Trowers & Hamlins is a City-led, international and national law firm with over 130 partners and 830 staff. With offices across the UK, Middle East and Far East, we provide a full-service integrated offering.

Our clients operate in diverse industry sectors such as construction, transport and infrastructure, banking and financial services, distribution and logistics, education and health, hotels and leisure, defence, engineering and surveying, charities, retail and energy and natural resources. We also act for many high net worth individuals.

We are different and we believe it is our people that make us unique. We expect and respect that you and your talents are too. The truth is we don't prescribe who you are or how you ought to be. It's what you can do that interests us most.

While the work on offer is rewarding and often complex, the qualities we look for are simple. The ability to get on with people from all walks of life, for example. To talk and to listen. To develop the sorts of relationships that mean you win the friendship and loyalty of clients and colleagues alike. In short, to connect. These are the characteristics our people all have in common. They are vital, as is the drive and imagination to use your unique talents to the full. We will help you in this. In fact, we will support you in every way we can.

The role

This is a new role to support the delivery of internal and external communications at Trowers & Hamlins.  This role is for a self-starter who wants to get their teeth into exciting communications and PR projects.  Reporting to the Senior Strategy & Communications (SS&C) Manager and working with the SS&C Manager and PR Manager, this new role provides an excellent opportunity for an ambitious self-starter who is enthusiastic about communications looking for a varied role. The communications function sits within a 24 person marketing and business development team based across London, Birmingham and Dubai.

Key activities / responsibilities

Internal & external communications

• Assisting with internal communications e.g. drafting newsletter type articles, intranet content, internal messages, business updates and other ad hoc communications.
• Assisting with marketing communications e.g. drafting flyers, brochures, and website copy.
• Contributing to the development of the 'Trowers voice' in all corporate communications (online and offline).
• Compiling and formatting text content for design materials and working with the in house design team to ensure all communications (internal and external) are on brand.

PR

• Assisting the PR Manager in growing the PR strategy in line with business development campaigns and initiatives
• Drafting and distributing press releases, briefings and Q&A documents for key target national, trade and regional press.
• Assist in tracking and reporting on media coverage.
• Maintaining and developing media lists.
• Attending meetings with teams and partners

Digital communications

• Making regular website updates including content, imagery, SEO and tagging.
• Uploading news articles, press releases and profile pages to the website CMS (Sitecore)
• Writing and publishing posts to social media channels (Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn) to compliment the PR function and ongoing BD campaigns

Special projects

• Supporting the Senior Strategy & Communications (SS&C) Manager on firm wide projects and initiatives.Current ongoing projects overseen by the SS&C Manager are: the launch of a new website; and the firm's client development and intermediaries programmes.Programmes planned for the next 12 months include a client listening and feedback initiative.

General

• Supporting the Senior Strategy & Communications Manager and the PR Manager generally with admin and general activity picking up ad hoc duties as they arise.
• Dealing with general enquiries as they arise.
• Providing general assistance across the whole team as required.

Personal attributes, skills and experience

• 12-18 months PR or communications or marketing experience in a professional services environment (essential)
• Understanding of PR and communications concepts and practices
• Willingness to follow industry trends and current methods
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Well-organised, able to work with deadlines
• An analytical mind with attention to detail
• Creative and confident
• CIM qualifications or a desire to study them (desirable)
• Good oral and written communication skills with commitment to quality, a high attention to detail
• Ability to use initiative and work with limited supervision, with a positive/ proactive approach
• Ability to prioritise work effectively and meet deadlines under pressure
• A strong team player, ready to help colleagues
• Well presented with a polite professional manner
• Flexible and committed
• Willing to work outside of offices hours as required
• Willing to travel in the UK when required
• Excellent IT skills (including MS Office)

About Trowers & Hamlins

• We have 850 talented people including more than 400 award-winning lawyers, all working to understand our clients’ businesses and shape our own. Our core areas of practice include real estate, corporate, dispute resolution and litigation and banking and finance – each focused on providing commercial advice to businesses and governments to help them to tackle tomorrow’s challenges in industry.
• From nine offices in the UK, Middle East and Far East, we offer a comprehensive and joined-up service to clients world wide.
• We believe that a commitment to diversity and inclusion is essential. It helps us to attract and retain the best talent, and it enables us to understand and meet our clients’ needs more effectively. We are very proud of our open and inclusive culture and work hard to foster an environment where individuals thrive. From our diversity and inclusion programme - ‘Trowers Includes’ – to our working culture of fairness and transparency, we can demonstrate a strong track record of hiring, retaining and promoting from a truly diverse range of backgrounds.

Additional Information

As part of our firm recruitment policy our candidates are subject to employment screening background checks. These checks include personal details, education and employment history, professional qualifications and credit and criminal checks as appropriate.

Trowers & Hamlins is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from every sector of the community. All applications will only be considered on merit and the applicant's suitability to meet the requirements of the role.