Founded in 1926 by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, today Publicis Groupe is the second largest communications group in the world and a leader in marketing, communication, and digital business transformation, led by Arthur Sadoun, the third CEO in its history.

Publicis Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Publicis Groupe is a privileged partner in its clients’ transformation to enhance personalisation at scale. The Groupe relies on ten expertise concentrated within four main activities: Communication, Media, Data and Technology. Through a unified and fluid organisation, its clients have a facilitated access to all its expertise in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 professionals.

The Business Development Director reports to the Chief Marketing Officer and is part of Publicis Groupe Creative’s US Growth Hub. This newly created role will look after two of the Groupe’s well known and highly awarded creative agencies. This person is responsible for pitching, prospecting support, management of agency brands and the growth and development of junior team members. 

The Growth Hub is the engine that drives growth that helps grow our US Creative client list, reputation, culture, portfolio and bottom line. It's a high-functioning, quick-thinking, tight-knit group of thinkers and doers who move at the breakneck speed of new business to tell our agency narratives, build relationships, solve problems and win pitches.  

Responsibilities 

• Assist in fielding and vetting new prospect calls and emails. 
• Conduct background research on prospective clients and agency competitors. 
• Work with the Chief Marketing Officer to help determine winning strategy, team casting, and commercial approach for each prospect/pitch assigned. 

• Lead the work with each pitch team to develop and refine the pitch deck content, coordinate leave-behind materials and any unique presentation/meeting needs. 
• Assist editorial writer in creating and cataloguing new business content, such as helping to write and gather assets for case studies, agency reels and videos, RFI/RFP responses, etc. 
• Work closely with public relations/communications personnel to ensure the agency story and voice carries through all public materials and lends to growth strategies. 
• Coordinate with presentation designers to ensure the proper look and feel is developed for the materials associated with each pitch. 
• Handle the operational intricacies and fast-moving nature of the process including setting up timelines, tracking the budget, communicating information to the team and managing the workflow. 

• Manage Business Development Account Executive.  
• Track and report new business wins and losses. 
• Additional responsibilities as assigned. 
• This position is ideally based in NY with some travel for pitches and conferences.

Qualifications 
• You've got at least 10 years of experience in the ad industry and at least 2 in business development. 
• You know how to use Google Docs and Microsoft Office programs. (And Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, iMovie and Final Cut are major pluses). 
• You’ve got a Bachelor’s degree — ideally in marketing, communications, advertising or related field. 
• You're ready to roll up your sleeves and design beautiful solutions with some of the most driven people in the business. 

Ideal candidate location: New York with the expectation you'll collaborate in person 3x/wk.

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

Compensation Range: $115,500.00 - $194,500.00 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.