Saul Ewing is seeking a talented business development manager to join it's marketing department! The Business Development Manager is responsible for the development and implementation of focused marketing and business development strategies for select practice and industry groups. This position will work with the Chief Marketing Officer, Director of Business Development and attorney leadership. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Actively participate in practice group meetings, drive business development agenda items, and report on business development and marketing updates Create and execute strategic marketing plans on a group and individual attorney level Offer and execute upon proactive ideas for the growth of assigned practice and industry areas Help identify new business opportunities/leads and direct strategy for such leads Support groups and individual lawyers with new business targeting by performing company/industry research and analysis, and providing individual coaching Draft and project manage client and prospective client pitches and proposals Spearhead the business development components of events, conference sponsorships and seminars, including pre-event list building, targeting and attendee strategy pre-event collateral preparation event staffing post-event evaluation and targeted follow-up Work with our Communications Team to: draft/maintain collateral and website content for assigned practice and industry areas spot thought leadership topics that merit article writing and/or PR project manage thought leadership production and the launching of blogs Leverage marketing tools to track client/matter experience and opportunities and report on trends and ROI Work alongside the full Business Development Team in moving forward business development/Marketing Department annual strategic goals Actively participate in regular strategy meetings with marketing and business development team