Business Development & Marketing Assistant

This is a rare opportunity to join one of the City's leading full-service law firms at the heart of its commercial growth engine. This role is for graduates who are intellectually curious, commercially minded, and ready to contribute from day one. You will work alongside senior professionals in a high-performance environment where standards are high, clients are sophisticated, and your work will have visible impact. This is an entry-level position designed to provide a broad grounding in professional services marketing and communications. The successful candidate will receive structured training and day-to-day guidance across all areas of the role, including digital platforms and tools., You will support two teams within the department on a 50:50 basis that will provide the bedrock of experience in marketing or business development. With our marketing team… You will support the marketing team in delivery of the firm's brand, content, and marketing strategy - learning how to manage digital channels - including, website, social media and eMarketing support the development of content and thought leadership, execute campaigns and help develop data analysis and campaign reporting With our Business Development team… You will support the firm's pursuit of new business and the deepening of existing client relationships - working on proposals, directory submissions, client targeting and research, opportunity management and profile raising activity.

• Professionalism: without prompting you take ownership. You meet deadlines, prepare thoroughly, and communicate proactively. You do not need to be chased. You understand that in a professional services environment, reliability is a differentiator.
• Genuine Curiosity: you want to understand how businesses work, what keeps clients awake at night, and how a law firm creates and sustains competitive advantage. You read, you question, and you connect dots that others miss.
• Attention to Detail is a Standard, Not an Effort: in our world, a typo in a client pitch or an error in a communications piece reflects on the firm's brand. You take pride in producing work that is accurate, polished, and considered - every time.
• Commercial Awareness: you follow business news. You understand market dynamics. You can hold an intelligent conversation about what is happening in the sectors our clients operate in. You do not need to be a lawyer - but you need to think like a businessperson.
• Resilience and Adaptability Priorities shift: pitches land at short notice. Campaigns change direction. You remain calm, adapt quickly, and maintain quality under pressure. You see challenge as opportunity, not inconvenience.
• Collaborative by Default: you are a team player who also knows when to take independent initiative. You share information, support colleagues without being asked, and leave the team stronger for your presence.
• Hunger to Learn and Grow: you actively seek feedback. You act on it. You want to be better at the end of this year than you are at the start - and you take personal responsibility for making that happen.
• Discretion and Judgement: you will be exposed to confidential client information, commercial strategies, and sensitive firm data. You exercise sound judgement about what to share, with whom, and when., Positive, can-do attitude with a genuine eagerness to learn
• Are comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and understand how to build relationships
• Have a flair for clear, compelling and persuasive writing for different audiences
• Have an eye for detail and visual consistency
• An interest in understanding data and reporting on results
• Are driven by winning and motivated by measurable outcomes
• Are confident researching and synthesising market intelligence
What We Expect
• A 2:1 degree or above (any discipline)
• Full professional eligibility to work in the UK
• A commitment to the full 12-month term
• The professionalism and presence to represent the firm in client-facing situations, Ability to build strong relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Able to meetings with an assured approach and capture actions.
• Flexible team player with a 'can do' attitude.
• Proactive
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
• Excellent systems and database skills - Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow through on actions.
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and actively encourage candidates who may not have taken a traditional route to this point.

Travers Smith is a leading full-service law firm, with a wealth of experience in its areas of specialisation. The firm has a market-leading reputation for its international expertise in Asset Management, M&A and Dispute Resolution & Investigations. Clients include asset managers across the alternative asset classes (private equity, venture, credit, infrastructure and real estate), publicly listed and private companies, financial institutions, and other business enterprises involved in large and complex UK and cross-border matters, transactions and disputes. Our purpose is to provide the highest quality of service to our clients whilst enabling our people to achieve professional fulfilment in a supportive, inclusive and enjoyable working environment. Department The Business Development, Clients, Marketing, Events and Communications team consists of 35 people who focus on increasing the profile of the firm and the brand through a variety of channels to create leads and opportunities that can increase profitable revenues. The department is at the forefront of several key strategic firmwide initiatives. Priding itself on achieving strategic aims while ensuring a collaborative, inclusive and rewarding team dynamic.


• Supervision and mentoring
• A structured training and development framework with regular feedback
• Genuine responsibility and meaningful work from the outset
• Exposure to senior stakeholders and live commercial projects
• A competitive salary benchmarked to the City graduate market
• A firm that will invest in you - and notice when you invest in return