Manager - Client Events, US

Latham & Watkins LLP

$140K — $160K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent required
  • Events qualification preferred
  • Minimum six years of experience in a law firm or professional services environment
  • At least seven years of cumulative experience in event management
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Well-developed interpersonal skills with organizational level interaction capability

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a strategic advisor for event planning and execution
  • Collaborate with Business Development to align events with strategic objectives
  • Manage event logistics and resolve issues proactively
  • Oversee event budgeting, vendor negotiations, and ROI reporting
  • Ensure consistent branding and communications across events
  • Safeguard sensitive and confidential firm information

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare, life, and disability insurance
  • Generous 401k plan
  • Minimum of 11 paid holidays and 23 days of PTO in the first year
  • Access to well-being programs, including mental health services
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Employee discounts
  • Participate in affinity groups and networks within the firm
Full Job Description
About the Role

The Manager - Client Events, US is an integral part of Latham's Events, Sponsorships & Travel team. This role will be responsible for planning, managing, and executing client-facing events and experiential opportunities, while owning and leading the end-to-end strategic planning, execution, and evaluation of a portfolio of client events, including seminars, conferences, sponsorships, and hospitality experiences. This role will be located in our New York office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Other key responsibilities include:
  • Acting as a strategic advisor to partners and senior stakeholders on event strategy, format, audience targeting, and execution
  • Partnering with Business Development colleagues to understand strategic objectives across practices, industries, and markets, and curating event strategies that align with those goals
  • Providing senior-level oversight of event logistics and execution during the planning process and on-site, proactively identifying and resolving risks or issues
  • Leading event budgeting and financial oversight, including budget development, spend tracking, vendor negotiations, and post-event return on investment (ROI) reporting
  • Partnering with Business Development, Brand & Communications, and other internal teams to ensure consistent branding and integrated communications
  • Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

We'd love to hear from you if you:
  • Exhibit good communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Possess well-developed and professional interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the firm
  • Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with a customer-service focus

And have:
  • A bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • An events qualification, preferably
  • A minimum of six (6) years of experience in a law firm or other professional services environment, preferably
  • A minimum of seven (7) years of cumulative experience


Benefits & Additional Information

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham's comprehensive benefit program which includes:

  • Healthcare, life and disability insurance
  • A generous 401k plan
  • At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
  • Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
  • Professional development programs
  • Employee discounts
  • Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff


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Pay Range

USD $140,000.00 - USD $160,000.00 /Yr.

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