Canva or similar design experience is a plus.
The Opportunity
This is an opportunity to take meaningful ownership of the business development and marketing function within a growing law firm. The firm is interested in someone who can do more than execute projects—it wants a professional who will bring ideas, strategy, and initiative to the role and become a trusted business development resource to its attorneys.