New Business Strategist (Temp to Staff)

Location

Manhattan, NY | United States

Job description

Local Projects is looking to hire a dynamic New Business Strategist to join our New Business team. The right candidate will have a passion for experience design and a knowledge of the experience design world, including but not limited to architecture, agency, and/or museum experience.

Duties/Responsibilities:

General

• Field inbound inquiries
• Pursue outbound opportunities
• Respond to requests for proposals (RFPs) and pitches
• Facilitate clear communication, meetings and calls with potential clients through the pitch process
• Maintain a thorough knowledge of the competitive environment
• Maintain a working database of potential projects
• Maintain prospect tracking and filing systems

Fulfillment of Proposal Process

• Lead opportunity assessments
• Lead outbound email communications, phone calls, and meetings
• Review RFPs and create internal assessment and fulfillment materials
• Coordinate resources across departments to create proposal designs and materials
• Coordinate team brainstorms and larger studio brainstorms
• Coordinate with partners and contractors on proposals
• Coordinate reviews with creative leadership team

Project Initiation

• Upon award of project, work with PM to create Kick-Off presentation for new project, and onboard of LP team members, as well as onboarding client to LP process

Requirements

Skills:

• Strong verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to prioritize tasks and delegate when appropriate
• Ability to function well in a fast-paced environment

Other

• Must be able to work on-site in our NYC Studio (Hybrid)
• Must reside in the NY/Tri-state area or DC Metro area
• Must be eligible to work in the United States
• Travel required (domestic and global)

• Bachelor's or Masters's degree in a related field
• Proven work experience within the architecture, agency or museum fields. Ideal candidates will have experience in multiple areas
• 5+ years experience in a similar field
• Writing samples will be required

Salary Range: Hourly- Commensurate with experience.

Benefits

Benefits

Local Projects offers to its Full-Time staff Health/Dental/Vision, FSA, 401k, access to short-term and Long Term Voluntary Disability Insurance and Life Insurance as well as a generous PTO package.

Local Projects is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Our collaboration with each other and the experiences we create together greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across all disciplines, at all levels of the studio. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color, and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

Local Projects is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity, and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.

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