About Legal 500
Legal 500 is a global legal market research, data and intelligence business. Our research helps corporate clients make informed decisions about legal representation and gives law firms insight into their market position, performance, and clients.
Beyond research, we’re building a growing data, benchmarking, market-intelligence and subscription service offering. We bring the legal market together through a global programme of events - awards ceremonies, conferences and roundtables that convene leading law firms, in-house teams and their advisers. And through Legal Business, our journalistic title, we deliver independent news, analysis and commentary on the business of law and the strategy, performance and leadership of the world’s leading law firms.
We are a growing, multi-site organisation, with colleagues working across research, data, technology, product, journalism, commercial and events in London, Leeds and Bristol.
Job Purpose
This role plays a key part in supporting Legal 500’s strategic growth by expanding lawyer-led coverage into focus markets. Research & Data Analysts work closely with the City Elite editor and relevant commercial team members to identify a target number of new firms and lawyers per market.
This is a results-driven position that requires a proactive, self-motivated approach and requires individuals to engage in direct client outreach to generate leads. This includes managing tailored email campaigns and conducting interviews to gather insights and build relationships with partner-level lawyers.
What we're looking for
The ideal candidate will be an exceptional communicator, who is results-driven, proactive and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. This is an entry-level role, so no previous commercial experience is required. That said, any experience in the below would be desirable:
Background in customer/client care
Background in a telephone role
Exposure to market research, publishing, insight generation, or similar project-based industries
Strong research skills
Background of working both independently and in a team
From a competency-perspective, we're looking for someone who fits the following:
Excellent communicator: engages clearly with both internal and external stakeholders
Interpersonal skills: exceptional phone manner and comfortable speaking with law firm partners and business development professionals daily
Relationship builder: ability to develop and maintain strong professional relationships internally and externally; credible and approachable particularly with law firm BDs and partners
Results-oriented: maintains momentum and motivation across competing deadlines
Organised and detail-oriented: ensures research output meets accuracy and consistency standards
Flexible mindset: ability to be adaptable and agile to changing priorities and market interest and contribute to workflow development where appropriate
Strong time management skills: ability to manage and prioritise own workload to ensure projects meet deadlines
Curious mindset: while an interest in the legal market is not a prerequisite, candidates would be expected to quickly expand their legal market knowledge.
Other information
The location is Aire Street, Leeds
This role will be hybrid, 3 days a week in the office in central Leeds, 2 days remote
Working hours vary between 9am - 5pm and 11am to 7pm depending upon projects and business needs. (Due to this role working with US-based stakeholders, therefore the working hours will have some crossover with US timezones)
Salary - £29000 per annum
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