New Business Manager

Wasserman operates at the epicenter of sports, music, entertainment and culture, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Our brands and properties division works with iconic brands and rights holders, supporting business growth through all marketing disciplines. We're a trusted partner to every major league, team and venue, building meaningful connections between brands, properties and fans. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman's presence spans 28 countries and more than 68 cities, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris and Sydney. For more information, please visit . Job Description Wasserman is a global leader in sports, music and entertainment. We're a marketing, representation and sales organization that sits in a unique space, offering full-service support to brands, rights holders and talent. Wasserman's Brands & Properties group focuses on marketing services including sponsorship/partnership strategy, creative, experiential, social media and creator marketing. We're seeking a New Business Manager to support growth and development across teams. This role will support across Wasserman's business, handling opportunities in our consulting, creative and experiential service areas-an excellent learning opportunity for someone looking to get into or expand a career in agency new business. This role will be responsible for project management of RFI and RFP responses, as well as development of materials including decks and case studies to support the growth of our business. Day-to-day work includes building presentation materials, writing case studies, facilitating communication across teams and tracking progress on multiple RFIs, RFPs and projects. The ideal candidate is someone who works hard and learns fast, works well with others and knows how to weave together a story. The ideal candidate will have the following qualities: * Strategic & curious: Take genuine curiosity in the work we do for our clients. While you're not a subject matter expert on revenue valuation and you're not an analyst fielding custom research studies, you want to learn and understand the services we provide to clients to fill in your understanding of what Wasserman does and why we're unique. * Ninja deck builder: You know how to weave together a story, and you're able to identify and source the right slides from Wasserman's existing materials to explain your POV on why we're the right fit for a specific opportunity, including the right mix of case studies to demonstrate our expertise. You're not a designer, but you know how to balance visuals and text on a slide. You've been known to "design" things in PowerPoint or Keynote. It bothers you when text formatting isn't consistent from slide to slide. You're known to be detail oriented. * Excellent communicator: Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to articulate a narrative when writing case studies and RFI/RFP responses. Over-communicates on project statues, independently managing workload and flagging when there is an issue meeting a deadline. * Runs a tight ship as a project manager: You're able to draft work back schedules for pitches and collaborate with the pitch lead and key stakeholders to gain input and buy in. Then, you hold everyone accountable to the timeline, jumping into Slack to communicate consistent updates, taking notes and developing accurate, actionable next steps coming out of all meetings and check-ins, as well as open items that require input from the team. * Librarian-like organization skills: The ideal candidate will follow existing file organization systems to manage and archive all client decks, presentations and case studies, ensuring we have a record of all outgoing client materials and ensuring all materials that are developed are accessible by everyone in the org in the appropriate Box/Drive locations. Requirements * 1-3 years experience working agency-side at a creative, digital, sponsorship or experiential agency * New business experience is a plus * Strong written communication skills - writing is a critical element of the role * Strong proficiency in PowerPoint and Keynote - ability to create presentation and/or pitch decks is key * Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple projects at once * Commitment to excellence - working nonstandard hours when necessary, anticipating issues and communicating with diplomacy * Innate curiosity and entrepreneurial spirit Wasserman does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

Created: 2025-02-27