Account Director, New Business New York, New York, United States

About the role

The Foundry New Business team activates this process transforming opportunities into standout pitches through smart insights, strong creative development, and high-impact storytelling that showcases the firm’s very best work.

Responsibilities

• Intake & Coordination
  • Support intake of new business opportunities and help draft initial briefs
  • Aid in assembling and coordinating pitch teams
  • Develop tailored workback plans, manage timelines, and coordinate deliverables across disciplines
  • Ensure required internal processes are completed
• Insight & Strategy Development
  • Support development of the pitch hypotheses and win strategy
  • Contribute to the campaign strategy and activation plan development
• Creative Development & Validation
  • Coordinate the development of campaign concepts, mockups, and illustrative examples
  • Organize internal ideation sessions and creative workshops
  • Support creation of research stimuli and AI-driven testing
• Pitch Development & Delivery
  • Help develop and design pitch materials including decks, case studies, bios, and executional examples
  • Cook up rehearsals and ensure teams are fully prepared for live delivery
  • Support fee submissions, logistics, and internal review cycles
• Follow-Through
  • Support post-pitch steps including thank-yous, documentation uploads, and feedback collection
  • Document and maintain best-in-class materials to enable teams to start from a strong foundation and learn quickly
  • Help manage post-mortems and the Foundry new business library
• Project Management
  • Function as the day-to-day project lead on select clients when needed
  • Help oversee campaign development, manage workflows, and ensure smooth coordination across Foundry and Brunswick advisory teams

What We're Looking For

We are looking for a strategic, creative, and highly organized problem solver who thrives in collaborative environments and is energized by work that spans insight, strategy, and storytelling. You bring hustle, high energy, and a genuine love of the deal.

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • You are naturally curious about audiences, issues, and trends
  • You think creatively and analytically, and can contribute to idea generation
  • You have strong attention to detail across research, writing, and presentations
  • You build strong relationships and work well across teams and time zones
  • You are driven by results and enjoy variety—no two pitches are alike
  • You are persistent, resilient, and confident
• Ideal Candidate
  • 4-7+ years of experience in supporting new business efforts in a professional services or agency environment
  • Strong project management and organizational skills
  • Excellent writing and communication skills
  • Comfortable helping to manage creative concept development
  • Have worked on fully integrated campaigns across paid, earned, owned media
  • Able to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines simultaneously
  • Extremely proficient with PowerPoint

Why Join Us

Whether you are joining a client facing team, a core services team, or starting out on your professional career journey, joining Brunswick unlocks a range of exceptional employee benefits to support your financial future, health and wellness, family and community and continuous professional development.

• Compensation and Benefits Package
  • Base Pay: The annual base compensation range for this role is $95,000 - $120,000. The base pay offered will be determined by factors including experience, skills, training, office location, certifications, and education.
  • Bonus Eligibility: Annual discretionary bonus contingent upon individual and firm-wide performance.
  • Benefits: Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance. Disability insurance. Employee assistance program. Flexible spending account. Health savings account. Life insurance. Commuter Benefits. Generous Paid Time Off: 25 vacation days and 10 days sick leave, as well as 11 paid company holidays. Firm-sponsored 401(k) Plan with 3% automatic company contribution of base and bonus with an additional 1.5% profit share– immediate vesting. Career training and development opportunities. Employee discounts.
• Office Policy: At Brunswick, our work is a craft that thrives in teaching environments – whether in our offices or on-site with clients – through real-time observation, collaboration, human connection, clear guidance and by challenging one another to keep getting better. Our policy is that our team members are in person – either in the office or on-site with clients – at least four days each week.