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<p><span style="color: #777777; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #fefefe;">Kirkland &amp; Ellis is seeking a coordinator to support the marketing and business development efforts of the San Francisco and Palo Alto (Bay Area) offices. The Coordinator will report to the Bay Area Business Development (BD) Manager in San Francisco, and will work closely with the West Coast BD Director and five staff members in California.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #777777; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In this role, the Coordinator will help provide attorneys with support across all areas of marketing and business development, including event planning, pitches and proposals, contact relationship management, branding, business/relationship intelligence, and internal communications. Specific responsibilities include assisting with events, new business pitch preparation, marketing collateral development and maintenance, experience database data entry/management, general research and award submissions and directory nominations.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #777777; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Responsiblities:</span></strong></p> <ul style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 30px 20px; padding: 0px; list-style-position: outside; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #fefefe;"> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">Assist with event planning and execution for client-facing events, industry conferences and charitable sponsorships, speaking engagements and other event activities related to the promotion of the Bay Area practices.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">Help produce client-facing pitch materials, responses to RFPs and presentations, including proofreading, formatting (must have exceptional PowerPoint skills), editing, printing, binding and delivery.</li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">Maintain marketing collateral including practice descriptions, brochures, PowerPoint templates, case summaries, accolade summaries and attorney biographies. Also assist with the production of Kirkland publications including the Bay Area newsletter.</li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">Assist with general online and database research.</li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">Assist with survey responses and award submissions.</li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">Monitor data in the Firm&rsquo;s marketing contact relationship management (CRM) database, including the review and creation of mailing lists used for direct mail campaigns.</li> </ul>

<p style="box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.875em; font-size: 16px; color: #777777; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; background-color: #fefefe;">Strong organization and communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with high-level attorneys, staff, clients and guests of the Firm are essential. The coordinator will be able to work independently to make intelligent, informed decisions. Kirkland demands quality work from every employee (often in high-pressure and deadline-driven scenarios).&nbsp; The coordinator will be required to multitask and prioritize effectively. A history of taking initiative is essential to success in this position.</p> <p style="box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 12pt; padding: 0px 0px 0.875em; font-size: 16px; color: #777777; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; background-color: #fefefe;">The coordinator must have solid project management skills, business acumen and an ability to understand marketplace trends. The Coordinator will be required to handle ambiguity, influence others and find ways to move initiatives forward to meet critical deadlines and produce results.</p> <p style="box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 12pt; padding: 0px 0px 0.875em; font-size: 16px; color: #777777; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; background-color: #fefefe;">The position requires meticulous writing and proofing skills, and as well as an aptitude for learning new software. A Bachelor&rsquo;s degree is preferred and an ideal candidate will have a least two years&rsquo; experience in the law firm/professional services environment. Evening and weekend work may be required.&nbsp;</p> <p style="box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 12pt; padding: 0px 0px 0.875em; font-size: 16px; color: #777777; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; background-color: #fefefe;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit;">TECHNOLOGIES &amp; SOFTWARE</span></p> <ul style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 30px 20px; padding: 0px; list-style-position: outside; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #fefefe;"> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">Microsoft Office Suite, including SharePoint. PowerPoint and Excel experts are highly desired.</li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">CRM/Database Software (e.g., InterAction, Salesforce, ContentPilot, etc.) experience is preferred.&nbsp;</li> <li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 12pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em !important; line-height: 1.5em !important; color: #777777 !important;">Working knowledge of Chrome River, Adobe Photoshop and other programs is a plus.</li> </ul>

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<p><span style="color: #777777; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #fefefe;">Kirkland &amp; Ellis LLP is a preeminent, full-service law firm with offices around the world and a staff as diverse as the practice areas we support. Our clients range from Fortune 100 companies to medium and small corporations, financial institutions, and private equity firms.&nbsp; Known for our commitment to excellence, Kirkland strives to provide superior service to our clients as well as our fellow employees. From Information Technology to Human Resources, Paralegal Services to Business Development, Kirkland offers non-attorney professionals challenging careers in a variety of functional areas. Whether starting or growing your career, Kirkland can offer a performance-driven culture filled with bright and innovative teams of co-workers.</span></p>

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