Freelance Growth Director

Landor; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 207,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Landor is seeking a Freelance Growth Director for its New York studio. This hybrid, four-days-in-office role focuses on crafting proposals, pitches, microsites, and bespoke outreach strategies to win new business. Collaboration with the Executive Growth Director and senior stakeholders will be key to success.

The position offers potential for full-time conversion, with an hourly rate ranging from $120/hr to $150/hr. Landor emphasizes a collaborative culture and client-driven growth approaches.

Qualifications

• This role demands proven business development experience, holistic branding expertise, and financial acumen to manage complex pitches and negotiations.
• You'll leverage leadership and project management skills to deliver flawless execution and engage C-suite executives.
• This is a freelance opportunity with potential for FTE conversion.

Responsibilities

• Craft compelling proposals, pitch presentations, microsites, and bespoke digital and analog outreach strategies.
• Collaborate with the Executive Growth Director to strategically respond to inbound RFPs, originate new business through targeted outbound marketing, and lead the development and articulation of all proposals.
• Solicit and synthesize input from key stakeholders across client services, culture, verbal, design, and leadership.
• Demonstrate robust project management capabilities to orchestrate these complex initiatives.

Skills

Business development

Branding expertise

Financial acumen

Leadership

Project management

Client relationship management

Job description

Landor is looking for a Freelance Growth Director to join our New York studio. Could this be you?

We are Landor, part of WPP

World-leading brand experts,

underpinned by the most expansive strategic & creative capabilities in our category.

We make brands more valuable and less vulnerable.

We build brands differently. We work with our clients to define and solve their business problems through the lens of brand. We strategically join the dots between our design, experience, governance and measurement capabilities, and always connect our brand work to business outcomes.

Landor companies also include amp (sonic branding), bdg (workplace & architectural experts), Deep Local (creative technologists) and ManvsMachine (3D motion design).

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

What you’ll do

This pivotal role focuses on crafting compelling proposals, pitch presentations, microsites, and bespoke digital and analog outreach strategies to engage and convert prospective clients. The Growth Director collaborates closely with the Executive Growth Director to strategically respond to inbound RFPs, originate new business through targeted outbound marketing, and lead the development and articulation of all proposals. Success in this role demands the ability to expertly solicit and synthesize diverse input from key stakeholders across client services, culture, verbal, design, and leadership. Robust project management capabilities are essential to orchestrate these complex initiatives.

What you’ll need

You will build strategic relationships, win new clients, and drive our growth vision by championing our full branding capabilities. This role demands proven business development experience, holistic branding expertise, and financial acumen to manage complex pitches and negotiations. You'll leverage sophisticated leadership and project management skills to deliver flawless execution and engage C-suite executives.

This is a freelance opportunity with potential for FTE conversion.

The hourly rate for this position at the time of this posting may range from $120/hr to $150/hr. Individual compensation varies based on job related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications.

• We offer a competitive benefits package, click WPP Benefits for more details.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

We build brands. We build futures. Landor, a WPP company, is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics, committed to a culture of respect where everyone belongs and can progress in their careers.