Job Description

Taft is currently seeking an Innovation Analyst to serve our team in Taft's Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis or Minneapolis office.

We are seeking an Innovation Analyst in our Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis or Minneapolis office. All Taft employees operate under a "Client First" philosophy - in all things, we seek to provide exceptional services to our clients. This is an entry-level position.

About this Role:

This is an entry level role. We are looking for a creative, data-minded person to join our team. If you can demonstrate aptitude with Excel Online, Power BI, or Power Automate, and understand enough about Power Query to transform data and build a reliable Power BI report, but dont consider yourself an expert and are looking for a job where you can learn by developing real projects for real clients, you might be a good fit for this position. An ideal candidate will be a good communicator, organized, and a thorough record keeper.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with lawyers and operations colleagues to help identify innovative solutions that support client services and solutions, including, but not limited to, increasing efficiency, transparency, and access to information.
• Scopes, coordinates, and schedules meetings and demonstrations with vendors, manages the vendor assessment process, and provides clear communication and directions to participants and stakeholders.
• Oversees and supports pilot programs and proof of concepts, including managing internal communications, expectation-setting, scheduling, encouraging adoption, soliciting and documenting feedback, and providing necessary follow-ups and support.
• Onboards new and existing platforms, including user support and coordinates with IT, Training and other key stakeholders to ensure user access, integration, and utilization.
• Manages Client & Innovation Office's intranet (Insider) pages and keep updated with helpful and accessible information.
• Manage collaboration portals (e.g., Smartsheet and Power BI), including creating new sites and site features and providing training and support to internal and external clients.
• Provides Client & Innovation Office team with additional and ongoing support on education and awareness initiatives and user engagement.
• Creates prototypes using low-code or no-code platforms, including Smartsheet, Power BI, the Microsoft suite, and more.
• In conjunction with the other members of the Client & Innovation Office and IT, builds and maintains relationships with vendors to maximize existing platforms and to identify new platforms.
• Brings creative energy to discovering, developing, and sharing ideas and solutions with internal stakeholders and socializes the benefits of various tools, platforms, approaches, etc.
• Participates in the assessment and selection of legal technology.
• Stays informed of the state of the legal industry and opportunities for innovation, including major changes coming to the Microsoft Office suite.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Technical Skills - Must have demonstrable experience with at least two of the following

• Power BI - Building dashboards, creating data visualizations, and developing business intelligence solutions
• Power Automate - Creating automated workflows and business process automation
• Microsoft Excel - Advanced functions, data analysis, pivot tables, and complex spreadsheet development
• Smartsheet - Project management, collaboration, and workflow automation
• Creating Custom Copilots - Developing AI-powered assistants and intelligent automation solutions

Knowledge, Abilities, Skills, Interpersonal and Other Requirements:

• Ability to operate standard office equipment including computers, printers, telephones, photocopiers, scanners, calculators, facsimiles, etc.
• Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Comfortable working both independently and on cross?functional teams.
• Demonstrated time management and project management skills to meet objectives. Ability to prioritize work and manage time.
• Expertise with:
• Collaboration platforms (such as SharePoint, HighQ, MS Teams etc.)
• Business Intelligence/ETL platforms (MS Power BI)
• NLP/ML contract analysis tools (such as Kira, Luminance, ContraxSuite, etc.)
• Smartsheet, Excel, and the Microsoft Office suite
• Gen AI Tools (such as Microsoft Copilot)
• Possesses excellent reading, writing, grammar, spelling, punctuation, proofreading, and formatting skills. Both for analyzing information and for creating communications.
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations and apply mathematical concepts. Including summary?knowledge of basic statistics such as variance, z?scores, and regression.
• Commitment to solving problems, and persistence and patience in working with internal and external clients to continuously improve solutions.
• Prioritizes customer?service, listens to client and makes them feel welcome and respected.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• Five or more years of experience working within a large law firm is preferred, but not required
• The ideal candidate would also have one or more years of work experience and/or formal training in emerging legal technologies, process improvement, design thinking, and/or data science
• Familiarity with running and managing software and systems

Taft is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The information in this posting presents general duties, tasks, and responsibilities but is not intended to be an exhaustive listing. Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP participates in E?VERIFY.

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