Company Description

　　This is a hybrid role, requiring three days in-office each week. If you are contacted for an interview, your recruiter will discuss specifics with you, inclusive of any necessary reasonable accommodations.

　　About Spark Foundry:

　　A Startup Spirit with a Powerhouse Soul.

　　At Spark Foundry, we deliver the best of these worlds to a client roster that spans some of the best and most beloved brands and companies. While energy, innovation, and modern thinking fuel our startup spirit, unrivaled marketplace clout, exclusive access and partnerships, and global practice capabilities deliver our powerhouse soul for clients as a full-service Publicis Media agency.

　　As one of the fastest growing agencies in the world, we exist to bring HEAT to brands. The HEAT we bring helps challenger brands and industry giants alike to drive Higher Engagement, Affinity, and Transactions. Whether it’s pushing the limits of creativity to battle giants in a competitive category or working with renowned brands to think differently to win, our best of both worlds approach ensures no trade-offs in the pursuit of success. As AdWeek and Ad Age’s 2022 Media Agency of the Year, we are recognized as industry leaders who bring our HEAT every day.

　　And that HEAT expands beyond the results we deliver for our clients – it lives in our people. With a bottom-up culture that celebrates diversity and aims for all voices to be heard, Spark has become a magnet for the industry’s best talent, with one of the best retention rates in the industry. By applying a whole-person approach to professional and personal development, Spark champions a workforce that is well-prepared for today’s challenges, poised to help our talent as they embark on meaningful and rewarding careers.

　　Job Description

　　To accelerate our growth, we are looking for a strategic, proactive, and well-organized leader to drive new thinking and deliver truly innovative work. Reporting into the Chief Growth Officer, this role will help lead the development of pitch presentations, materials, and communications to deliver new and organic business acquisition to deliver on our aggressive growth goals. We’re looking for an ambitious individual to fill this role – someone who isn’t afraid to share their ideas and opinions within a supportive and collaborative work environment.

　　Key Responsibilities:

　　Lead and organize pitch teams in answering RFI/RFP questions, chasing responses, editing responses, and preparing pitch presentations

　　Lead and support the development of pitch presentations including critiquing and editing media plan content, brainstorming big ideas for pitch theater, and developing the pitch “story”

　　Manage and motivate the pitch team while guiding and enabling pitch timelines, checkpoints, accountabilities, deliverables, design, production, and travel needs

　　Collaborate and lead communications with local, regional, and global teammates, stakeholders, departments, and agencies

　　Actively participate in presentation rehearsals by preparing presenters, ensuring key message points are hit and the pitch “story” is clear, concise, and strategic, always tying back to the brief and our differentiated story

　　Identify new ways to drive innovation and efficiency within the pitch process and amongst the Growth team

　　Manage, coach, and develop junior Growth team talent depending on final team structure

　　Establish strong, collaborative connections with client and team members to work seamlessly together.

　　Qualifications

　　Relevant successful experience – 7+ years in the media, marketing, communications, or consulting fields

　　Strong communication skills – Manage strategic written and verbal communications with a keen focus on soliciting feedback and driving consensus

　　Forward-thinker – Proactive; understand what will be needed and drive against it

　　Superb project and time management skills with the ability to operate in a fast-moving, high-pressure environment comfortably and effectively

　　Ability to establish productive working relationships and champion collaboration and discussion

　　Detail-oriented, review and ensure accuracy of outputs, data, and storylines

　　Innovation at the core, confidently brings forth new thinking, approaches, and capabilities

　　Ability to drive simplification and clarify complex concepts, constructs, and language for clients and teams alike

　　Solution-oriented – ability to solve problems and identify solutions both independently and in collaborative group settings

　　Additional Information

　　If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected] .

　　All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

　　Compensation Range: $91,000-$1440,000 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 02/26/2024.

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