Cooley LLP

Director

• Translate practice-specific marketing plans into detailed briefs for the Campaign Strategy team
• Engineer customer journeys to deliver business-unit outcomes
• Consult with the Insights team on buyer profiles and influencers
• Direct strategy for practice-building initiatives
• Ensure “Always Ready” materials and sales touchpoints reflect market trends and buyer behavior
• Partner with Marketing & Client Development leaders on enterprise roadmaps and channel strategies
• Define triggers and content requirements for practice-level personalization
• Oversee the business-unit-specific marketing budget
• Provide strategic recommendations on sponsorship and practice-level spend ROI
• Lead strategy and narrative development for complex, high-stakes pitches and proposals
• Collaborate with Client Development and Pursuits & Proposals teams
• Interpret dashboard data with Insights & Optimization
• Recommend strategic shifts in the marketing plan
• Supervise and mentor direct reports
• Provide day-to-day supervision and monitor compliance with work hours and firm and department policies
• Manage staffing coverage and process time logs and time-off requests
• Support professional development and continuing education
• Participate in hiring, performance appraisals, counseling, termination and other employee lifecycle events
• Perform other duties as assigned or required

Associate Director of Litigation – Business Litigation

Communications

• Shape and execute strategic external communications programs that enhance, differentiate and protect the department’s and Cooley’s reputation
• Lead proactive media relations and reputation-building efforts across the department
• Bring Cooley’s perspective and client work to the forefront of business, technology and legal developments shaping the innovation economy
• Lead and manage in-house and agency communications professionals
• Build and maintain relationships with influential media
• Develop communications strategies with the Department Chair and business practice leadership
• Support strategic priorities and strengthen Cooley’s position in key markets
• Highlight the distinctive capabilities of the firm, its practices and lawyers
• Oversee the department’s awards and recognitions program, including prioritization, processes and key submissions
• Write and edit press releases, media pitches, talking points, statements and other firm communications
• Develop and maintain reporting, policies, protocols and resources for an effective external communications function
• Identify and shape compelling stories around the department, clients and lawyers
• Lead proactive external communications campaigns through earned media, social media, thought leadership and content promotion
• Serve as spokesperson and primary media contact
• Advise firm leaders and lawyers on media strategy, reputation management and sensitive or high-profile matters
• Provide crisis communications counsel, media training and interview preparation
• Develop messaging, media strategies, anticipated questions and responses, and other communications materials
• Mentor direct reports and provide day-to-day supervision
• Ensure compliance with assigned work hours and firm and department policies
• Support business professional development and continued educational opportunities
• Participate in hiring, performance appraisals, counseling, termination and other employee lifecycle events with the supervisor and HR
• Perform other duties as assigned or required

Associate Director of External Communications – Business

• Lead and manage a team of in-house and agency communications professionals
• Build and maintain relationships with influential media
• Develop communications strategies with the Department Chair and litigation practice leadership
• Support business priorities, strengthen Cooley’s position in key markets and highlight the firm’s distinctive capabilities
• Oversee the department’s awards and recognitions program, including prioritization, processes and key submissions
• Write and edit press releases, media pitches, talking points, statements and other firm communications
• Develop and maintain reporting, policies, protocols and resources for an effective external communications function
• Identify and shape compelling stories around the department, clients and lawyers
• Lead proactive external communications campaigns through earned media, social media, thought leadership and content promotion
• Serve as spokesperson and primary media contact
• Advise firm leaders and lawyers on media strategy, reputation management and sensitive or high-profile matters
• Provide crisis communications counsel, media training and interview preparation
• Develop messaging, media strategies, anticipated questions and responses, and other communications materials
• Mentor direct reports
• Supervise direct reports and monitor compliance with work hours and firm and department policies
• Support professional development and continuing education opportunities
• Participate in hiring, performance appraisals, counseling, termination and other employee lifecycle events in collaboration with the supervisor and HR
• Perform other duties as assigned or required

Associate Director of External Communications – Litigation

Events

• Maintain the firmwide Professional Development calendar for PD events and Academies
• Distribute timely updates and changes
• Coordinate scheduling and end-to-end logistics for PD events and initiatives, including PNC/SC
• Manage registrations, attendance and event rooming lists
• Provide onsite event support, including check-in, materials distribution, speaker support and issue resolution
• Liaise with Marketing, Creative and Technology to coordinate event communications, deliverables and technical requirements
• Develop and maintain PD templates and tools, including tip sheets, invitations, agendas, checklists and evaluation forms
• Standardize procedures across annual Academies
• Process invoices and expenses
• Support department budget tracking and documentation
• Identify opportunities to improve recurring event and administrative processes through standardized workflows, templates, documentation, approved technology and automation tools
• Perform all other duties as assigned or required

Professional Development Events Coordinator

Marketing

• Execute event, client hospitality, and sponsorship strategies aligned with market nuances and practice group priorities
• Partner with Marketing & Client Development and market leaders to design programs driving client engagement and cross-selling
• Lead planning and delivery of firm-hosted, market-based events
• Evaluate regional sponsorship opportunities and provide data-backed recommendations
• Apply firm-wide governance processes to manage event and sponsorship requests
• Support high-touch hospitality planning for priority clients and firm milestones
• Monitor and report regional performance metrics, engagement data, and business-pipeline contribution
• Coordinate post-event follow-up to convert engagement into business opportunities
• Manage local vendors, venues, and creative agencies
• Support assigned-market budgets, tracking, variance reporting, and cost efficiency
• Supervise and guide in-market support teams
• Serve as direct supervisor and mentor to direct reports
• Manage staffing coverage, time logs, and time-off requests
• Support professional development and continued educational opportunities
• Participate in hiring, performance appraisals, counseling, termination, and other employee lifecycle events
• Perform other duties as assigned or required

Geo Marketing Manager

Business Development Rep

• Manage strategic and operational business development support through the Business Development Drivers Team
• Strengthen campaign execution, account planning, opportunity development, meeting preparation, follow-up and pipeline discipline
• Implement structured processes for meeting preparation, opportunity development and consistent pipeline management
• Oversee high-impact briefing materials and meeting preparation strategies
• Partner with Marketing to manage lead flow and action items, converting campaign engagement and market outreach into qualified opportunities
• Manage the team serving as the central coordination point between Marketing, BD leaders and Partners
• Establish best practices for translating internal discussions and client meetings into actionable plans
• Drive opportunities through the pipeline through persistent follow-up and internal accountability
• Oversee tracking of activity, opportunity status and account actions for senior leadership reviews
• Refine business development support processes and create scalable systems to improve efficiency
• Serve as direct supervisor and mentor to direct reports
• Provide day-to-day supervision and monitor compliance with work hours and firm and department policies
• Manage staffing coverage and review and process time logs and time-off requests
• Support business professional development and continued educational opportunities
• Participate in hiring, performance appraisals, counseling, termination and other employee lifecycle events with the immediate supervisor and central HR
• Perform other duties as assigned or required

Business Development Driver Manager

• Manage efforts to strengthen campaign execution, account planning, opportunity development, meeting preparation, follow-up and pipeline discipline
• Implement structured processes for meeting preparation, opportunity development and consistent pipeline management
• Oversee development of briefing materials and meeting preparation strategies
• Partner with Marketing to manage lead flow and action items, converting campaign engagement and market outreach into qualified opportunities
• Manage the team serving as the central alignment point between Marketing, BD leaders and Partners
• Set best practices for translating internal discussions and client meetings into actionable plans
• Drive opportunities through the pipeline via persistent follow-up and internal accountability
• Oversee tracking of activity, opportunity status and account actions for senior leadership reviews
• Refine BD support processes and create scalable systems to increase efficiency
• Serve as direct supervisor and mentor to direct reports
• Provide day-to-day supervision and monitor compliance with work hours and firm and department policies
• Manage staffing coverage and review/process time logs and time-off requests
• Participate in hiring, performance appraisals, counseling, termination and other employee lifecycle events with the immediate supervisor and central HR
• Perform other duties as assigned or required

Assistant

• Maintain the firm’s client administrative files by processing and filing engagement, disengagement and waiver letters
• Link parties in Open to approved and finalized matters
• Prepare, process, and review client and matter closure requests
• Assign closure requests to a Compliance Analyst when necessary
• Prepare and process client and matter name change requests
• Maintain inclusionary ethical walls in the firm’s ethical walls database
• Clean up outstanding Open requests from departing or departed timekeepers and secretaries
• Implement and maintain database warnings and alerts
• Continually process reports associated with database cleanup projects
• Assist with department projects as necessary
• Participate in proof-of-concept testing of new technologies or solutions
• Communicate with users regarding intake issues and risk management procedures for opening new clients/matters and request status via email and phone
• Perform all other duties as assigned or required
• Support the firm’s data and reporting initiatives by ensuring accurate, timely maintenance of client and matter information across BIC systems
• Prepare and load client engagement letters into the Terms database for structured coding and downstream reporting
• Support management of engagement letters, waivers, and related client documentation
• Assist with party linking, client and matter maintenance, and inclusionary ethical wall support
• Work closely with Compliance Analysts and BIC team members to capture engagement terms consistently and accurately

Data Integrity Assistant

• Serve as part of the Business Unit Marketing Team and act as a strategic consultant and bridge between practice group leadership and Marketing & Client Development
• Translate commercial objectives and competitive insight into marketing and client development plans
• Manage intake and prioritization of practice-level marketing and sales enablement needs through the “Front Door” for MCD requests
• Prepare and customize standard pitches and capability statements while ensuring quality and brand consistency
• Partner with Strategy & Enablement teams to implement business-unit-specific assets and campaign updates
• Manage Chambers and legal directory rankings submissions, including timelines, data collection and internal review
• Direct boutique, practice-led client events and liaise with Events for larger activations
• Manage and refresh practice-specific content, partner bios and practice descriptions
• Coordinate market research on buyer behavior and marketplace trends for annual planning
• Lead marketing orientation and onboarding for lateral attorneys
• Supervise and mentor direct reports
• Provide day-to-day supervision, manage staffing coverage, and review time logs and time-off requests
• Support business professional development and continued educational opportunities
• Participate in hiring, performance appraisals, counseling, termination and other employee lifecycle events with the supervisor and central HR
• Perform other duties as assigned or required

Marketing Manager – Life Sciences

Business Analyst

• Responsible for processing and clearing all forms throughout the BIC lifecycle, including conflicts analysis, resolution, intake review and compliance follow-ups within the designated region
• Create conflicts reports after preparing search terms for related parties in a matter
• Understand and interpret database results for firm partners, counsel, attorneys and professional staff
• Prepare concise, comprehensive descriptions of prospective client/matter conflicts landscape based on the rules of professional conduct for attorneys and other submitters
• Understand the rules of professional conduct including jurisdictional differences
• Interact regularly with partners - through email and telephone to investigate and discuss potential conflict issues and solutions in connection with a new client/matter form
• Provide regular updates to responsible attorneys and other users
• Provide local point of contact for any conflicts questions from attorneys, paralegals, PA’s or secretaries, escalating to General Counsel’s office when needed
• Maintain form resolution, status notes and responses for each new client/new matter form
• Request waivers for all new clients/new matters requiring consent and confirm that all conflicts have been resolved
• Provide waiver-drafting services upon request and, in the future, whenever waivers are needed
• Inform and advise firm attorneys and counsel of any special circumstances surrounding complicated matters
• Answer questions on firm engagement letters, directing for internal review when needed
• Identify and send client-form terms for internal review
• Draft and implement any necessary ethical screen memos
• Stay consistently aware of current legal trends and information
• Perform conflicts case law and legal ethics research
• Provide conflicts training for attorneys, paralegals, PA’s or secretaries, as needed
• Analyze incoming lateral candidates, as requested

Business Intake & Conflicts Analyst – Regional, Asia

Customer Support

• Perform first-level support and product management functions for online service offerings
• Work directly with the firm’s practitioners across offices and practice areas
• Collaborate with other technical teams
• Track and manage internal and third-party application development or systems infrastructure change requests
• Interact with outside developers, clients and their teams of attorneys, business professionals and Practice Engineering team members to help them with their questions regarding use of the platform
• Assist in onboarding and provide ongoing support with other team members to effectively and efficiently solve users’ issues
• Understand user pain points, clearly communicate their concerns internally and help influence product decisions that will create a better user experience
• Help develop and implement a customer success plan to better serve our users at scale
• Create and maintain project planning documentation
• Assist with coordination of training, support, documentation and resource material in support of processes and systems

Product Support Specialist

General

• Support the development, configuration, testing, and maintenance of workflows, forms, and platform functionality within the BIC technology ecosystem
• Create, edit, and maintain forms, workflows, notifications, and supporting configuration within IntApp Open and IntApp Wall Builder
• Implement approved changes for departmental and firmwide workflows
• Perform functional and regression testing on new and modified workflows
• Execute test plans, document results, and track defects through resolution
• Support deployment and post release validation of platform changes
• Maintain operational documentation, quick reference guides, and release notes
• Identify opportunities to standardize or streamline repeatable platform work

BIC Systems Coordinator

• Oversee the "Front Door" for MCD requests, managing the intake and prioritization of practice-level marketing and sales enablement needs.
• Manage the preparation and customization of standard pitches and capability statements, ensuring quality and brand consistency.
• Partner with the Strategy & Enablement teams to ensure timely implementation of BU-specific assets and campaign updates.
• Orchestrate the timeline, data collection, and internal review process for the practice group’s legal directory submissions.
• Direct the execution of boutique, practice-led client moments (e.g., small receptions) while liaising with the Events vertical for larger marquee activations.
• Manage the inventory and regular refreshing of practice-specific content, ensuring partner bios and practice descriptions are "Always Ready."
• Coordinate research initiatives regarding buyer behavior and marketplace trends to support the annual planning cycle.
• Lead the marketing orientation and onboarding process for lateral attorneys, ensuring their integration into the practice’s marketing framework.
• Serve as direct supervisor and mentor to direct reports ensuring compliance with assigned work hours and monitor for compliance with all firm and department policies.
• Manage staffing coverage, review and process time logs/time off requests.
• Support business professional development and continued educational opportunities.
• Participate in hiring, performance appraisals, counseling, termination and other employee lifecycle events.

Business Marketing Manager – M&A, PE, Capital Markets

AI Engineer

• Design, build, and maintain production grade AI and ML solutions across Azure, AWS, and other cloud platforms
• Implement end to end AI application pipelines including data ingestion, prompt engineering, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring
• Collaborate closely with engineering, data, and business teams to translate requirements into practical AI and ML implementations
• Write high quality, scalable, and maintainable code for AI and ML workloads
• Optimize performance, reliability, and cost efficiency of cloud based AI and ML services
• Integrate AI and ML solutions with enterprise data platforms such as data lakes, data warehouses, APIs, and streaming systems
• Support AI solution lifecycle management including versioning, prompt iteration, evaluation, and production support
• Apply security, compliance, and data privacy best practices in all AI and ML implementations
• Contribute to technical design discussions and provide guidance on AI and ML implementation patterns
• Stay current with advancements in AI, ML, and cloud technologies and apply them pragmatically

Senior AI/ML Engineer

Data Scientist

• Working closely with practice group leadership and team members in both Professional Development and Legal Talent, the Associate Development Manager is primarily responsible for supporting associate staffing, utilization, integration and development.
• Work with practice group leaders and partners in charge of staffing to manage the work allocation process for associates in the group
• Monitor workloads and professional development of associates and help allocate new matters in a manner which ensures an equitable distribution of assignments consistent with the clients’ needs and the attorneys’ individual professional development goals
• Track, aggregate and analyze associate metrics, including availability information and utilization rates.
• Partner with practice group leaders and associates to ensure that individual goals relating to productivity are achieved and practice group productivity is maintained
• Coordinate with practice group leaders and other supervising partners to identify staffing needs and hiring targets; partner with the Legal Talent team to ensure hiring efforts are supporting the goals and needs of the group
• Support the associate performance review process by working with practice group leaders and Associate Review Committee members to ensure quality reviews are delivered in a timely fashion
• Help monitor associate evaluations, prepare review delivery scripts and facilitate the delivery of formal reviews.
• Work with associates to implement feedback received, collaborating with Professional Development team members to provide coaching, where necessary
• Meet regularly with practice group leaders to identify high performing associates and associates who may be having specific challenges so that appropriate mentoring, training and other actions can be taken to address specific circumstances in a timely manner.
• Facilitate frequent feedback between partners and associates
• Partner with Legal Talent and other internal administrative departments to facilitate successful attorney on-boarding and integration, including conducting department orientation for new hires and building robust onboarding schedules.
• Help conduct exit interviews such that the firm can leverage departing associate feedback to improve the associate experience
• Collaborate with Professional Development and Legal Education team members to develop, enhance and implement legal and professional skills training programs and initiatives to support associate development
• Collaborate with the firm’s Attorney Licensing and Compliance team members to ensure associates obtain and maintain their licensure requirements and engage in continuing legal education aligned with development goals
• Collaborate with the firm's Diversity and Inclusion team to champion and implement initiatives and events.
• Promote best practices in commitment to an inclusive culture and serve as a resource for diverse attorneys
• Collaborate with HR/Wellness teams to promote the wellness of associates
• All other duties as assigned or required

Associate Director of Litigation – Business Litigation

Associate Director of External Communications – Business

Associate Director of External Communications – Litigation

Professional Development Events Coordinator

Geo Marketing Manager

Business Development Driver Manager

Business Development Driver Manager

Data Integrity Assistant

Marketing Manager – Life Sciences

Business Intake & Conflicts Analyst – Regional, Asia

Product Support Specialist

BIC Systems Coordinator

Business Marketing Manager – M&A, PE, Capital Markets

Senior AI/ML Engineer

Associate Development Manager – Cyber, Data, Privacy Group