Droga5 - Business Development Manager

Accenture; Wiesbaden; Vor Ort; EUR 45.000 - 60.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading creative agency in Wiesbaden is seeking a Business Development Manager to support ongoing business opportunities. You will manage the pitch process and work closely with the business development team to drive agency growth. Ideal candidates will have experience in account management within a brand or digital agency. Flexibility in working hours is essential as the role can require up to 70 hours of work per week.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in new business or account management within a brand or digital agency.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks under pressure with tight deadlines.

Aufgaben

• Support daily new business needs across pitches.
• Own documentation and status tracking.
• Partner with PM for pitch timelines.

Kenntnisse

Account Management

Business Development

Project Management

Flexibility

Documentation

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

Experience Account Management Team Lead/Consultant | Mid-Level | Full time

At Droga5, the Business Development Manager supports our agency growth efforts, helping manage ongoing new business opportunities and driving pursuits across brand, strategy and creative. The Business Development Manager helps to drive and maintain the day-to-day details and organization of the new business process, managing various aspects from the initial qualification phase, through the pitch to final deal execution. This is a key role that involves partnering closely with the full Business Development team. In doing so the Business Development Manager contributes directly to the overall performance and success of Droga5. The ideal candidate has a brand, creative, or digital agency pedigree either in a new business or account management capacity.

The following sections outline responsibilities and expectations for this role.

Responsibilities

• Support and assist the business development team for various day-to-day new business needs and throughout the end-to-end pitch process, both responsively and proactively.
• Own the details and organization of the team including maintaining an up-to-date status document and keeping folders up to date, documents and resources saved etc.
• Be the go-to for new business requests (case studies, custom credentials, etc.).
• Own and drive the development of credentials documents and proposal documents.
• Create comprehensive ‘Get Smart’ docs including relevant business/brand context.
• Ensure all meeting prep/logistics are taken care of (eg. travel, IT, catering, etc.).
• Create and share meeting agendas, itineraries, attendees lists and other prep materials.
• Partner closely with Project Management (PM) to run the overall pitch timeline.
• Take comprehensive notes (partnering with PM) and accurately deliver actions.
• Contribute to RFI/RFP development, actively seeking input and building content.
• Handle all NDA processing and escalate any issues when required.
• Maintain the archive of credentials, case studies and pitch resources.
• Manage studio requests and design needs in partnership with the PM department (including case study videos, pitch videos, deck templates).
• Brief the New Business Presentation Designer thoroughly and partner closely to ensure that design feedback is managed and design output is of highest standard.
• Build an understanding of Droga5’s unique positioning as well as marketing industry macro landscape and trends.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• Business Development is one of the fastest paced and highest-pressure environments in the agency. That means it requires flexibility with working hours, regularly going above and beyond, and executing flawlessly even on tight deadlines. There is no other department that offers the same level of access, exposure, and potential for growth and development.

Hours

Expected Hours of Work: In any given week, work can range from 40 to upwards of 70 hours.