Marketing Manager

Seattle, WA, United States

THE OPPORTUNITY

Summit Law Group is seeking a Marketing Manager to join our efficient and friendly admin team. At Summit, we value customer service, integrity, mutual respect, and hold high expectations of ourselves and our teammates. Summiteers are reliable, high-performers, upbeat, and reject traditional law-firm hierarchies. Candidates that share our values are encouraged to apply.

POSITION SUMMARY

As the Marketing Manager at Summit Law Group, you will play a critical role in shaping the firm's image and driving business growth through strategic marketing efforts. You will be part of the management team and will work closely with the Executive Director, leadership, our partners, and internal and external marketing team members, while leveraging digital and traditional marketing channels to achieve our business objectives.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Work collaboratively with marketing team members and vendors, while providing leadership, guidance, and individual accountability.

Create, develop, and promote internal/external communications in all aspects of marketing.

Guide the creation and execution of strategic marketing and business development plans for individual attorneys, practice groups, and the firm.

Assist with seminars, webinars, events, and learning opportunities. This includes organizing and running events from concept through day-of logistics and any follow-ups.

Support legal teams with RFP/RFQ responses and client-specific pitch materials.

Creation and maintenance of web content and collateral marketing materials, including utilization of metrics to improve user experience.

Coordinate and organize submissions for attorney and firm recognition/ratings programs.

Assist with creative content, design, and editing of the firm’s intranet site and social media posts.

Contribute to developing and implementing an internal client contact management system, client engagement and feedback processes, and improving external client communications.

Manage vendor relationships and contract negotiations, while ensuring quality and consistency of deliverables.

Streamline and modernize marketing processes, technology, and asset library.

Work on special projects as needed.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Creative thinking and ability to develop innovative marketing strategies

Outstanding writing, communication, and interpersonal skills

Strong decision making, project management, and time management skills

7+ years of experience in legal marketing is preferred

Solid understanding of legal marketing principles, trends, and client behavior

Experience managing vendor relationships and contract negotiations

Willingness and ability to manage projects and workload top to bottom

Proficiency in digital marketing tools and platforms, and MS Office Suite

Smartsheet build knowledge is a big plus

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Summit strives for competitive compensation and benefit packages. We offer health, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability plans, with family packages available. Our Employee Assistance Program provides short-term support for mental health services, financial planning, and legal aid. 401K options include Roth and traditional accounts, matching, profit sharing, and immediate vesting. Summit also offers bonuses based on firm performance, commuter benefits, ten paid holidays, and opportunities for hybrid schedules.

While subject to change, we also provide firm-funded HSA accounts, and a dog-friendly firm.

Salary for this position ranges from $110k-$135k, depending on experience.

ABOUT SUMMIT

Summit Law Group’s nontraditional law firm model, founded on revolutionizing the way legal services are provided, focuses on a single principle: customer service.

Our mission is to think creatively, to proactively formulate and pursue the most effective, efficient solutions to our clients’ legal needs with small, dedicated teams. Everyone at Summit Law Group is a legal professional who shares in the firm’s success, and our attorneys are equity owners of our business. We have eliminated the inefficiencies inherent in traditional law firms – such as hidden charges, rigid cost structures, and leveraged hierarchy – to focus exclusively on our clients. Our innovative model has been proven by a long, successful track record that covers a broad variety of complex legal issues.

Summit is consistently recognized as a top law firm, both on the regional and national levels, and has been consistently ranked by US News & World Report - Best Lawyers and Chambers USA. Summit was also named Washington Firm of the Year at the 2021, 2022 & 2023 Benchmark Litigation US Awards and has also been recognized as one of Washington’s Best Workplaces for 2021 & 2022 by the Puget Sound Business Journal. We are especially proud that in its 2022 & 2023 Diversity Snapshot, Law360 recognized Summit as being among the leading law firms across the nation for diversity. Additionally, we have consistently received Mansfield Rule Plus Certification since 2022 for our diversity in leadership efforts. Summiteers take pride in working here. You can check out more stories on Summit here: https://www.summitlaw.com/blog/news.

Application

If you are interested in joining the Summit team, please submit your resume and cover letter via our application portal.

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