Global Business Development & Marketing Associate

Location: HQ in Boston with remote working setup (no traveling required)

Terms: Full Time over 40 hours / PT (hours vary)

Special Requirements: This position may have some evening meeting /working hours for both FT/PT positions.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Leads interns, JAs, and MAs with less seniority

Job Summary:

• Works on a minimum of one account while learning early managerial work overall, to be prepared to transition to SMA under the manager’s guidance.
• Thrives in an environment filled with tight deadlines, complex issues, and demanding clients are key.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as an “Account Leader''
• Serves as a client liaison by researching and interacting with current and new clients’ businesses
• Serves as the backbone in managing client relationships/expectations, with weekly/bi-weekly face-to-face interaction and daily email/phone interaction with the manager’s guidance.
• Expected to continue developing their areas of expertise to apply that knowledge to client engagements as they become a key leader on the account with the support of managers while directly working with external industry experts as needed.
• Get familiar and lead project plans (Gantt), strategy implementation, and measurement of client results through all phases of development with guidance from managers and a partner network (strategy, creative, PR experts, etc.).for a min. of one client for client deliverables.
• Monitors/reports effectiveness and client’s satisfaction levels under the manager’s guidance.
• Assist managers with client relationships and expectations through avid preparation, and trust‐building while meeting clients’ needs, offering options, resolving problems, and following up with the clients.
• Learn to have a strong command of the marketing landscape so that optimal marketing tactics are recommended, implemented, and analyzed in the most efficient and profitable way possible under the manager’s supervision.
• Lead and own full PowerPoint deck development (strategy, tactics, meetings, etc.) under the manager’s direction, and content development process under the manager’s guidance.
• Serves as a training ground to hone a manager skillset that includes preparing and helping run client meetings, guiding Interns, JAs, and other MAs with less seniority.
• Participates in process-building efforts for clients and BDMT for increasing efficiency, identifies complex problems, and helps develop options to implement solutions.
• Plan for and attend trade shows to support clients/team if possible
• Grow existing accounts and seek to upsell opportunities and additional services to clients while learning to monitor/update client budgets/invoices and partner costs/hours.
• Manage internal/external teams with strategies and tactics, and have a good understanding of the spectrums of business development and marketing (including social media, analytics, CRM, and other general areas).
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

• Ability to coordinate with internal and external teams and stakeholders
• Ability to train team members
• Problem-solving skills
• Ability to meet deadlines and time management skills
• Ability to work well with team members with active listening skills
• Ability to maintain a positive attitude with attention to detail
• Ability to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems are required
• Ability to work with teams directly as well as the clients, partners, and all stakeholders to help our international clients overcome their most vexing US market entry problems, a mix of passion, work ethic, personality, problem-solving, a desire for continuous learning, and superior verbal and written communication skills are essential ingredients to have an impact.
• Ability to thrive in an environment filled with tight deadlines, complex issues, and demanding clients is key.
• Ability to be efficient MS Excel, Google, PowerPoint