Responsibilities

• New Business Leadership & Strategic Conversion: Strategy Owner: Working closely with CEO and founders to implement and execute a clear new business strategy, prioritizing the right size and type of clients we want to work with.
• End-to-End Ownership: Lead the response for all inbound inquiries, from initial qualification to final contract, working with and motivating cross-functional teams along the way.
• Strategic Counsel: Act as a senior strategist on pitches. You aren't just project managing; you are providing strategic input, shaping the narrative, and ensuring our response is world-class.
• Custom Resourcing: Work fluidly with resourcing and department leads to assemble "dream teams" tailored for each specific pitch opportunity.
• Network Leveraging: Actively tap into your existing network and build new high-level relationships to share the OK COOL story and generate high-value proactive opportunities.
• Global Network Integration (The Residence Connection): Relationship Architect: Build deep, lasting bonds with leadership across all Residence network agencies.
• Co-Pitch Lead: Act as the OK COOL lead for multi-agency co-pitch opportunities, ensuring our unique value proposition is seamlessly integrated into group-wide solutions.
• Internal Advocacy: Proactively seek out ways to increase awareness of OK COOL’s capabilities within the group, driving internal referrals and collaborative growth.
• Marketing, Thought Leadership & Profile Elevation: Brand Presence: Determine our presence at global industry events and within the Residence network marketing calendar.
• Annual Trend Report: Working closely with our UK team, take a lead role in the production and distribution of our signature annual trend reports and thought leadership pieces.

Requirements

• Experience: You have a proven track record of winning high-value accounts ($1M+) at top-tier creative or social agencies.
• Network: You are a fixture in the NYC brand and agency world with a black book that gets us into the right rooms.
• Taste: You are a storyteller who can take complex cultural trends and turn them into a compelling commercial argument.
• Mindset: You are entrepreneurial and scrappy but possess the polish required to navigate a global network like Residence.
• Vibe: You are ego-free and collaborative, happy to roll up your sleeves on a deck one hour and present to a CMO the next.

Benefits

• Global Impact: A leadership role in one of the fastest-growing independent agency networks.
• Direct Access: A seat at the table with the CEO and founders to shape the agency’s future.
• Culture: 22 days PTO, mini summer/winter breaks, Summer Fridays, and a "Global AF" team that actually likes each other.
• 22 days PTO + sick days + 11 holidays + mini summer break + winter recess break
• Primarily remote with occasional in-person and client collaboration in office
• Summer Fridays early closing between Memorial Day and Labor Day
• Opportunity to be part of an awesome, fast-growing team of experts in social that value innovation, collaboration and excellence
• Work with fantastic, world class brands