Directories and Recognitions Coordinator

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, one of the world’s leading global law firms with offices in strategic hubs of commerce, law, and government across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, is seeking to hire a Directories and Recognitions Coordinator to join our award-winning Business Development team in support of the firm's profile-raising efforts.

In this role, you’ll help advance the firm’s participation in global and national directories to raise profiles of the firm and our lawyers, positioning Morgan Lewis as a destination firm for clients, lawyers, and staff. You’ll leverage your relationship building, project coordination, research, and writing experience, working closely with key stakeholders across global jurisdictions, practice areas, industry teams, and functions to craft engaging submissions.

This position offers the opportunity to gain the experience, connections, and continuous learning through routine engagement with all levels of the firm’s professional staff, lawyers, and leadership, while enhancing your communication, networking, analytical, and project management skills.

Morgan Lewis recognizes the benefits of supporting flexible working arrangements. This role can be based in our Los Angeles or Philadelphia office and offers hybrid working arrangement.  Flexibility to work across time zones and outside of traditional business hours is required.

Key responsibilities:

• Creates and manages deadline calendar and timelines, maintains templates and process documents, and provides status reports to ensure submissions are complete and deadlines are met.

• Works with practice aligned business development teams to improve participation in directory submissions and organizes and leads calls with partners and key stakeholders throughout each cycle to build relationships, outline process and key dates, establish communication plans and deadlines, and advise on best practices.

• Drafts and edits submissions, maintaining high writing standards with a journalistic tone, paying close attention to guidelines and deadlines.

• Researches and evaluates directory opportunities and utilizes the firm’s experience management system to identify areas of focus and opportunity for directory submissions, including lawyers and matters to profile.

• Coordinates interviews, provides interview prep material, and coaches partners in directory interview best practices.

• Tracks post-submission data and updates stakeholders on referee response rates and research status including start and finish dates.

• Records, analyzes, and reports results and compiles peer analysis and historical rankings lists.

Experience and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of directly relevant post-graduate professional experience, preferably in a law firm or other professional, consulting, and/or legal services fields or corporate environment.

• Understanding of legal media and directories preferred.

• Outstanding editing, writing, and presentation skills.

• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills  to prioritize, balance, and mange projects and assignments effectively.

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships wide range of individuals both internally and externally with a client-focused approach.

Benefits / Why Join Us

Morgan Lewis offers attractive benefits and competitive salaries. Our compensation structure rewards exceptional performance and recognizes the talent and experience that our people gain with each year of service. We are committed to offering the best and most comprehensive benefits including:

               • Medical coverage, with a variety of plans

               • Health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts

               • Domestic partner coverage

               • Parental leave

               • Vacation and holiday leave

               • Life and accident insurance

               • Income protection, including sick leave, salary continuation, and long-term disability

Qualified candidates must apply online by visiting our website at www.morganlewis.com and selecting “Careers.”

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The base salary or hourly wage range for this position will be determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to prior experience, relevant expertise, current business needs, and market factors.  The final salary or hourly wages offered may be outside of this range based on other reasons and individual circumstances.  Additionally, salary or hourly wages may be only part of the total compensation package. The total compensation package for this position may also include a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.  If hired, the employee will be in an "at-will position" and the firm reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, firm or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP is also an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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