Ropes & Gray is a preeminent global law firm. The firm has been ranked in the top three on The American Lawyer's prestigious A-List for eight consecutive years and #1 on Law.com's UK A-List twice in the past three years—rankings that honor the "best of the best" law firms.

The firm has approximately 2,500 lawyers and professionals serving clients in major centers of business, finance, technology, and government in Boston, Chicago, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.

The firm has consistently been recognized for its leading practices in many areas, including asset management, private equity, M&A, finance, real estate, tax, antitrust, life sciences, health care, intellectual property, litigation & enforcement, privacy & cybersecurity, and business restructuring.

Ropes & Gray is an equal opportunity employer.

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented specialist to support the awards and rankings manager. The awards and rankings specialist will assist in developing and executing the firm’s awards and rankings strategy and will help project manage the firm’s recognition program. Their responsibilities will include drafting key award nominations and promotional materials. They will also be expected to liaise with the marketing, business development, practice development, and attorney talent teams to provide guidance on how to maximize award opportunities and elevate the firm’s external visibility.

• Directly support the awards and rankings manager on the planning, drafting and submission of ranking submissions, surveys and award nominations. Shares deadlines, communicates expectations, reviews final copies, and enters submissions.
• Collaborate with marketing, business development, practice development, practice group leaders and the PR team to independently gather, maintain, and update highlights for submissions.
• Update and manage a comprehensive calendar of ranking publications, directories, surveys and awards due dates and requirements.
• Identify new rankings, awards and survey opportunities through a continual and proactive survey of the market landscape.
• Develop and maintain relationships with editors, writers, researchers and publishers of rankings, surveys and directories to serve as an effective liaison and advocate for the firm.
• Write high-priority submissions for the firm with input from marketing, communications and business development colleagues.
• With support from the firm’s PR and business development teams, maintain a comprehensive and up-to-date database of firm, practice and attorney awards.
• Owns the maintenance of a comprehensive and up-to-date database of completed and in progress submissions.
• Promote awards and rankings results on the internal and external websites and for use in other marketing collateral.

• Bachelor’s degree with 3-5 years PR or marketing experience; experience working at a law firm or for a legal rankings company is preferred.
• Familiarity with Chambers, Legal 500, and similar directory rankings.
• The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of project management experience.
• Ability to prepare highly detailed, error-free work product.
• Strong, effective, and creative communicator, both written and oral.
• Excellent organization and project management skills required.
• Proven track record of working with colleagues and counterparts within an organization, as well as with executives, editors, writers, and researchers at publications.
• Effective in providing seamless client service to internal stakeholders.
• Embraces work in a high-demand, fast-paced environment.
• Reliable, dependable and ability to respond to requests quickly.
• Strong knowledge of competitive intelligence and up-to-speed on peer firm rankings.
• Intellectual curiosity about the law.
• Advanced proficiency with PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Excel and other commonly used business software.
• Creative thinking about marketing and public relations tactics

Essential Capabilities:

• Excellent writing and editing skills.
• A self-starter and strong project manager who understands the details within a much larger content.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a team as well as independently; must be able to share information, goals, opportunities, successes and failures with the appropriate parties.
• Ability to multi-task, set priorities, and meet multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively and concisely in writing and orally with all levels of attorneys and staff.
• Be flexible and tolerate ambiguity to respond quickly and positively to shifting demands and opportunities.
• Attention to detail.
• Strongly results-oriented and strong sense of ownership of projects.
• Ability to command attention in fast-paced, highly demanding environment.

Ropes & Gray is proud to offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to our business support team members. The firm also offers comprehensive health and well-being benefits, personal and professional development, career growth opportunities and a collegial and supportive culture. The anticipated pay range for this role is listed below and represents our good faith and reasonable estimate of the starting salary range at the time of posting. In addition, this role is eligible for a discretionary bonus based on performance. The actual offered rate for this position will be determined based on job-related, non-discriminatory factors, including qualifications and experience, geographic location, education, external market data and consideration of internal equity.

Boston & Chicago: $70,500 - $107,550

New York: $73,900 - $112,650

This position requires hybrid on-site presence as an essential function of the role. Consistent and predictable on-site presence is required for ongoing business continuity, professional development and effective collaboration with colleagues and management.