Senior Specialist - Sponsorships

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.

The Senior Specialist – Sponsorships is an integral part of Latham’s Sponsorships team. This role will be responsible for coordinating and project managing a high volume of conference and trade organization sponsorships, while working with key stakeholders to define objectives and thoughtfully map out sponsorship participation accordingly. This role will be located in either our New York, Washington, D.C., or Houston offices. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Proactively leading the entire lifecycle of sponsorships and the firm’s participation, including vetting the opportunity, negotiating benefits packages, submitting deliverables, leading planning meetings, outlining checklists, budget tracking, expense processing, vendor management, data management, and post-sponsorship analysis
• Evaluating sponsorship opportunities, collaborating with Business Development colleagues to provide an assessment, and advising on next steps
• Negotiating and identifying favorable terms to achieve cost savings with vendors
• Attending key sponsorships to evaluate business development opportunities and/or managing setup
• Attending Events & Sponsorships and Business Development department meetings and specified practice or industry group meetings to gain a working knowledge of subject matter basics
• 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 written and verbal communication skills
• Display well-developed and professional interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact and communicate effectively with clients and staff at all organizational levels of the firm
• Exhibit the ability to work in a team environment with a customer-service focus

And have:

• A bachelor's degree
• Events or sponsorship management qualifications, preferably
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in events, partnership or sponsorship management, conference organization, business development, or marketing in a professional services environment

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
• And more!

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

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