New Business Pitch Associate

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; New York (NY); On-site; USD 61,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental

Vision

Disability coverage

401K

Parental and family care leave

Family forming assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Digitas in New York is seeking a Senior Associate of New Business to assist in researching, developing, and executing new business responses. You will support the pitch team, coordinate documents with Finance, IT, Legal, and Proofing & Presentations, ensuring the most current materials are used.

You will contribute to strategy, manage pipeline communications, and help deliver compelling proposals that win new business for the agency.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years' account management experience, preferably in an agency setting.
• Outstanding organizational, communication/presentation skills.
• Proactive and eager, with the ability to work on a semi-autonomous basis.
• Strong analytical skills with proven ability to demonstrate interpretation capabilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to prepare clear and concise strategic documents.
• Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrates empathy and commitment to the pitch team, proven ability to manage expectations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel; knowledge of Apple Keynote is a plus.
• Experience with LexisNexis, Forrester, and/or other research resources is a plus.
• Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL·E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation.

Responsibilities

• Develops a basic knowledge of Digitas’ overall departments and capabilities, as well as the past pitches and cases, and the assets that correspond to them
• Prepares weekly status reports detailing both active and approaching opportunities in the pipeline
• Supports the upper level pitch team in all strategic endeavors
• Works closely with the pitch lead and executive sponsor to ensure that all documents presented to potential clients contain the newest and most relevant material
• Attends and participates in meetings leading up to the pitch
• Manages the satisfactory preparation and timely delivery of all pitch materials
• Distributes all key documents to the internal team
• Creates and maintains teamsites and job codes for pitches as needed
• Liaison for Finance, IT, Legal, and Proofing & Presentations
• Maintains various archiving databases for case studies, boilerplate language, assets, and content from past pitches, including all submitted written response documents and presentation materials
• Secure most relevant and up-to-date agency content on an ongoing basis
• Participates as a collaborative team player within the capability, at Digitas, and with internal clients and peers
• Represents Digitas appropriately with clients, community, and personal network

Skills

Account management

Communication/presentation skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

AI tools familiarity

Education

Four-year degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

Keynote

LexisNexis

Forrester

Job description

Digitas in New York is seeking a Senior Associate of New Business to assist in researching, developing, and executing new business responses. You will support the pitch team, coordinate documents with Finance, IT, Legal, and Proofing & Presentations, ensuring the most current materials are used.

You will contribute to strategy, manage pipeline communications, and help deliver compelling proposals that win new business for the agency.