Growth & New Business Manager

Collective Measures | Media & Analytics; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 63,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Comprehensive health insurance options

100% paid dental, life and disability

401(K) with employer match

Generous parental leave

Generous PTO + 11 holidays

Wellness and home office stipends

Commuter stipend

Job summary

Collective Measures, a Minneapolis-based media & analytics agency, seeks a Manager/Senior Manager, Growth to drive new business from prospecting through RFP responses and pitches. You will partner with senior leadership across media, analytics, and accounts to shape strategy, craft persuasive narratives, and keep complex pitches on schedule.

The role includes supporting marketing initiatives, developing case studies, and maintaining the new business library.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of media agency experience, preferably in media strategy, growth or business development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Business, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Working knowledge of paid media, analytics and the advertising ecosystem, and the ability to explain it clearly to prospective clients.
• Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint, Google Slides, Canva; PowerPoint design skills preferred.
• Proficient in using Claude for research, writing and project management.
• Collective Measures is Minneapolis based; fully remote candidates are encouraged if they strongly meet criteria.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Senior Director, Growth to develop and execute the agency’s new business strategy, including target industries, priority prospects and outreach plans.
• Research and qualify new business opportunities, including RFIs, RFPs, search consultant opportunities and proactive outreach.
• Maintain the new business pipeline in our workflow tools, tracking opportunity status, next steps and win/loss outcomes.
• Maintain relationships with search consultants, intermediaries and industry partners.
• Assist with the end-to-end pitch process, from kickoff and timeline creation through final presentation and follow-up.
• Contribute to RFI/RFP responses, writing and editing content and ensuring submissions are accurate, on-brand and on time.
• Conduct prospect, category and competitive research, turning findings into insights for strategy.
• Assist with shaping pitch narratives and building persuasive presentations, credentials, case studies and leave-behinds.
• Assist with preparing pitch teams for presentations, including rehearsals and Q&A prep.
• Contribute to post-pitch debriefs and capture prospect feedback to improve future pitches.
• Own the agency’s new business library with credentials, case studies, bios and standard RFP answers.
• Partner with account and analytics teams to identify client results and develop case studies.
• Build and improve repeatable new business processes, templates and tools, including AI-ess speeds.

Skills

Organized & detail-oriented

Strategic thinking

Polished presenter

Strong research

Cross-functional leadership

Excellent communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Business, or related field

Tools

Claude AI

PowerPoint

Google Slides

Canva

Job description

Collective Measures, a Minneapolis-based media & analytics agency, seeks a Manager/Senior Manager, Growth to drive new business from prospecting through RFP responses and pitches. You will partner with senior leadership across media, analytics, and accounts to shape strategy, craft persuasive narratives, and keep complex pitches on schedule.

The role includes supporting marketing initiatives, developing case studies, and maintaining the new business library.