In the legal services sector human capital is everything. As such, Bilzin Sumberg focuses relentlessly on attracting high quality attorneys, paralegals and staff to join our team. At Bilzin Sumberg, you will have opportunities to work on complex legal cases for regional and national clients spanning a wide array of industries. You’ll deepen your knowledge of the law, sharpen your skills and craft sophisticated legal strategies to accomplish our clients’ goals.
Providing outstanding client service is our ultimate objective, and we recruit professionals who share our commitment to excellence. Attorneys and staff come to Bilzin Sumberg to begin or evolve in their careers, while working with the best and the brightest in our profession.
Bilzin Sumberg offers professional opportunities for lawyers and other professionals at every stage of their careers. Come join our team.
Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP is seeking a mid-level litigation associate with a minimum of 4+ years sophisticated commercial litigation experience. Candidates must possess strong academic credentials. Major law firm experience preferred.
Bilzin Sumberg is seeking a tech savvy Document Word Processing Manager to oversee the word processing operators and secretarial staff. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of experience in a dynamic and fast paced environment. The DP Manager is a hands-on, working operator who coordinates work flow in the department and ensures proper staffing is allocated. In addition to being organized and able to multitask, this role requires a strong work ethic and an enthusiastic leader with a positive attitude.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Recruit, train and develop word processing and secretarial staff.
- Coordinate and distribute work assignments during the day and evening; schedule work for night and weekend word processing staff.
- Maintain attendance for day, evening and weekend staffing; review and approve time and attendance for all word processing and secretarial staff; schedule vacations and planned leave for word processing and secretarial staff.
- Provide hands-on document editing and production utilizing Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe, Best Authority, Imanage Filesite, DAT Dealproof and any additional software as needed.
- Stay abreast of technology and software changes within the firm in order to be an expert in document preparation; ensure that staff is also trained on all software and meets all application requirements.
- Troubleshoot document issues and investigate any attorney issues or requirements.
- Maintain open communication with staff, attorneys and other managers.
- Performance management, including coaching & counseling; provide honest and timely feedback; address performance issues; participate in performance evaluations by seeking attorney feedback and meet with word processing and secretarial staff.
- Ensure that all department equipment is maintained properly.
- Other duties as assigned.
Experience Preferred:
- Expert knowledge of MS Office programs including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Expert knowledge of InterAction CRM system.
- Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certification.
- Strong technology background.
- Must demonstrate enthusiasm, aptitude and organizational skills.
- Strong reasoning and problem solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proven experience in high volume/fast paced environment.
- Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 5 years of legal management experience.
Interested candidates should submit a resume to Jackie Benito, Chief Human Resources Officer.
Bilzin Sumberg is seeking an experienced Marketing Technology Specialist whose primary responsibility includes supervising marketing technology-related projects, performing support and administration of marketing platforms, and supporting the marketing team by troubleshooting technology questions regarding the website, email marketing system, and proposal generator. The Marketing Technology Specialist must understand the firm's marketing technology ecosystem and convey those benefits to the attorneys in a way that creates valuable action. The Marketing Technology Specialist is also responsible for documenting technology-related policies and procedures in the form of quick reference guides, online help, knowledge-based documentation and other documentation as assigned.
Other essential responsibilities/specific duties include, but are not limited to:
• Provide user training and support.
• Assist with the launch of new software for the team when necessary.
• Using our online platforms, create and manage such items as announcements, client alerts, event invitations, and registration forms.
• Create custom email marketing templates, snippets and other HTML customization requests needed by the Marketing team.
• Develop e-communications platform “best practices guide” for the Marketing team.
• Run regular reports on analytics, analyze data for key trends, and provide interpretation and suggestions to CMO for various purposes, including but not limited to practice group updates, PR campaign effectiveness, audience statistics, accessibility compliance, and more.
• Assist in ensuring all website pages are search engine optimized, staying on top of current trends.
• Coordinate with KM and IT teams and outside vendors to troubleshoot issues and apply software upgrades and patches.
• Use Google Analytics, SiteImprove, and Vuture to develop and implement SEO improvement strategies.
• Monitor email marketing mailings and manage bounce backs.
• Set up customized RSS feeds in InterAction and meet with attorneys to refine their prospect lists for more targeted, valuable information.
• Research and identify current trends and third-party social media and content marketing platforms.
• Establish and implement social media engagement strategy.
• Identify legal and ethical issues related to interactive and social media marketing.