Business Development Manager.

Nashville Bar; United States; Remote; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

A mission-driven organization in the social change sector is seeking a Business Development Manager to lead efforts in generating funding through grants and marketing. This role focuses on building client relationships and advancing the company’s mission through effective communication and resource generation. Ideal candidates are self-motivated, strong communicators, and have a background in development or sales.

Qualifications

• 3+ years work experience in development roles or B2B sales.
• Start-up or small business experience preferred.
• Experience in art, design, video, and event production.

Responsibilities

• Identify new business opportunities to generate revenue.
• Lead research and proposals for funding.
• Collaborate with clients on funding solutions.

Skills

Communication

Research

Proposal Writing

Education

BA or MA in Business Administration or Business Management

Job description

Big Bowl of Ideas is seeking a self motivated, organized, and resourceful Business Development Manager.

If you like doing good for the world and generating the resources to do so simultaneously, we’re talking to people who have a real knack for generating business and government and philanthropic grants that advance our mission to create dynamic culturally competent and design forward solutions for social change.

We generate funding from multiple sectors: business, government, and philanthropy. You have to be equally comfortable talking to the Chief of Social Impact at a B corp as you would a Program Officer at a family foundation or a Director at a County Arts Council.

As a business development manager, you’ll identify new business opportunities in order to generate revenue and help the business grow.

We are looking for someone who can:

Build the development arm of our company by advancing our funder research and proposal generating capacity for large scale projects.
Lead on B2B efforts to market to and secure leads for new business opportunities—particularly with government institutions and socially responsible corporations.
Assist our current and prospective nonprofit clients on finding funding solutions for creative communications projects.
This position is likely 10 hours/wk but could escalate to 20-25 hours/wk depending on need.

• Be the primary driver of Development for Big Bowl of Ideas. You will be a champion for the company’s mission, and work to grow our client base.
• Build on existing research on grant or B2B opportunities in the fields of social justice, economic justice, arts, media and movement building for projects and initiatives that operate at the axis of culture for social change.
• Lead the planning and preparation of proposals, reports, and other materials for a range of institutional and individual funding opportunities or current client needs.
• Collaborate with the design team to support the development of online and print communications collateral for potential donors and other external partners, as needed; your ‘making a great deck’ game should be particularly strong.
• Develop other materials and assist with other grant projects as needed.
• Research potential grant makers and present opportunity summaries to Management; help prioritize and evaluate new foundation, corporate, government, and individual funding prospects.
• Coordinate with Development teams of individual current or prospective clients on crafting proposals for dynamic Big Bowl of Ideas concepts.
• As applicable to the proposal, reporting, and research processes this role supports, track grant deadlines to support timely submission of materials to funders.
• BA or MA in Business Administration or Business Management, or 3+ years work experience in building and leading development teams, in the nonprofit or B2B sales worlds.
• You are an extremely strong communicator. You know when transparency or discretion are needed with clients and stakeholders, and can switch between the two seamlessly.
• Startup/Small Business experience preferred. You’ve worn many hats in order to get the job done, understand the need for flexibility, and can handle high stress situations with ease.
• Strong writing for business or proposals skills. You know how to make a pitch and can present to the highest level of management.
• Resourceful researcher. You’re crafty enough to get something seen by anyone.
• Familiarity or experience in the worlds of art, design, video and event production. Ability to communicate or present about the elements within those worlds with ease.
• Commitment and dedication to social and economic justice and making the world a better place.