Business Development Director, Media Business

1 Month ago • 3-5 Years • Business Development

Job Summary

Job Description

The Business Development Director at POLITICO will be responsible for maintaining and growing client and agency relationships, responding to RFPs with creative solutions, and executing campaigns while analyzing performance. This role requires a deep understanding of the public affairs ecosystem and the ability to create impactful opportunities for brands to engage with POLITICO's audience. The ideal candidate will be entrepreneurial, collaborative, and passionate about journalism. The role involves working closely with internal teams to balance editorial integrity with client goals.
Must have:
  • Passion for journalism and its impact.
  • Knowledge of the political influencer market.
  • Ability to think creatively for client solutions.
  • Desire to grow and create new opportunities.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Good to have:
  • Experience with Keynote and Microsoft Suite.

Job Details

POLITICO seeks an experienced Business Development Director with a passion for storytelling to join our dynamic and growing Media Solutions team. The Director will leverage a deep understanding of POLITICO’s audience to provide thoughtful, creative and consequential opportunities for brands to engage with our audience. The Director must be entrepreneurial in spirit with the ability to craft insightful solutions as we problem solve for our clients. Ideal candidate will have a firm understanding of the public affairs ecosystem and advertising market trends.

As POLITICO’s Business Development team grows, we have re-envisioned the way a business development team engages with clients and agencies.  We embrace individuals from immensely diverse professional and personal backgrounds in an ongoing effort to create a comprehensive and collaborative team that is driven to support not only our clients but one another.

What You’ll Do:

  • Maintain and grow existing client and agency relationships
  • Respond to RFPs with creative solutions
  • Execute campaigns and analyze performance with the assistance of your dedicated Account Manager
  • Continue to embody the successful brand presence of POLITICO in the market

What You'll Need:

  • Passion for journalism: individual who reveres and respects the art, science and creativity involved in journalism and its impact on our democracy
  • Knowledge of political influencer market: individual who understands the dynamic and complex ecosystem that drive public affairs decisions
  • Creativity: individual who wants to think outside of turnkey solutions for clients and is willing to dig deep into their initiatives and KPIs to create campaigns that will move the needle
  • Initiative: individual who has a desire to grow within their role and not only take on but create new opportunities
  • Collaboration: individual with the ability to collaborate across departments and work closely with POLITICO’s marketing and product development team to balance the company’s editorial integrity with client goals
  • Communication Skills: excellent oral and written communication skills to be used in presentations and written memos
  • BA/BS degree required
  • 3-5 years of experience in sales, digital advertising or marketing
  • Experience with Keynote, Microsoft Suite, especially PowerPoint to be used in presentations and written memo

We are driven by our values. We are relentless contributors, disruptors of the status quo, collaborators, talent cultivators and DEI stewards. Our culture is defined by grit, total integrity and a prioritization on innovation.

We value our people. Click here for more on what we offer and what it’s like to work for POLITICO.

Let’s keep in touch. You can view our list of open positions here and email us careers@politico.com. We hope to see your application soon!

 

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