Marketing Manager, Corporate

Wilson Sonsini is the premier legal advisor to technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises worldwide. We represent companies at every stage of development, from entrepreneurial start-ups to multibillion-dollar global corporations, as well as the venture firms, private equity firms, and investment banks that finance and advise them. The firm has approximately 1,100 attorneys in 18 offices: 13 in the U.S., three in China, and two in Europe. Our broad spectrum of practices and entrepreneurial spirit allow our staff exceptional opportunities for professional achievement and career growth.

The firm's Corporate Department is seeking a Marketing Manager to coordinate the development and execution of its most valuable marketing programs. This is an opportunity to help elevate the Corporate Department's global brand and contribute to some of the firm's most important client events. The position's core functions will be to manage the department's key brand visibility initiatives, including strategy around content, target markets, events, sponsorships, speaking opportunities, and other brand visibility activities. This will require someone who is exceptional at working closely with business development colleagues and attorneys, as well as collaborating with marketing technology, communications, creative services, and events teams to organize and marshal functional resources to execute specific initiatives. The role will report to the Director of Corporate Business Development.

This position can be a hybrid work schedule and is ideally based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California, or New York, but this is negotiable.

Responsibilities Include:

• Regularly liaise with attorneys and other members of marketing and BD to refine and progress the department's visibility objectives and provide guidance and ideas on relevant topics and industry trends related to the firm's largest corporate practices
• Collaborate on marketing campaigns around trending topics and ensure that we are quick in developing thoughtful, business-savvy, and targeted content
• Recommend client communication topics and execute distribution through various channels including client events, client alerts, webcasts, podcasts, video, etc.
• Partner with business development, events, communications, and marketing technology teams to plan and manage brand visibility activities such as seminars, conferences, client events and webinars, and follow-up activities for the ECVC, M&A and Capital Markets practices
• Manage the department's largest sponsorships, including contract negotiations, attorney engagement, marketing, and event coordination
• Assist with the creation and maintenance of written marketing materials, website content, and social media announcement for the promotion of brand building programs and events
• Regularly liaise with attorneys and other BD team members to coordinate the planning and execution of events and programs to successful completion including scheduling, guest list building, invitation and agenda drafting, and related collateral coordination
• Contribute to internal communications to inform relevant practice and industry groups of significant achievements, developments, and market synergies
• Collaborate with marketing technology, business development, and events to enter relevant information manually and programmatically into our Salesforce-based CRM system to maintain and develop dashboards to track initiatives' status and results

Desired Skills and Qualifications:

• Minimum of five years of experience in related field (Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered)
• Bachelor's degree required
• Law firm or professional services experience required
• Strong customer service ethic
• Exemplary communication skills, both verbal and written
• Extremely detail-oriented, with superior proofreading and fact checking skills
• Efficient, highly organized and ability to stay productive under pressure with tight deadlines
• Proficient in the use of MS Office including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
• Proficiency in Salesforce a big plus
• Aptitude for learning new software, systems, databases, and procedures quickly
• Ability to work independently and in team environments
• Self-motivated, positive attitude, and a deep curiosity about technology, life sciences, and the new energy economy
• Ability to travel and attend key events and meetings on occasion

The primary location for this job posting is in Palo Alto, but other locations may be listed. The actual base pay offered will depend upon a variety of factors, including but not limited to the selected candidate's qualifications, years of relevant experience, level of education, professional certifications and licenses, and work location. The anticipated pay range for this position is as follows:

San Francisco and Silicon Valley: $116,875 - $158,125 per year

Austin, Boston, Boulder, District of Columbia, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, Seattle, and Wilmington: $105,400 - $142,600 per year

Salt Lake City and all other locations: $93,500 - $126,500 per year

The compensation for this position may include a discretionary year-end merit bonus based on performance. We offer a highly competitive salary and benefits package.

Benefits information can be found here. Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).