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

About the role

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. The team translates commercial objectives and competitive insight into marketing and client development plans, then works 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily administrative support to the team, including managing calendars, agendas, and internal project trackers.
• Support task workflows by maintaining accurate data and ensuring the necessary support and materials are provided for opportunities across the firm.
• Work across teams and Marketing & Client Development to update contact lists and relationship data within CRM.
• Provide ongoing updates and maintenance for practice descriptions, pitch support, brochures, and digital bios to ensure “Always Ready” availability.
• Utilize standardized Business Unit-Marketing tools, templates, and playbooks to increase efficiency and support a scalable model for continued growth.
• 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.

Requirements

• After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage, and other firm applications.
• Available to work overtime as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Preferred: experience writing and editing proposals; working knowledge of pursuit technologies (e.g., Templify and Foundation); prior legal industry or professional services experience.

Skills

• 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, and client data.
• High level of professionalism at all times.

Pay

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). Final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.

Benefits

• Medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, and pre-tax commuter benefits.
• Firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, and short-term medical benefits.
• 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) and 10 paid holidays each year.
• Backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits.
• Generous parental leave and fertility benefits.
• Detailed benefit orientation for new employees to learn about all benefits and resources.