Communications Manager - Awards

King & Spalding is a leading global law firm with a commitment to excellence, innovation, and the seamless delivery of legal services. We harness innovative technology and exceptional talent to meet the complex needs of our clients in a fast-paced and dynamic legal landscape. 

We are seeking a Communications Manager - Awards to join its Marketing Department in Chicago, New York City, or Washington, D.C. As a member of the Marketing Department's Communications team, the Awards Manager has firm-wide responsibility for managing the identification, intake, evaluation and pursuit of award opportunities. The position requires a blend of strategic thinking, project management and communications skills. The individual will report to the Senior Manager, Content Strategy and work closely with the Business Development team.

Strategic counsel / Decision making

• Provide information on research processes and best practices for nominations.

• Identify future award opportunities to support strategic firm and practice objectives.

• Maintain master calendar of opportunities and status.

• Manage research and analysis of award opportunities and communication to stakeholders and decisionmakers.

• Coordinate nominee selection process with business development, practice group leaders, office managing partners and others, as needed.

• Coordinate with BD to assign nominations and provide guidance on approach and content to owners of the nomination.

• Work with owners to ensure deadlines are met.

• Reporting

• Manage announcement, recording and communication/promotion of results.

• Create reports and analysis of results for marketing colleagues and firm partners and leaders for use in internal communications, benchmarking and marketing materials.

Consultants

• Work with BD and the Awards team to identify when consultants are needed and coordinate that work.

• Manage the assignment and production of work by consultants.

Project Manager / Writer

• Project manage and serve as lead writer on high-level firm nominations and occasionally when resource gaps exist for other nominations.

A successful candidate will have these attributes:

• A strong team orientation and a collaborative nature, including a can-do attitude and willingness to jump in where needed to ensure award projects get completed.

• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and projects while overseeing overall workflow for a busy award nomination schedule.

• Resilience and adaptability to deal with fluid situations, changing priorities and requirements, and tight deadlines.

• Keen attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.

• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills and ability to communicate with firm partners, administrative team leaders, and colleagues professionally and effectively.

Qualifications:

• At least seven (7) years of experience in legal or professional services marketing or related role.

• Experience with legal awards is strongly desired.

The firm offers a generous total compensation package with bonuses and raises awarded in recognition of individual merit-based performance. Eligible employees may participate in King & Spalding’s comprehensive benefit program including health and wellness plan, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts and a health savings account, a 401(k) plan, profit sharing plan, discount programs, and a substantial Paid Time Off (PTO) program.

Pay Transparency Range:

New York applicants: full-time annualized salary range $130,000 - $185,000. The salary offer will be contingent upon various factors, including but not limited to, relevant experience, internal equity, market data, job location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. Washington D.C. applicants: full-time annualized salary range $123,000 - $171,000. The salary offer will be contingent upon various factors, including but not limited to, relevant experience, internal equity, market data, job location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Qualified candidates with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the following laws if applicable:  City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act.

King & Spalding LLP (K&S) is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all state, federal, and local laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other status protected by applicable law. 

We are proud of our remarkably cohesive culture, which now encompasses more than 2,500 lawyers and business professionals worldwide. We seek to attract and develop the very best talent to work with us.

Salary : $123,000 - $171,000