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Latham & Watkins LLP

Law Practice · 9.1k people

Public Relations Manager – Capital Strategies

Posted 8 Oct

What’s this role about? The Public Relations Manager will develop and execute media strategies to elevate the firm's profile within the capital strategies sector. They will drive proactive media engagement, manage strategic writing projects, and identify opportunities to increase partner visibility.

New York, New York
Hybrid
$170K – $220K
Full-time
10+ years exp
1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, 10020
Bachelor degree

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Company

About Latham & Watkins LLP Latham & Watkins is a global law firm with more than 3,500 lawyers in its offices located in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. The firm has internationally recognized practices in a wide spectrum of transactional, litigation, corporate and regulatory areas. Our success is grounded in our devotion to the collaborative process, which reaches across global offices and practices and draws upon our deep subject matter expertise, an abiding commitment to teamwork and a powerful tradition of creative lawyering. Follow us on Twitter @lathamwatkins Join us on Facebook www.facebook.com/lathamwatkins Subscribe to us on YouTube http://youtube.com/lathamwatkinsglobal Content may include attorney advertising.

Latham & Watkins LLP

LLatham & Watkins LLP logo
1,001-5,000 employees
Law Practice
1934
Partnership

Responsibilities

  • Driving proactive media engagement, generating story ideas, and building relationships with business, financial, legal, and trade media
  • Identifying opportunities to raise the visibility of partners through interviews, podcasts, speaking engagements, and market commentary
  • Partnering with social media and digital marketing teams to amplify media, awards and recognition, and key campaigns
  • Owning strategic writing projects, including press releases, deal announcements, award submissions, talking points, and messaging
  • Monitoring market developments and media coverage to spot opportunities to promote the practice, showcasing our insights and differentiated market position, and providing strategic recommendations on how best to capitalize on them
  • Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains
  • Exhibit passion for capital markets, private credit, banking, and the evolving trends shaping financial markets
  • Demonstrate a strong track record of securing meaningful media coverage and building relationships with business, financial, legal, and trade reporters
  • Possess the ability to be a self-starter who takes ownership, demonstrates initiative and drive, and consistently creates innovative and impactful opportunities
  • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Public Relations, Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, or related field
  • A minimum of seven (7) years of relevant experience in media relations or corporate communications, either in-house or at a PR agency
  • A minimum of ten (10) years of cumulative experience
  • Experience in financial services, capital markets, investment banking, private equity, private credit, or a related sector
  • Demonstrated success developing media strategies and securing meaningful coverage in business, financial, legal, and trade media

Qualification

LegalMarketingFinance & AccountingCreative & MediaManagement & Leadership

Benefits

  • Healthcare
  • Life insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • 401k plan
  • Paid holidays
  • Paid time off
  • Mental health services
  • Well-being programs
  • Professional development programs
  • Employee discounts
  • Affinity groups

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