BDM Intern

For Linklaters Service Delivery Centre Warsaw, we are currently recruiting for the BDM Intern role.
 

About Linklaters

Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.

We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere.

We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind-set.

We recognise that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.
 

Purpose

This role will support the BDM Process and Infrastructure team responsible for delivering function-wide projects and process improvements and BDM Practice & Sector team supporting our BDM colleagues globally with directories submissions, marketing campaigns and materials, coordinating events and many more.

What we are looking for

• Attention to detail - a highly diligent candidate who has an excellent focus on quality and attention to detail.
• Excellent communicator - you will have excellent written and verbal English language skills. Be able to confidently present yourself to lawyers and business teams colleagues.
• Teamwork mentality - you will have an understanding that successful delivery of projects relies on a team.
• Excellent time management skills - able to manage conflicting priorities in a professional manner and work under pressure.
• A 'can-do' attitude - able to work effectively with a diverse range of teams, personalities and seniorities across the organisation.
• Commercial awareness of how your work supports the wider firm and clients we serve.
• Ability to learn new IT systems quickly - the period of Internship will coincide with a change to our CRM system provider so flexibility and fast learning abilities will be of crucial importance.
• Ability to adapt to different cultures worldwide.
• Good problem solver; able to offer practical and creative solutions.
   

Expectations of the role

• Work with the BDM team to enhance coordination efforts, including updating a centralised repository for credentials and marketing materials.
• Support with maintenance and updating of practice/sector related content on Linklaters.com and on relevant intranet pages.
• Develop in-depth knowledge of Salesforce and assist the BDM team to maximise its utilisation across the practice.
• Craft comprehensive client, sector, and practice overviews to facilitate client engagement.
• Coordinate with our lawyers to ensure the readiness and quality of marketing collateral and CVs content.
• Support on drafting of legal directory submissions.
• Support in raising the practice's profile both internally and externally in close partnership with the Marketing Communications team.
• Assist in the orchestration, execution, and evaluation of events such as seminars, webinars, roundtables and conferences.
• Organising photo sessions for our practice and business teams.
• Participate in ad hoc projects as necessary.
   

Experience required

• Fluent English (writing, running reports, interpreting data for use with clients).
• Prior professional experience would be an advantage, preferably in an international business environment.
• Highly competent user of Microsoft Office tools (with a focus on MS Excel in particular).

The Team

You will be welcomed into a globally diverse and friendly team based across our Warsaw, Colchester and London offices.

You will be supported by, and work closely with, the wider BDM team which includes teams of experts across client communications, events, digital marketing and technology. We are a collegiate team with an emphasis on teamworking and collaboration with colleagues.

This role is ideal for a candidate who enjoys working with a range of people across multiple offices and seniorities, and thrives on a challenge!
 

What we offer

• Paid internship in a team of experienced professionals until April 2025 with the potential to exte