International recruitment firm Ambition has announced that legal marketing and business development veteran Erin Lawler has joined the firm in New York as US Client & Markets Advisor.
Lawler has over 20 years of experience in top 100 firms, having held key and progressive marketing and business development positions at several prominent firms. In addition, Lawler worked for an international insurance organisation, first in its litigation management unit and then in business development.
“Having worked with Erin as a client on several occasions, I am very excited to welcome her to Ambition,” said Ambition Associate Director Ben Curle. “Erin is a great addition to our growing team in New York and will support us in a client-focused role, extending our coverage and recruitment offering across the North American market.”
Nicky Acuna Ocana, Ambition’s Regional Managing Director for the US, Europe and UK told The Professionals: “Erin will enhance our search offering at the senior end of the legal market – a natural with her significant legal marketing and BD experience and as someone who has lived and breathed the legal marketing/BD world over the past two decades. We know she will be an invaluable asset and increase our consultative capabilities to both our clients and individuals alike.”
In the US, Ambition recruits for positions from Director and C-suite to specialist-level in marketing, business development and communications, with a focus on business development planning, bids and proposals, client relationship management, communications and public relations, digital marketing, events, graphic design, key account management and other related areas.
The recent opening of a New York office, in the iconic Chrysler Building, has enabled Ambition to significantly expand its services to US law firms while continuing to support UK-based firms.
“I am thrilled to join Ambition,” Lawler said. “I have gotten to know the firm very well in recent years, and I’ve always been impressed with the way the team services both individual clients looking for a new role and law firm clients in need of best-in-class marketing, business development and communications professionals. Ambition’s way of doing things makes it a standout in the industry.”
She added: “It is also exciting to join Ambition just after the opening of the first US office in New York. The firm is in growth mode, and there are many opportunities to support individual and firm clients in New York and Washington, DC, along with other locations across the country.”