Specialist – Client Hospitality & Dining

Latham & Watkins LLP

$80K — $90K *
Hospitality & Recreation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a professional services organization
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work in a team with a customer-service focus
  • Strong attention to detail, particularly under pressure

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with internal teams to execute events with attention to detail
  • Ensure departmental goals and compliance with firm policies are met
  • Proactively coordinate event lifecycle aspects including planning, budgeting, and vendor management
  • Maintain accurate records of market event data for reporting
  • Curate targeted invitation lists in collaboration with stakeholders
  • Protect confidential and proprietary information of the firm

Benefits

  • Healthcare, life and disability insurance
  • Generous 401k plan
  • At least 11 paid holidays and 23 days of PTO in the first year
  • Well-being programs including mental health services
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Employee discounts
  • Access to affinity groups and networking coalitions
Full Job Description
About the Role

The Specialist – Client Hospitality & Dining is an integral part of Latham’s Events, Sponsorships & Travel team. This role will be responsible for supporting small-scale dining, reception or ticketed events, while managing logistics, from initial conception to onsite execution, of small-scale events within a pre-determined budget threshold and specific attendance parameters. 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:

  • Collaborating with other internal support functions to oversee the execution of events with strong attention to detail and a focus on best practices
  • Ensuring goals and objectives of department are met, and ensuring that all tasks and duties completed are done within the firm’s set guidelines and policies
  • Proactively coordinating various aspects of the event lifecycle, including planning meetings, checklists, budgets, expense processing, vendor management, onsite and virtual platform management, data management, post-event analysis
  • Keeping consistent and accurate records of market event data for reporting and tracking purposes
  • Curating targeted invitations lists for each event, working closely with stakeholders and e-marketing team
  • 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:

  • Demonstrate good communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Exhibit the ability to work in a team environment with a customer-service focus
  • Possess strong attention to detail, even under pressure

And have:

  • A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
  • A minimum of (3) three years’ experience at a professional services organization
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 RangeUSD $80,000.00 - USD $90,000.00 /Yr.

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