Donna, Marketing Coordinator
Mid · Marketing · Available now

Donna.

Marketing Coordinator

Writes and schedules social posts, drafts the monthly newsletter, monitors mentions, and keeps the content calendar honest. Your voice, not Donna's.

Monthly salary
$599
vs. $2,000 to $3,500 for a part-time marketing coordinator
One-time hiring fee
$1,500
Voice calibration, platform access, content calendar setup, 30-day onboarding
Hire Donna See Sample Work Available now  ·  14-day setup
01 / The Role

What Donna actually does on a Tuesday.

Donna owns the marketing work that most small firms do inconsistently. LinkedIn gets updated when someone has time. The newsletter goes out three of the twelve months it was supposed to. The Google My Business profile has not been touched since the last time someone set it up. She turns inconsistency into a steady, manageable cadence.

The work she takes off your plate: the LinkedIn post that needs to capture a firm win without reading like a press release. The newsletter that should come out monthly but requires someone to write it. The Google review that deserves a professional response but keeps getting pushed to next week. The content calendar that exists as a vague intention on a sticky note somewhere.

Donna drafts in the partner's voice. Everything she produces is reviewed before it goes out. She is not a marketing agency and she does not have opinions about branding. She is the person who makes sure the firm is visible and active online without anyone having to think about it.

A typical Tuesday for Donna.

  • 08:00
    LinkedIn post goes live at 9am. Donna drafted it three days ago from a case outcome the partner mentioned in passing. Framed as an industry observation, not a brag. Queued, approved, scheduled.
  • 09:00
    Post is live. Donna monitors for comments and replies for two hours, flagging any that need a partner response and handling routine ones with an approved template response.
  • 10:30
    Monthly newsletter draft started. Donna compiles: a practice area update, two client outcome highlights (anonymized), a relevant regulatory change, and the firm's upcoming speaking engagement. First draft sent to the partner by end of day.
  • 13:00
    Google review received (4 stars, brief comment about response time). Donna drafts a professional, warm response and queues it for partner approval before posting.
  • 14:00
    Monthly performance snapshot updated. LinkedIn engagement, post reach, newsletter open rate, follower trends. Logged to the content calendar for the quarterly review.
  • 15:00
    Next week's content calendar drafted. Three LinkedIn posts, one newsletter teaser, one article the partner might want to share. Sent to the partner for a yes/no on each.
02 / Sample Work

What Donna's actual output looks like.

Three real examples. Voice calibration, content calendar format, and review cadence are all set during onboarding.

LinkedIn · Post DraftQueued for partner approval
DH
Daniel Hartwell
Partner, Hartwell & Reed LLP · Commercial Real Estate Law
Scheduled: Thursday Nov 14 at 9:00am

Something we see often in commercial lease negotiations: tenants focus almost entirely on the rent number, and landlords know it.

The lease clauses that create real problems, sometimes years later, are rarely the ones being negotiated hardest at the table. Use restrictions. Assignment and subletting rights. Holdover provisions. Demolition and redevelopment clauses.

If you are negotiating a commercial lease right now, those are the conversations worth having before you sign. Happy to talk through any of them.

Document · Newsletter DraftNovember 2026 edition
Hartwell & Reed: November 2026
Monthly firm update  ·  Draft for partner review
In Focus
Minnesota's New Commercial Disclosure Rules Take Effect January 1

Beginning in 2027, commercial landlords in Minnesota are required to disclose all known material defects and pending regulatory actions before execution. What this means for tenants currently negotiating leases...

Firm Update
Representing Meridian CRE Partners in Major Warehouse Acquisition

We are pleased to have guided the closing of Meridian's acquisition of the Washington Ave industrial portfolio. [Client quote pending approval.] This transaction adds to our growing commercial real estate practice...

Coming Up
Daniel Speaking at Midwest Real Estate Conference, Dec 4

Daniel will present on tenant rights in ground lease negotiations. Registration link below for those who want to attend or send a colleague.

Dashboard · Monthly Marketing PerformanceNovember 2026
Marketing Performance Report
November 2026  ·  Hartwell & Reed
4
LinkedIn posts published
+1 vs. Oct (target: 4)
1,240
LinkedIn post impressions (total)
+18% vs. Oct
38%
Newsletter open rate (sent Nov 8)
+3pts vs. Oct (target: 35%)
+14
LinkedIn followers added this month
flat vs. Oct
Observation: The post on tenant rights in lease negotiations (Nov 5) had the highest engagement of the month, at 2.4x the average impression rate. Content angles tied to recent firm work are significantly outperforming general practice area posts. Donna recommends shifting the December calendar toward more deal-specific observations.
03 / What Donna Connects To

The marketing platforms your firm already uses.

Social

LinkedIn publishing

LinkedIn (organic, via scheduling tools)
Newsletter

Email marketing

Mailchimp, Beehiiv, Constant Contact, ConvertKit
Scheduling

Content queue

Buffer, Hootsuite, Later, native LinkedIn scheduling
Reviews

Google presence

Google Business Profile (review monitoring and response drafting)
Analytics

Performance tracking

LinkedIn analytics, Mailchimp reporting, Google Analytics (basic)
Content calendar

Planning and queue

Notion, Airtable, Google Sheets, Trello
Monitoring

Mention tracking

Google Alerts, Mention (free tier), LinkedIn notifications
Assets

Creative references

Canva (asset links), Figma exports, firm brand kit files
Donna does not create graphic assets from scratch. For posts that need a visual, she references your brand kit files or Canva templates. She can brief a designer or work with existing assets. If your firm needs original graphic design, that is a separate hire.
04 / Onboarding

Fourteen days from offer letter to a live content calendar.

Days 1 to 3

Voice and access

Donna reads three to five LinkedIn posts or client communications the partner is proud of. She learns the firm's tone, preferred content angles, and topics to avoid. Platforms are connected.

Days 4 to 7

Shadow mode

Donna drafts every post and email for partner review before scheduling or sending. You correct tone, flag factual issues, and sharpen the voice. Each approved piece improves her calibration.

Days 8 to 11

Supervised live

Donna publishes directly, but partners review a next-day summary of what went out. The review process compresses as approval rates climb.

Day 14

Unsupervised

Donna manages the content calendar independently. The monthly performance report and the weekly calendar preview give you visibility without requiring your active management. The 30-day check-in is on the calendar.

05 / The Numbers

What Donna is measured on. What she costs. What she saves.

Performance targets

  • LinkedIn posts per week3 to 5
  • Newsletter open rateTarget > 35%
  • Content calendar delivery rate per month> 95%
  • Time from partner input to published content< 24 hours
  • Google review response rate100%
  • Monthly performance report deliveryOn time, every month

Year one cost vs. part-time marketing coordinator

  • Donna: monthly salary x 12$7,188
  • Donna: one-time hiring fee$1,500
  • Donna: total Y1$8,688
  • Part-time marketing coordinator Y1 (low end)$24,000
  • You save (low end)$15,312
06 / Common Questions

About hiring Donna specifically.

Can Donna manage social for both the firm account and for individual partners?

Yes. The most common setup is a firm LinkedIn page and one to two individual partner profiles. Donna manages all of them, keeping each voice distinct. The firm page tends to get more institutional content (award announcements, job postings, practice area updates) while the individual partner profiles get more opinionated, insight-driven posts. You define the split during onboarding.

How does Donna learn the firm's voice and tone for LinkedIn?

You provide three to five LinkedIn posts the partner wrote or would have written. Donna reads them, extracts the voice patterns (sentence length, preferred level of formality, topics the partner naturally gravitates toward, things they never say), and drafts in that mode from day one. The shadow-mode period sharpens it further. Most firms reach a point where partner edits drop to one or two words per post within the first month.

Does Donna write the newsletter from scratch or does she need content from the partners?

Donna does most of the work. She monitors news relevant to your practice areas, tracks your firm's own activity (case outcomes, events, new matters where public disclosure is appropriate), and drafts the newsletter from those sources. She needs one brief check-in per month, typically 15 minutes, to confirm any case outcomes you want to highlight and to approve the draft before it goes out. She does not need you to write the content first.

Can Donna handle any paid advertising or is this only organic content?

Donna handles organic content only. Paid social (LinkedIn ads, Google ads, boosted posts) requires a different setup and budget control process. If your firm wants to run paid campaigns, that is a separate conversation and a separate configuration. Donna manages the organic presence and makes sure the baseline content quality is there before you consider amplifying it with spend.

What if the partner wants to post something time-sensitive, like a comment on a breaking ruling?

Donna can turn a time-sensitive post around in under an hour if the partner provides the angle or a brief note about what they want to say. For genuinely breaking news (a major ruling, a significant regulatory change), you can drop Donna a Slack message with a few words on the point you want to make and she drafts immediately. There is no waiting for the weekly calendar cycle.

Mid · Marketing · $599/mo

Hire Donna.
Your firm is online
every week now.

Two weeks of guided setup. Running the content calendar independently by day 14. Performance guaranteed for the first 90 days. If she does not meet standard, we replace her or refund the hiring fee.

$599/mo + $1,500 one-time  ·  14-day setup  ·  90-day guarantee  ·  Cancel with 30 days notice