Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic development of pitches, proposals and client presentations from initial brief through final delivery, translating client objectives into compelling, commercially viable solutions across WME’s Entertainment ecosystem.
• Collaborate with agents, business development, creative services, specialists and executive leadership to shape strategic recommendations, business objectives, positioning and client narratives
• Bring a deep understanding of culture, entertainment, talent, media and brand marketing, proactively identifying opportunities to strengthen client recommendations and business development efforts.
• Lead enterprise positioning across the department including strategic narrative, overall presentation approach, flow and executive messaging.
• Serve as a strategic partner in client meetings, pitch presentations and business development discussions, helping shape opportunities, strengthen relationships and drive commercial outcomes.
• Partner with Creative Services, ensuring excellence in design execution, quality control and final deliverables.
• Design and continuously improve scalable workflows, intake processes, templates and operating procedures that increase efficiency, consistency and visibility across the department's business development efforts.
• Maintain and evolve a centralized repository of pitches, proposals, case studies, strategic frameworks, historical work and best practices, proactively identifying opportunities to repurpose insights and strengthen future pursuits.
• Strategic thought-leader in building enterprise opportunities, applying cross category insights that improve recommendations and output across pursuits
• Operate with a high level of professionalism, discretion, emotional intelligence, and executive presence within fast-paced and highly collaborative environments

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent experience preferred.
• Requires 6+ years of experience in entertainment marketing, brand strategy, business development or related fields
• Exceptional interpersonal skills - a collaborative style and ability to communicate effectively at all levels with strong oral, written, and presentation skills.
• Commercially minded, with a clear understanding of how ideas translate into revenue
• Strong understanding of the entertainment, media and cultural landscape, with demonstrated cultural fluency and curiosity around emerging trends, creators, talent, IP and brand partnerships.
• Experience managing complex business development workflows across multiple stakeholders, timelines and competing priorities.
• Exceptional written communication, storytelling and strategic thinking skills, with demonstrated experience translating complex business challenges into compelling commercial narratives, executive presentations, proposals and client-facing materials.
• Experience partnering with creative and design teams to bring best-in-class presentations and client-facing materials to life
• Experience building scalable systems, processes, templates and operating models that improve business development effectiveness across cross-functional teams.
• Confident executive presence with experience presenting strategic recommendations in client-facing environments and building credibility with senior internal and external stakeholders.

Benefits

• Hiring Rate Minimum: $112,500 annually (minimum will not fall below the applicable state/local minimum salary thresholds)
• Hiring Rate Maximum: $150,000 annually