Business Development Assistant

London

Mewburn Ellis is the forward-looking IP firm. 150 years old, but very much with a focus on the future, we are at the top of our profession. We are ‘Top Tier’ in Legal 500, ‘Band 1’ in Chambers & Partners UK, ‘Gold Ranked’ for EPO work and ‘Top Tier’ in IAM Patent 1000 as well as being ‘Recommended’ in MIP IP Stars and WTR. We are proud to have been awarded the prestigious EcoVadis Platinum Medal in 2024. Mewburn Ellis is the world’s first Intellectual Property firm to receive this medal, which is the highest rating you can earn in sustainable business practices.

We provide commercially focused, creative advice about obtaining, enforcing, and exploiting intellectual property rights including patents, trade marks and designs to a wide range of clients who enjoy our straightforward approach and flexible working practices. Our attorneys, and lawyers assist our clients across the entire range of IP services. We have experience working in numerous diverse industry sectors.

There has never been a more exciting time to work for a firm like Mewburn Ellis. We are an ambitious and growing firm that put our people at the heart of our culture. We are over 350 strong, with across five offices in Bristol, Cambridge, London, Manchester and Munich. The culture and personality of the firm is ambitious but also relaxed and friendly. 

The role

This is a role for someone bright, commercial, ambitious, and willing to work hard and who is passionate about developing a career in business development. There will be the opportunity to get involved in a wide range of activities and grow in this role for someone that shows aptitude to do this.

If you’re analytical, like data and research and have an interest in business development and adding value to clients, as well as speaking to people, then is the perfect opportunity. You’ll join a collaborative team in a leading professional services firm, where no two days are the same. You’ll gain hands-on experience across a wide range of activities, work closely with senior stakeholders, and have the opportunity to grow and develop your skills in a supportive environment.

As a Business Development (BD) Assistant, you’ll be at the heart of our business development activities.

Your day-to-day will include:

  • Helping the client onboarding processes with new client letters
  • Producing business development reports, including deals and tender updates
  • Supporting and attending internal and external events – from helping with content preparation through to attendee coordination
  • Supporting pitches for new work
  • Keeping firmwide statistics and proof points up to date
  • Assisting with CRM tasks and maintaining HubSpot dashboards and data to help track clients, prospects and deals
  • Contributing to award and directory submissions
  • Conducting research on targets, companies, and events
  • Helping with budgets, forecasts, and invoice tracking
  • Providing general administrative support to keep the team running smoothly

What’s in it for you?

We have an excellent benefit package which includes: 

  • Competitive salary

  • A blended office and home working approach

  • Flexible working hours

  • 30 days leave (exc. Bank Holidays)

  • Interest-free season ticket loan

  • Generous pension scheme

  • Enhanced family leave

  • Cycle to work scheme

  • Firmwide discretionary bonus scheme

  • Paid day off for charitable endeavours

  • Discount Voucher Scheme

  • Electric Car Scheme

  • Workplace ISA

  • Healthcare Cash Plan Scheme

  • Care concierge

Our successful growth story is down to our people. And we take the wellbeing of our people seriously offering a huge suite of initiatives to de-stress, engage and enthuse. We care about wider society too and the communities in which we operate, read about our Forward Community Programme to find out more about how we're giving back.

About you

You don’t need prior BD experience or knowledge of intellectual property law – we’ll teach you what you need to know. What you do need is to be is interested in business development and a commercial, dynamic and ambitious personality who wants a role where you are part of a strong team that all muck in together to get the job done. What matters most though is your enthusiasm and drive. 

You will have an analytical approach and enjoy research and data analysis and be commercially curious, to think like a client and look for ways to add value. You will be a confident communicator and able to engage with all levels across the firm.  You will have a good level of education and be keen to grow and develop your career. 

You will be commercially focused and think from a client’s perspective when managing tasks and consider the value that you can add in everything you do. You will be able to operate in a fast-paced environment, have excellent MS office skills with experience of CRM systems, ideally, HubSpot and familiarity with website CMS. 

Your career is important to us, and we will invest in you to allow you to develop and grow. If you are excited by the prospect of this role and where a career with Mewburn Ellis could take you, we’d love to hear from you. If you would like more information on the role and a detailed role description, please contact us on recruitment@mewburn.com 

To make an application please forward your CV to Victoria Moore at recruitment@mewburn.com

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome a broad diversity of talent to apply.

We reserve the right to cease advertising should we receive a high number of applicants.

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Note for agencies: 

Mewburn Ellis work with a select number of agencies to support our recruitment. CVs will only be accepted from agencies we have agreements with and who have been briefed specifically on the vacancy. 

We request that you do not to send speculative CVs, or candidate details, for this vacancy.