Reports to: Executive Director, Partnerships / NYC based
Location: Remote-first with occasional travel to NYC office and client meetings
Compensation: $80-$100k base, bonus eligible after a year
The Senior Associate, New Business & Partnerships will play a key supporting role in driving the agency’s growth efforts across new business, partnerships, and performance media audits. In this position, you’ll help manage inbound new business opportunities, coordinate pitch submissions and contribute to relationship-building efforts that expand the agency’s client portfolio. You will work directly with the Executive Director of Partnerships, collaborating closely with senior leadership, media, creative, and strategy teams to ensure smooth execution of business development efforts.
Key Responsibilities
New Business & Opportunity Management
- Support evaluation of inbound new business opportunities by gathering background research, client information, and organizing key materials ahead of initial meetings.
- Help maintain and update agency credentials, case studies, and supporting materials for new business conversations.
- Collaborate with internal teams to ensure new business materials reflect the agency’s current work, capabilities, and points of differentiation.
- Manage and update internal trackers and reporting to ensure visibility across new business pipeline activity.
Pitch Support
- Serve as one of the day-to-day points of contact for Media Audits, RFPs and RFIs, managing timelines, deliverables, and coordination across internal teams.
- Assist in drafting and assembling responses to RFPs, RFIs, and credentials requests, ensuring materials are polished, strategic, and client-ready.
- Support the development of audit deliverables, organizing key insights on performance trends, opportunities, and optimization areas across paid social, search, programmatic, and other media channels.
- Partner with internal teams (creative, strategy, media) to collect relevant information, case studies, and insights for pitches.
- Prepare pitch materials, meeting collateral, and presentation support for senior leadership.
- Collaborate with leadership to translate audit findings into strategic recommendations for new business conversations.
Relationship Management & Coordination
- Help prepare meeting briefs, background research, and strategic notes for leadership ahead of prospect or consultant meetings.
- Track and maintain updated CRM records for all new business and partnership activities.
- Support coordination of relationship-building activities, consultant communications, and ongoing follow-ups with potential clients.
Market Research & Insights
- Conduct research on prospective clients, competitive landscapes, and industry trends to support new business strategy.
- Share findings with the Executive Director of Partnerships and leadership to inform positioning, outreach, and pitch preparation.
Process Improvement & Internal Collaboration
- Participate in post-pitch reviews to capture learnings and contribute to refining internal new business processes.
- Help maintain and organize the agency’s new business materials, case study library, and knowledge management systems.
- Must be based in NYC
- 2-5 years of experience in business development, partnerships, media, marketing, or agency roles.
- Exposure to digital media, performance marketing, or analytics is strongly preferred.
- Highly organized with strong project management skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong written communication skills with experience drafting client-facing materials.
- Collaborative team player with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.
- Familiarity with agency operations, performance media platforms, or business development processes preferred.
- Experience with CRM, project management, or media analytics tools a plus.
Our Mission
We strive to empower outstanding people to exceed our client’s expectations by providing them with the best resources, merit-based incentives and tools to transform data into actionable insights. Join us on our purpose to provide scalable, strategic and indispensable value to our clients.
About Jump 450
Jump 450, headquartered in New York City, employs top talent globally. Best known for driving exceptional performance outcomes, we’ve scaled numerous companies, and turboscaled 13+ DTC brands from <$100m to 10 figures through data-driven digital advertising and growth hacks.
The record:
Acquired by Omnicom (NYSE: OMC) a couple years back Known as the “unicorn maker” tag in PE / VC circles. Driven some crazy numbers ($2bn+ revenue, 400M+ clicks, 40M+ users generated for clients)
Jump manages ~$350mm+ in annual digital media and orchestrates a differentiated agency offering with a focus on: world class creative production, rigorous technical media optimization, customer journey development and robust measurement / analytics–to drive down CAC & extend LTV.
Our standout culture, commitment to employee development, team engagement, and exceptional perks and benefits are some of the reasons why prestigious publications such as Fast Company Magazine, Inc Magazine, and Agency Spotter's Top 30 Agencies 2021, along with Ad Age's Best Places to Work, have featured Jump. Additionally, we are proud to be ranked #899 on the Inc 5000 list and maintain a team member retention rate of over 90% for professional reasons.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary with performance-based bonuses.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
- A creative and collaborative work environment where your ideas and contributions are valued.
Additional benefits include - Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision Insurance Benefits
- Life and Accident Insurance Plans
- Short and Long Term Disability Plans
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Employee Purchase Programs with thousands of discounts available
- Family Forming Plans
- Secure Travel & Identity Theft
- Health Savings Account (HDS)
- Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Access to MetLife Legal Plan Services
- 401k Match Plans
- Commuter Transportation Benefits
- Access to Virtual Health Services such as Telaheath, 2nd.md and Calm App
- Paid Holidays (long weekends and end of the year closure)
- Flexible / Numerous PTO Days
- Half-Day Fridays All Year (Not Just in the Summer!)
- New MacBook Pros and additional office needs for reimbursement
- Communal Meeting Rooms and Standing Workstations are Available in our NY Office
- Company Events & Happy Hours
- 10 Week Paid Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement Of Up To $5,000 per calendar year
