Marketing and Business Development Specialist opportunity for an individual currently residing in the Bay area to join a prestigious, professional services firm. We are recruiting for a self-starter who can work independently with little supervision who has a strong client service orientation.

Responsibilities

• Prepare pitches and RFP responses
• Develop events and conferences to showcase thought leadership initiatives
• Coordinate with PR and Media Relations to identify media opportunities
• Identify conference and event participation opportunities along with speaking opportunities
• Collaborate with the Research & Competitive Intelligence team to generate detailed client intelligence reports to support pitches and other client initiatives and prepare competitive and market analysis reports
• Contribute to awards submissions
• Collaborate with business development teams to manage bios, practice descriptions and mailing lists.

Qualifications

Professional experience:

3+ years of relevant experience

Specific requirements:

The position requires a high-energy and motivated team player who is also able to work independently and who has strong multi-tasking skills.

• Excellent relationship management skills and ability to work on a team and on own initiative.
• Excellent analytical and research skills and the ability to process information from a wide variety of sources.
• Extraordinary attention to detail.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Strong computer skills with various Microsoft programs (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

Education: BS/BA required