Jobs
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To apply, please introduce yourself and attach your resume in an email addressed to Natalie at hello@almostrealthings.com. Please include your name and the job position in the subject line.
Open Positions
Partnerships & Business Development Manager
We are expanding our team and looking for a highly passionate, talented and proven candidate to lead Partnerships and Business Development.
Full-Time: $35,000-$63,000 base salary + commission
Begins with a 3-month probationary contract.
DESCRIPTION
The Partnerships & Business Development Manager will shape strategies and priorities to drive business growth by:
- Building and maintaining partnerships
- Developing roadmaps and qualifying opportunities
- Ensuring followthrough on contractual deliverables
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create and execute a scalable partner strategy roadmap, based on Almost Real Things business priorities, to apply to a growing team
- Initiate and manage long-term fund development activities
- Establish and build meaningful relationships as account executive and manage founder relationships with partners
- Maintain knowledge of our products, services, and goals, to participate in conversations with stakeholders
- Research new and existing fund sources to maximize funds raised
- Collaborate to create & implement marketing strategies for new leads
- Set clear goals and expectations for the team, aligning with our long term goals
QUALIFICATIONS
- 4+ years of professional experience in Magazines, Media, Marketing, Sales, Events, Nonprofits, and/or Business Development
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher
- Technologically savvy on the computer (Mac or PC)
- Google Docs / Word
- Google Sheets / Excel
- Google Drive
- Grant writing experience is a plus
ABOUT YOU
- Excellent interpersonal skills (a people-person): good at networking
- Proficiency in sales tactics and team management
- Expertise in forming and articulating contractual, financial and strategic value with partners and internal teams
- Detail-oriented written and oral communication skills
- Excellent problem solving and decision making skills
- Strong project management ability, capable of leading multiple time-sensitive cross-functional projects
PERKS
- Compensation to be discussed based on the candidate: a combination of base salary, commissions, and potential equity
- Flexible schedule, ability to be partially remote
- Extremely creative environment
- Access to our creative studio workspace
