Communications, Awards, and Rankings Manager

We are always seeking talented, motivated, growth-minded, and creative individuals. Our firm is committed to providing employee support and advancement, while embracing inclusion and innovation as keys to a stronger future.

We invite you to explore the position below and to submit your application to join our team!

The Communications, Awards, and Rankings Manager is responsible for leading all aspects of the firm’s rankings and recognitions in key legal directories and award programs. This position works closely with firm leadership, lawyers, the business development team, and other internal constituents managing Troutman Pepper Locke’s directories and awards processes. The Communications, Awards, and Rankings Manager will be responsible for developing awards and rankings strategies, creating award-winning submissions, elevating the firm’s profile in the market, and managing other communications projects, as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the firm’s comprehensive submission strategy for business rankings, surveys, and awards.

• Proactively provide strategic recommendations for existing or new business rankings, surveys, and awards the firm should pursue in line with its strategy.

• Create and manage a legal directory and awards calendar that sets timelines and deadlines.

• Assist with the firm’s global legal directories submissions process, including Chambers and Legal 500, among others.

• Draft and edit nominations.

• Lead the management of the submissions process and ensure adherence to deadlines, as well as the quality of the submissions.

• Analyze, research, and provide guidance on brand-elevating opportunities and best practices around nominations and submissions, including the use of generative AI.

• Lead the collection of data and maintaining internal databases to reflect the most up-to-date firm rankings and recognitions.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent oral, writing, editing, researching, and project management skills.

• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

• Ability to distill complex concepts into compelling and persuasive content.

• Ability to take initiative and independently manage and prioritize a heavy workload, and to perform in a fast-paced environment, meeting frequent deadlines.

• Effective interview skills.

• Strong Microsoft skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Client-service oriented, with the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues at all levels of the firm.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Flexibility to adapt to quickly changing priorities.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, with a specialization in communications, English, or an equivalent field; or any combination of training, education and experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position.

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience writing, editing, and proofreading in communications, journalism, publishing, public relations, marketing, or related field in an agency, law firm, or professional services firm.

• Experience using generative AI tools and interest in generative engine optimization strategies.

• Experience working with LexTrack beneficial.

The Firm will comply with any applicable city or state workplace mandates in effect in regards to Covid-19. 

This position description is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of the job.  The statements contained in the position description are not necessarily all-inclusive and additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned as determined by business needs.

This position description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

By applying for this position, you agree and understand that Troutman Pepper Locke will process your Personal Information pursuant to the terms of our Worker and Applicant Global Privacy Notice. If you have questions about our data handling practices, or you are a resident of California, the United Kingdom, or the European Union and wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us at privacy@troutman.com. 

Equal Employment Opportunity
Troutman Pepper Locke adheres to a policy of equal opportunity and will make all employment decisions, which include hiring, promotion, transfer, demotion, evaluation, compensation and separation, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, genetic information, marital or armed forces status and any other classification as protected by law.

Compensation is dependent on several factors, such as position, location, education, training, and/or experience.