We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Executive to join our Marketing and Business Development team in London.
Your Role
As a Business Development Executive, you will support the firm’s business development and marketing activity, helping to win new work, strengthen client relationships and raise TLT’s profile in the market. It combines sales enablement, marketing communications and events delivery, working closely with colleagues across BD, Marketing, Bids and external partners to deliver high‑quality campaigns, materials and client-facing activity.
This role will support our Public Inquiries, Inquests and Public Law (PIIPL) team. PIIPL comprises of over 150 specialists, from Paralegals to Partners and offers a full-service approach. We provide strategic legal advice, robust representation, and seamless project management.
We have acted on some of the most significant public inquiries of the last 25 years, including for central government departments, public bodies, regulators and private sector entities. Our cross-sector experience—spanning areas such as technology, healthcare, energy, financial services, and telecoms—enables us to tailor our advice with precision.
We help clients anticipate risk, manage sensitive disclosures, and engage effectively with inquiry teams. Our collaborative and discreet approach is grounded in a clear understanding of the legal frameworks as well as the political and media environments pertinent to inquiries and inquests.
Key Responsibilities
- Produce high‑quality sales materials including credentials documents, proposals, pitch presentations and bid content, and support the central Bids team through effective use of precedent and pitch management systems.
- Support business development planning and sales activity, helping to target new clients, identify cross‑selling opportunities and progress BD and client plans.
- Deliver marketing and communications activity, including sector reports, digital marketing, website and social media content, directory and award submissions, and internal communications.
- Plan, coordinate and deliver events and campaigns (virtual, hybrid and in‑person), managing all aspects of event delivery from invitations and materials through to supplier liaison, reporting and follow‑up.
- Support thought leadership and PR activity, including producing digital content (videos, podcasts), working with external partners and managing budgets and supplier costs for marketing activity.
Your Skills and Experience
- Graduate or equivalent with BD/marketing experience in a professional services environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills - gains respect and credibility quickly.
- Enthusiastic, confident, pro-active and robust.
- Strong organisational and time management skills.
- Able to work well under pressure and drive projects to completion.
- Good copywriting, editing and proof-reading skills, with strong attention to detail.
- Experience of using BD/marketing technologies (e.g. CRM systems, email marketing platforms, webinar services and website/intranet content management systems) would be advantageous.
- Ability to assimilate information quickly and a keen interest in developing your knowledge of TLT, the legal sector and the clients that we support.
What You’ll Bring
Job Functional Knowledge: You will have substantial practical experience and demonstrate the ability to apply procedures and concepts within your discipline confidently and accurately. You will operate at an intermediate professional or first-line supervisory level and be accountable for the effective delivery of work through others.
Business Expertise: You will understand how the team operates across the organisation, and how coordination across areas contributes to shared objectives. You will demonstrate a strong understanding of stakeholder priorities, act as a trusted technical or subject‑matter resource, stay current in your area of expertise, and consistently act in line with the Firm’s values and Code of Conduct.
Leadership: You may be involved in task supervision, providing informal guidance, on‑the‑job support and day‑to‑day oversight to colleagues and new team members without full line management accountability. You will support others to work independently, resolve routine issues with minimal supervision, and work collaboratively to foster strong team relationships and a positive team environment.
About TLT
Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.
We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. TLT was named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023. This marks the third year in a row the firm has taken away this accolade in industry awards - having previously been named Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards in 2021 and the British Legal Awards in 2022.
Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.
Our Benefits
We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.
At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.
TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of disability, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on Recruitment.Operations@TLT.com
