Growth & Alliances Director: Performance Creative & New Business

dentsu; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance (short/long-term)

401k

Job summary

Dentsu Creative in Chicago seeks a Director of Growth and Alliances to drive new business using performance creative across paid media, CRM, AI tools, and data platforms. You will coach teams through complex pitches, coordinate across departments, and craft compelling RFP responses that articulate ROI and conversion.

This role partners with executives and leads high-stakes client engagements. The position emphasizes strategy development, creative storytelling, and measurable growth, with hybrid

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in New Business within a recognized media or creative agency.
• 6+ years of experience managing the pitch process across multiple industry categories.
• Proven experience leading and coaching teams through complex pitch processes and new business initiatives.
• Hands-on experience with performance creative platforms and tools, including paid media, CRM strategies, dynamic creative optimization (DCO), AI-driven creative production, and programmatic buying.
• Strong data literacy: comfortable interpreting performance metrics, conversion analytics, and attribution models to brief teams and inform strategy.

Responsibilities

• You will manage all new business activity, participating wherever appropriate in the planning and follow-up of growth efforts and projects
• You will assist in the development of a revenue growth strategy, with emphasis on new clients and performance-driven creative offerings
• You will work with the pitch team and all departments to ensure aspects of the new business effort are completed according to process, schedule and expectation
• You will lead the development of RFP responses, in partnership with the new business team and agency leaders, with ability to articulate performance creative capabilities across paid media, CRM, dynamic creative optimization, AI creative solutions, and programmatic tools
• You will maintain agency credentials, case studies, and biographies for RFPs and presentations, and author refresh content to ensure the most relevant performance creative work and results are highlighted
• Lead a process that moves teams to strong, strategic presentations grounded in conversion and ROI
• Bring creativity and inspiration to the team while maintaining focus on performance metrics and measurable outcomes
• Gather potential client and competitive background information to help brief pitch teams and build winning pitch strategies, with particular attention to client marketing technology and performance goals
• Prepare consulting agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and new business proposals

Skills

New business leadership

Pitch process management

Performance creative platforms

Data literacy

Strategic storytelling

Tools

Paid media platforms

CRM strategies

DCO

AI-driven creative production

Programmatic buying

Job description

Dentsu Creative in Chicago seeks a Director of Growth and Alliances to drive new business using performance creative across paid media, CRM, AI tools, and data platforms. You will coach teams through complex pitches, coordinate across departments, and craft compelling RFP responses that articulate ROI and conversion.

This role partners with executives and leads high-stakes client engagements. The position emphasizes strategy development, creative storytelling, and measurable growth, with hybrid