The posting
King & Spalding is a leading global law firm with a commitment to excellence, innovation, and the seamless delivery of legal services. We harness innovative technology and exceptional talent to meet the complex needs of our clients in a fast-paced and dynamic legal landscape.
This position will support firmwide and New York campus recruiting efforts by providing strategic direction and execution for summer associates and new associates. The Manager will work closely alongside local and firmwide teammates, as well as in collaboration with lawyers, senior staff, and other stakeholders to identify hiring needs and ensure our campus recruiting programs, summer associate program, and talent pipeline are world-class. The primary focus is on campus and summer associate recruiting, although there will be opportunities to work on lateral associate, counsel, and judicial clerkship recruiting.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Summer Associate Program
- Lead the planning and execution of the summer associate program, including the design of a thoughtful, strategic, and high-quality calendar of social, training, networking, and professional development events.
- Develop programming that enhances the candidate experience, strengthens engagement, showcases the firm's culture and practice areas, and supports the firm's recruiting and retention goals.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to summer associates, proactively addressing questions, concerns, and feedback throughout the program.
- Conduct orientation for summer associates.
- Manage summer mentoring program.
- Oversee the summer associate performance management process, including monitoring work assignments, reviewing evaluations, identifying potential concerns and development opportunities, and providing timely guidance and reporting to relevant stakeholders.
- Manage the end-of-summer review process by compiling and assessing performance feedback, preparing comprehensive recommendation materials, and facilitating offer discussions and approval decisions with firm leadership.
- Communicate with incoming summer and new associates regarding bar exam, start date, and relocation.
Campus Interviews and Outreach
- Manage the development and execution of recruiting strategies for the New York market, including candidate pipeline development, law school engagement, interview management, candidate conversion efforts, and annual hiring goals.
- Partner with and act as a strategic advisor to key recruiting stakeholders to develop and implement campus recruiting strategies based on office hiring needs, market intelligence, and historical results.
- Evaluate and improve full-cycle recruiting workflows and systems to increase efficiency and consistency.
- Develop and execute a comprehensive calendar of campus recruiting events, including information sessions, receptions, and other educational and networking opportunities.
- Manage all aspects of the law student interview process, including application review, screening and callback interviews, and offer decisions.
- Monitor interview activity, candidate progression, and hiring outcomes for the New York office and ensure a high-touch candidate experience throughout the interview process.
- Manage all aspects of offer administration, including approvals, communications, follow-up, and response tracking.
- Develop and maintain strategic relationships with law school career services professionals, student organizations, and other external partners.
Other
- Manage and support and the hiring of 3Ls, new associates, visiting attorneys, lateral associates, counsel, and judicial clerks as needed.
- Work collaboratively and strategically alongside professional development and other departments to identify, recruit, and retain talent.
- Be an ambassador to help raise the profile of King & Spalding in the New York market and on law school campuses.
- Participate in firm-wide Recruiting and Talent initiatives.
- Keep abreast of key market issues and trends; track information and analyze competitive data, best practices, and trends to make recommendations to adopt when appropriate.
- Develop and maintain Recruiting budgets.
- Other projects as requested.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Undergraduate degree required.
- JD preferred.
- 4+ years of recruiting experience in a law firm or professional services firm.
- Creative and innovative; takes initiative to identify and translate best practices from other firms and industries into viable firm initiatives.
- Desire for increasingly challenging projects and heightened responsibility/visibility within a lean and flat organization.
- Knowledge of law firm business model principles and legal industry trends and challenges.
- Strong learning agility, with the ability to quickly understand organizational dynamics and firm culture, assimilate information, grasp larger concepts and details, and apply it in other settings.
- Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills with candidates, lawyers, administrative staff, and contacts outside the firm.
- Sophisticated analytical and quantitative abilities (e.g., able to collect and use data to make decisions, including ability to use tools such as Excel at a high level).
- Strong judgment and ability to respect, protect, and maintain highly confidential and sensitive information.
- Strong attention to detail combined with ability to develop big-picture goals.
- Able to prioritize and manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously without frequent prompting.
- Able to work under tight deadlines and maintain poise under pressure.
- Exceptional relationship-building skills with law school administrators, candidates, lawyers, and internal stakeholders.
- Ability to mentor and develop recruiting professionals, delegate effectively, and manage workloads.
OTHER:
- Given the highly collaborative and relationship-driven nature of this position, the Manager is expected to work in the office 3-4 days per week. During the summer associate program, the Manager is expected to work in the office 5 days per week to ensure the successful execution of programming and support for summer associates, attorneys, and the recruiting team.
The firm offers a generous total compensation package with bonuses and raises awarded in recognition of individual merit-based performance. All full-time Business Services employees may participate in King & Spalding’s comprehensive benefit program including health and wellness plan, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts and a health savings account, a 401(k) plan, profit sharing plan, and a substantial Paid Time Off (PTO) program.
Pay Transparency Range:
The anticipated full-time annualized salary range is $125,000 - $155,000.
The salary offer will be contingent upon various factors, including but not limited to, relevant experience, internal equity, market data, job location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.
In general, employers are not permitted to make unsolicited neutral statements about criminal background checks before a conditional offer, including statements noting the employer's compliance with laws protecting applicants with criminal histories such as "Applicants' criminal history will be considered consistent with the requirements of the New York City Fair Chance Act".
King & Spalding LLP (K&S) is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all state, federal, and local laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other status protected by applicable law.
We are proud of our remarkably cohesive culture, which now encompasses more than 2,500 lawyers and business professionals worldwide. We seek to attract and develop the very best talent to work with us.
