Legal Marketing and Events Specialist – 100% Remote

McNeill PLLC, a certified majority woman-owned biotech and pharma-focused IP boutique, is looking for a detail-oriented, tech-savvy, self-motivated legal marketing and events specialist with at least three years of legal marketing experience, preferably in a virtual office environment with an Intellectual Property law firm or practice group. The successful candidate will have superior writing, editorial, and proofreading skills. This position requires attention to detail, strategic thinking, and the ability to work independently to move projects forward.

Partnering with the managing partner, partners, director of finance and operations, and the human resources manager, the successful candidate will:

Outside Marketing

•      Maintain firm website content and internet presence (i.e., posting events, articles, and LinkedIn posts, etc.).
•      Manage and coordinate the firm’s industry ranking materials to include preparing and submitting marketing surveys (i.e., MIP IP Stars, IAM).
•      Research and identify new opportunities for firm rankings and branding.
•      Manage the development and coordination of external marketing materials, including marketing materials for attorneys, sponsorship advertisements, and newsletters
•      Assist with new client proposals and presentations.
•      Provide support and coordinate with attorneys for all speaking and outside marketing events. 
•      Coordinate with practice development and recruiting manager to ensure practitioners respond to the annual Vault survey.
•      Maintain the firm’s contact list.
•      Report and maintain firm statistics for use in marketing materials. 
•      Work with outside vendors as needed on promotional items.
•      Coordinate with outside vendor on website redesign and significant updates. 

Internal Communications

•      Manage the development and coordination of internal communication, including time-sensitive firm announcements and newsletters. 
•      Maintain the firm’s marketing page on the intranet.
•      Support human resources with new hire onboarding (i.e., photograph scheduling and professional biography development).

Internal Events

•      Coordinate firm-wide events, including but not limited to, annual state of the firm presentation; monthly virtual coffee sessions; regional meetups; firm-wide retreat; and virtual holiday party.
•      Coordinate, purchase and distribute firm anniversary and holiday gifts for employees
•      Seek and suggest opportunities to promote employee connections as part of the virtual office environment.
•      Other administrative duties as needed, such as coordinating firm activities and meetings. 

A bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Business, English, or a related field is preferred. We will also consider candidates with equivalent relevant professional experience. Qualified candidates will also have strong technical skills, including solid proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, and Canva a must. Web editing experience. Working knowledge of Constant Contact a plus. Must demonstrate the ability to prioritize multiple assignments while remaining flexible.

ABOUT US

A group of former big law attorneys founded McNeill in 2014 and continue to practice high value, strategic patent prosecution and client counseling in a smaller firm environment. Our attorneys are nationally recognized leaders in chemistry and life sciences patent prosecution and counseling, and the firm has been ranked as a recommended firm for patent prosecution for multiple years.

We love what we do! We work with the best and brightest innovative clients at the cutting edge of biotechnology and chemistry. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a big firm level environment, while benefiting from the firm's strong commitment to reasonable work hours, family-friendly atmosphere, and respect for employee work-life balance. We are committed to equity and inclusion across race, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, identity, religion, and experience.

The firm has never had a central brick-and-mortar location and instead uses advanced cloud-based networking capabilities. This eliminates commuting and allows us to hire the best candidates from different locations.
We offer comprehensive and generous benefits, including health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, wellness programs, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and alternative work schedules (the option to work a compressed workweek) after a minimum tenure of one year for eligible employees. The firm also provides a competitive salary, 401(k) plan with a generous matching component, four weeks of paid time off earned on a pro rata basis throughout the year, generous paid parental leave, bereavement leave, and twelve paid holidays including the employee’s birthday. Eligible employees may elect to make pre-tax contributions to a flexible spending account or a health savings account. 
We provide home office equipment.
We support professional development by providing training.
Full time (37.5 hours per week) or Part-time job opportunity (30 hours per week)
Compensation range: $35-45 per hour, depending on experience.

Please submit a resume, cover letter, salary requirements, and desired schedule (for example, M-F, 9-5 with a break for lunch) to careers@mcneilliplaw.com. 

Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodations to the application and/or interview process should notify the human resources manager.

Candidates may apply from AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, UT, VA, WA, and WI. The successful candidate will work from their own home office. 

McNeill PLLC does not accept resumes through search firms or other third parties. We only accept resumes directly from candidates who are interested in joining our firm. 

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the US. For more information about E-Verify, please go to www.dhs.gov/e-verify.

Massachusetts law requires we make the following statement: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. We do not use lie detector tests for our employees in any state.