Business Marketing Assistant - M&A, PE, Capital Markets

Cooley is seeking a Business Marketing Assistant - M&A, PE, Capital Markets to join the Marketing and Client Development team.

Position summary: This role is part of the Business Unit Marketing Team, which acts as the strategic consultant to, and primary bridge between, practice group leadership and the broader Marketing & Client Development organization. This team translates commercial objectives and competitive insight into marketing and client development plans. They work across Marketing & Client Development to activate these plans, offering the appropriate level of strategic and tactical support tailored to the needs of each business unit. Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: 

Position responsibilities:  

•  Team Administrative Support: Provide daily administrative support to the team, including managing calendars, agendas, and internal project trackers.  

• Workflow Support: Support task workflows by maintaining accurate data and ensuring the necessary support and materials are provided for opportunities across the firm. 

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work across teams and MCD to update contact lists and relationship data within CRM. 

• Collateral Maintenance: Provide ongoing updates and maintenance for practice descriptions, pitch support, brochures, and digital bios to ensure "Always Ready" availability. 

• Operational Support & Tool Utilization: Utilize standardized BU-Marketing tools, templates, and playbooks to increase efficiency and support a scalable model for continued growth. 

• Process Compliance & Best Practices: Follow a consistent approach to how processes and workflows are managed, ensuring that standard best practices and firm-wide templates are applied to every project. 

Skills and experience:  

Required: 

• After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications 

• Available to work overtime, as required 

Preferred: 

• Experience writing and editing proposals 

• Working knowledge of pursuit technologies (e.g., Templify and Foundation) 

• Bachelor’s degree 

• Prior legal industry or professional services experience 

Competencies:  

• Excellent attention to detail 

• Approaches tasks through a lens of quality and consistency  

• Approaches tasks through a digital first lens 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills 

• Ability to organize, prioritize and coordinate multiple activities 

• Works with team to set goals, drive projects, and achieve outcomes 

• Strong judgment 

• Team-player with collaborative spirit 

• Unwavering ability to handle and maintain confidentiality regarding firm information, projects, client data  

• High level of professionalism at all times 

Cooley offers a competitive compensation and excellent benefits package and is committed to fair and equitable employment practices. EOE.

The expected hourly pay range for this position with a work schedule of 40 hours per week is $27.50 - $34.00 ($57,200.00 - $70,720.00 annually). Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience and skillset of the candidate.

We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as 20 days of Paid Time Off (“PTO”) and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.