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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