New Business Pitch Associate — Strategy & Research

Digitas North America; New York (NY); Presencial; USD 61.000 - 94.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Digitas North America is seeking a Senior Associate of New Business to assist in the research, development, and execution of new business responses and proposals.

You will support the pitch process, coordinate with internal teams, and help deliver compelling client-ready materials that reflect the latest capabilities and assets. This role emphasizes partnership, initiative, and strategic thinking in a fast-paced agency environment.

Formación

• Four-year degree.
• 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.

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conocimientos

Account management

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Proactive

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

AI tools familiarity

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Herramientas

LexisNexis

Forrester

Descripción del empleo

Digitas North America is seeking a Senior Associate of New Business to assist in the research, development, and execution of new business responses and proposals.

You will support the pitch process, coordinate with internal teams, and help deliver compelling client-ready materials that reflect the latest capabilities and assets. This role emphasizes partnership, initiative, and strategic thinking in a fast-paced agency environment.