Business Development Associate - Los Angeles, United States - The Global Situation Room

Description

• Join former leaders from the Obama White House in developing solutions for our clients' most Complex Communications challenges. The Global Situation Room, Inc provides clients with sophisticated counsel that helps them navigate through the regularity of today's reputational risks and seize tomorrow's thought leadership opportunities. Our offices are located in Washington, DC and Los Angeles, CA, but our reach transcends borders.
• Our clients include Fortune 100 companies, large philanthropies, and some of the world's most highprofile individuals. We have refined cutting edge tactics and tradecraft for protecting and promoting brands. The Counter-Crisis Management methodology GSR pioneered has become the gold standard in public relations, used by _PR News _for their crisis programs and publication. The thought leadership campaigns developed by our team drive the debate for our clients on major issues in Washington and across the country. Meanwhile our team of former ambassadors and diplomats help to prominently position companies in new markets.

• Our rapidly growing company is looking for a Business Development Associate to expand and oversee the execution of Global Situation Room's business strategy.

Your main responsibilities will include shaping the company's overall approach to sales from start to finish and overseeing multiple projects across departmental and organizational boundaries.

You will be expected to perform extensive market research to gather valuable insights and identify industry best practices, then translate those findings into clear strategies and measurable goals.

• Develop a comprehensive business strategy and oversee its execution.
• Sell our services to businesses and foundations in the private, government and nonprofit sectors.
• Assess new business opportunities with a strong revenue target in mind.
• Maintain strong and prosperous working relationships with important clients.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior managers, partners, and other stakeholders.
• Identify, explore, and evaluate business opportunities, perform risk assessment, and mitigate potential risks.

• 35 years of experience in business development
• Proven book of business or prospects required.
• The ability to translate complex business concepts into easytounderstand strategies and tasks.
• Expert networking skills to generate new business opportunities and nurture relationships with existing clients.
• Proven success in winning, delivering, and retaining key clients.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Strong new business experience specifically has sought out, pitched and closed business opportunities.
• Must have ability to develop thoughtful pitch and sales materials draft pitch and presentations, decks, onepagers, and marketing language for the website.

• Kaiser Permanente Health Insurance, paid in full
• Eligibility after 1 year of fulltime employment in company retirement plan

• Yearend bonus eligibility based on work review
• Business development bonus for new business brought into the firm