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<p><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Contract Assignment; March - December 2018</span></p> <p style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> </p> <ul style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> <li>Leads the writing, editing and distribution of all press releases, advisories, articles, website items and firm announcements.</li> <li>Creates and posts content to the firm's social media channels to promote firm publications and events.</li> <li>Researches relevant industry data and trends and third-party commentary topics in order to proactively reach out to reporters to pitch for interview opportunities and other media coverage.</li> <li>Develops and executes client and media relations strategies in alignment with objectives established by the firm's leadership.</li> </ul> <ul style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> <li>Has a strong knowledge of key reporters and publications in the firm's regional locations and areas of practice and helps foster and maintain WWR's media relationships institutionally; manages and grows the firm's media list.</li> <li>Pursues profile-raising opportunities in key legal, industry, business and local organizations and publications, including interviews, speaking engagements, and article placements. </li> <li>Manages the firm's submission process for awards (<em>e.g.</em>, <em>Super Lawyers</em>, <em>Best Lawyers</em>, and others); maintains a calendar and tracks results.</li> <li>Edits and prepares presentations for webinars, speaking engagements, and client presentations.</li> <li>Creates and edits marketing collateral using Adobe Creative Suite.</li> <li>Complete surveys involving quantitative and qualitative inquiries from a variety of news and trade publications, and manage the firm's listings in legal and other directories.</li> <li>Assists with the preparation and completion of proposals and RFI/Q/P responses for clients and potential clients.</li> <li>Assists with content creation for internal communications and events.</li> <li>Liaises with related vendors as needed, supervising production, work quality, timelines, budgets and billing.</li> <li>All other duties, as assigned.</li> </ul>
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<ul style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> <li>Bachelor's degree in public relations, communications, English or a related field required.</li> <li>Five years of public relations or communications experience. Experience in a law firm or other professional services environment a plus.</li> <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills</li> <li>Proficient with MS Word/Excel/Power Point.</li> <li>The ability to facilitate teamwork, an outstanding client service mentality, and a proactive and consultative approach.</li> <li>Must be results-oriented and able to prioritize competing needs, meet tight deadlines, and think independently.</li> <li>Sound judgment required, in addition to strong project management skills and a high level of attention to detail.</li> <li>Travels occasionally to the firm are other offices.</li> </ul>
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<p><span style="color: #565656; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA (WWR) was founded in 1930 as Gardner & Spilka, a practice that focused on assisting local banks and retailers recover debt. In the mid 50's, when Maurice Weltman became a partner, the name changed to Gardner, Spilka and Weltman. With the addition of Maurice’s son, Robert ("Bob"), the Firm continued to grow as a creditors' rights-centered practice. In 1979, the Firm became Weltman, Weinberg and Associates Co., L.P.A., in recognition of the significant contributions made by Alan Weinberg. Alan had built up and led the legal side of the Firm, while "Bob" had done the same on the collections side, and their partnership resulted in the successful integration of law firm and collection operations – a unique business model still in effect to this day. The Firm adopted its current moniker of Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. in 1994 due to Allen Reis' success in establishing and growing the Firm’s presence in Central Ohio. Today, the Firm is run by its third Weltman managing partner: Maurice's grandson, </span><a style="color: #002a3a; text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" href="http://www.weltman.com/?t=3&A=8667&format=xml&p=7731">Scott</a><span style="color: #565656; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">.</span></p>
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