Manager, Media Relations

Manager, Media Relations

Firm Summary

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working around the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world's key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It's not just about our global network of offices; it's the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It's one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

Position Summary

The Manager, Media Relations works directly with partners and business services leaders to provide media relations advice and execution, with an emphasis on proactive work to manage firm announcements, protect and promote the firm's reputation and leverage practice and industry expertise to join public conversations about current issues in the news.

The Manager will lead the practice-wide Americas-based media relations programs for the firm's Finance Practices, which include Debt Finance, Capital Markets, Project Development and Finance and Asset Finance. The manager will also spearhead Americas media relations activity for the corresponding Global Industry Groups, which include Energy; Financial Institutions; Infrastructure, Transportation & Logistics; and Mining & Metals.

This role is part of a global Media Relations team. Based in New York, the Manager will interact with lawyers and colleagues across the firm's 11 offices in the US and Latin America, as well as colleagues in offices across our EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions.

The Team

The Manager, Media Relations is part of a global team spread across locations including New York, London, Paris, Hamburg and Melbourne.

The Manager will sit in the Americas team, with peers that are also in the New York office. Reporting to the Associate Director of Media Relations for the Americas, the Manager's immediate team consists of another manager and a specialist. The Director of Media Relations also sits in New York.

The Broader Function

The role resides within the Global Marketing and Business Development function, an integrated team of more than 250 marketers based throughout the firm's 43 offices across the globe. Marketing and BD consists of several key departments : Business Development, Marketing Technology, Creative Services, Global Events, Integrated Marketing and Communications. Together, we drive the firm's strategic growth by delivering innovative marketing solutions, fostering client relationships, and enhancing the firm's market presence. Our collective objectives are to support the firm's business goals, promote its global brand, and create a cohesive and compelling narrative that resonates with clients, prospects and employees alike. Through collaboration, creativity and strategic insight, marketers at White & Case ensure that we reach and engage our target audiences effectively, elevating the firm's reputation and contributing to its success.

Led by a new CMO, marketing at White & Case values team members who bring a broad range of experiences and expertise, from both within and outside the legal industry. The team's mission is to make White & Case one of the world's best and most respected brands.

Duties and Accountabilities

• Manage the Americas media strategy for a portfolio of the firm's Finance practice areas (Debt Finance, Capital Markets, Project Development and Finance, Asset Finance), and select Global Industry Groups (Energy, Financial Institutions, Infrastructure, Transportation & Logistics and Mining & Metals), with an emphasis on executing through proactive planning, tactical coordination and measurable outcomes that are in line with the overarching Americas and global media relations strategy.
• Act as the primary media relations contact for the firm's Global Practice Leads, Global Industry Leaders and partners in the portfolio, confidently offering strategic media relations counsel that both protects and promotes the firm's reputation as an elite global law firm.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with mainstream media, disputes trade press and legal trade press.
• Generate and pitch story ideas about the firm's practices and areas of expertise, securing a wide range of media placements including thought leadership commentary, Q&As, features, bylines, podcasts and other broadcast placements.
• Manage media monitoring and track tangible earned media results for the Disputes portfolio and manage quarterly media relations activity reports for stakeholders across the firm.
• Write press releases, backgrounders, and draft Q&As and statements.
• Provide media coaching and preparation to key spokespeople ahead of media engagement.
• Ensure that all media opportunities are vetted in line with firm policies and procedures.
• Maintain strong relationships with business development colleagues to ensure that media relations strategy and activity for each practice is in line with business development and branding goals.
• Collaborate with other Communications team members to increase partner, practice and overall firm visibility, ensuring cross-over between internal and external communications issues are effectively managed
• Leverage thought leadership content for media relations activity, including devising strategies and executing pitches that result in strategic media placements for the firm
• Ensure that media relations messaging is globally consistent, while being regionally nuanced
• Contribute to a collegial, engaged, high-performing team and cultivate junior team members
• Provide support to senior members of the Media Relations team when necessary
• Assist in managing activities of the firm's external public relations agency in the Americas

Qualifications

Essential Job Requirements

Location & Reporting

Note to Recruitment Agencies

Our internal Recruitment team are responsible for all end-to-end lateral recruitment processes. All agencies must sign White & Case terms of business, which are office specific. Candidates submitted by an agency without terms of business agreed with the appropriate office, and / or outside of our online application tracking system, will not be considered a formal introduction. Any applications and CVs sent directly to White & Case Partners and employees will not be accepted as formal introductions. If you have any questions, please contact the Americas Lateral Recruitment team.

Equal Opportunities

White & Case is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and is committed to creating a fair workplace. It is our Firm's policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.

Applicants who are interested in applying for a position and require an accommodation during the process should contact talent.acquisition@whitecase.com .

Benefits

White & Case LLP offers a comprehensive suite of benefit programs to all eligible employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability coverage, 401(k) retirement savings, vacation time, and leave programs (including parental leave). Exempt roles are also performance bonus eligible.

The Firm may modify and amend any job description at any time in its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.

The above is only a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.

Primary Location

: United States-New York

Expected Workplace : Onsite

Job Posting

: Sep 11, 2025, 8 : 25 : 56 PM

Salary range for New York market : 93,000 - 187,200 US Dollars (USD) Yearly

Salary range in other markets will vary