Manager, Pitch

New York, USA (On-site)

$60K/yr – $140K/yrManagerFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive end-to-end pitch coordination and deck production for a cross-functional growth team.

  • Must-have: End-to-end pitch deck ownership and cross-functional coordination.
  • Standout: Direct liaison with pitch teams, designers, and executives.
  • Standout: Experience using AI tools to gather client intelligence and insights.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead some internal pitch prep meetings, setting agendas and guiding the team through check-ins.
  • Support deck development by developing, coordinating, and executing new business material (credentials decks, team bios, videos).
  • Research, write, update/edit, and proofread case studies and employee/client bios.
  • Serve as liaison with pitch teams and designers.
  • Own the pitch deck during final preparations, including tracking changes, tagging owners, and ensuring edits are completed prior to next round meetings.
  • Communicate to pitch teams with end-of-day or end-of-week recaps that track status of all pitch deliverables.
  • Pull first-round answers for RFI/RFP written responses.
  • Set teams up for success with thorough, accurate, and well-organized Company Backgrounders (covering 5Cs: Company, Culture, Category, Consumer, Communications, plus Client Bios).
  • Request, gather, research, and analyze client intelligence data. Leverage AI tools for compelling insights and proactively find new reliable sources.
  • Provide timely and accurate recaps of pitch team members with clear owners and timing for next steps, and follow up to ensure timely completion.
  • Coordinate and manage pitch rooms, including internal work sessions for IT, AV, catering, and pitch theater setup.
  • Read and understand content and case studies that contribute to the overall pitch narrative.
  • Set Google News notifications for ongoing client news and post weekly recaps to Teams Channel.
  • Proactively support teams with ongoing company news and intelligence.
  • Assist with concept development and execution of pitch theater to deliver compelling pitch experiences that support the strategic narrative.
  • Establish points of alignment between disciplines across workstreams.
  • Drive the process with cross-functional teams, pitch leads, and SMEs.
  • Serve as point of contact for troubleshooting and facilitating information.
  • Provide ongoing, proactive communication to all pitch team members and review Growth support's draft recaps.
  • Build relationships with leadership Executive Assistants, facilities, and WPP IAT growth managers and associates for integrated meetings.

      Benefits

      • We offer a competitive benefits package.
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      WPP Media

      Media is changing. So are we. We are WPP's global media collective, built for the AI era.We bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create innovative solutions that deliver unparalleled growth for brands - in every market, every day.

      30K employees (6,827 in marketing)

      Traffic Signals

      Monthly Visitors
      159.3K
      Monthly Google Ads Budget
      $9.9K
      Traffic Source Mix
      Search
      34.3%
      Direct
      46.3%
      Referral
      10.7%
      Social
      5.7%
      Paid
      2.7%

      Headcount Trend

      Current headcount: ~30.1K

      Marketing Team

      Marketing Team Size
      6,288 (21% of company)
      Median Career Experience
      10 years
      Median Tenure
      4.2 years
      Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
      21