Jobs at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Leads strategic communications for a global law firm, developing media engagement, press releases, thought leadership, website and LinkedIn content, awards initiatives, and visibility strategies. Builds media and stakeholder relationships, translates complex legal and business matters into compelling narratives, monitors market intelligence, supports marketing initiatives, and mentors junior team members.

Supports legal recruiting and associate life programs, including law school and lateral interviews, candidate coordination, recruiting events, summer associate programming, orientations, mentoring, database maintenance, and expense tracking. The role manages schedules, vendors, records, communications, attorney support, and event logistics while providing administrative support to the Legal Talent department. It requires flexibility during recruiting seasons, strong organization, discretion, communication skills, and occasional work at alternate Bay Area offices.

Coordinates legal recruiting, campus and lateral attorney hiring, summer associate programs, interviews, onboarding, bar admission tracking, mentoring, inclusion initiatives, events, communications, budgets, and reporting for the Washington, DC office. Supports recruiting leadership, maintains law school relationships, coordinates evaluations and assignments, tracks expenses, and manages confidential information while collaborating across recruiting, talent, and professional development teams.

Processes high-volume attorney client bills, reviews pre-bills, applies credits and write-offs, manages complex and electronic billing, resolves discrepancies, and supports partners, clients, collections, and Finance. The role prepares billing reports and schedules, maintains audit-ready records, assists with compliance and billing-system improvements, and supports month-end and year-end cycles.

Lead the firms legal directories strategy and submissions across Chambers, Legal 500, IFLR and others. Manage annual calendar, draft matter narratives, coordinate referee outreach and researcher interviews, build a centralized matter database, track rankings, and advise/train partners and CDE colleagues to improve rankings and visibility.