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Ref: MP910-428
Job description / Role
The successful candidate will be directly responsible for the delivery of high quality general administrative support as well as the provision of graphic design/creative services to the MENA MBD team (team) enabling it to continue to provide first-class MBD support to the business both locally in MENA and when required, internationally to other offices. Whilst the role will provide support to the team across all services and products provided by the department (including events, research, awards and directory submissions, reporting etc) it will be focused primarily on two main areas:
The provision of general administrative support with an emphasis on collating, managing and providing to the team when requested, MENA region information and content (MBD infrastructure) to use in pitch documents, credentials and marketing materials across all regional practice areas, sectors and geographies.
Providing graphic design and creative services to produce high-end visually compelling pitches, credential statements and presentations (using PowerPoint (2010) and Adobe packages including InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator), event invitations and ad-hoc internal communications when required.
Requirements
- Can clearly demonstrate first-class English writing and verbal communication skills.
- Proven experience of working with, and inputting information into, IT systems/databases that support business infrastructure and process.
- Working knowledge of Adobe design packages i.e. InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Excellent general IT skills including experience of windows-based packages including Word, Excel and especially PowerPoint – Microsoft 2010.
- Exceptional attention to detail in written communications.
- Comfortable at working in a fast-paced, demanding environment with often tight and multiple deadlines.
- Demonstrates the confidence and ability to build relationships and interact quickly with senior staff.
- Experience of MBD in a partnership environment (ideally legal), in an international professional services environment or possibly from an organisation providing services to law firms.
- A high level of personal responsibility demonstrated by a mature and pragmatic attitude with a willingness to be flexible to meet the business needs of a small team.
- Excellent time management and the ability to work effectively on own initiative.
- Thinks commercially and can distill what is relevant to a given situation/opportunity.
About the Company
Bespoke Professionals was established in the Kingdom of Bahrain in early 2012 and now has offices in Bahrain and Dubai. We are a specialist legal executive search firm who have placed lawyers and support staff in the leading law firms and multinational companies in the GCC and wider Middle East region.
We pride ourselves on delivering a value-added introduction service that achieves the goals of both client and candidate, and so take great care to absorb every last detail when learning about our clients and candidates, so as to ensure a mutually beneficial match.
The majority of our focus is in the Legal sector, working very closely with UK, US and local law firms in the Middle East and in the Asia Pacific region, on a contingent and retained basis. We also exclusively recruit and headhunt for a number of banks, telecoms, and energy firms on legal and compliance mandates.