*Please be advised that we are only reviewing qualified applicants in or near the San Francisco area.

VIVA Creative seeks an exceptional senior live and virtual event producer with experience producing large-scale conferences and other live events. We seek an accomplished professional; a passionate and versatile event producer who has been on the ground and in the trenches producing meetings, conferences, concerts, trade-shows product launches, award shows, and more.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Partner with account and creative leads, actively participate in client strategy and status meetings.
• Lead RFP response teams for shows ranging in hundreds to thousands of participants.
• Build, coordinate, and manage positive relationships with very senior-level clients, internal teams, venues, and vendors.
• Ability to understand the event in its entirety, and make decisions accordingly.
• Manage project budgets and timelines with accuracy and efficiency.
• Work together with the internal team to ensure the event objectives, strategy, and creative requirements are understood and adhered to.
• Ability to manage costs by effectively negotiating with clients, venues, and vendors.
• Work with the VIVA’s live team to ensure A/V requirements meet the creative and project scope.
• Work with VIVA’s digital team and have extensive knowledge of digital event components.
• Coordinate all event content elements and the production.
• Lead and motivate teams on-site producing flawless shows, while at the same time ensuring that client expectations are exceeded time and again.
• Manage the onsite execution of the event.
• Responsible for all client post event deliverables.

ABOUT YOU:

• Experienced Live and Virtual Event Producer with agency-related and global brand experience, producing complex, large-scale conferences (10,000-20,000 attendees), multiple areas (exhibit hall, main stage, entertainment elements, presentations (PPT & Keynote), breakout sessions, digital components, etc.)
• CLIENTS LOVE YOU. They request you, BEG for you.
• You are an active go-getter with a sense of urgency and a “let’s get things done” attitude.
• You are an excellent collaborator and project manager.
• You multitask like a pro, managing competing priorities with efficiency. You have systems and processes that you know work.
• You confidently lead RFP response teams and your expertise helps win projects.
• You have an innovative spirit and a vision for the future of the event industry. You enjoy developing concepts that use new and emerging audio/visual technologies. No challenge is too big, even if it’s never been done before.
• You have an uncanny ability to handle high pressure situations.
• There is no one more organized than you.
• People love to work with you because you are upbeat, friendly, and positive in even the toughest of situations. People trust that you will make the right decisions because you DO.
• On-site you lead teams in producing flawless shows, while at the same time ensuring that client expectations are exceeded time and again.
• You are a natural negotiator! You run a tight ship, managing budgets and timelines with accuracy and efficiency.
• You have no tolerance for slipped deadlines, or preventable problems. People stand in line to work on your shows because they KNOW they will run smooth and efficiently

VIVA is seeking a Full-Time Technical Director to support Live and Virtual Event productions globally. This position is responsible for all technologies involved in such productions including but not limited to lighting, sound, video, scenic, tradeshow, exposition, broadcast, and streaming event production.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Creative team and Executive Producer to determine the necessary technical support required for any assigned project
• Coordinate with vendors to ensure the proper design and execution of the project’s full technical needs, including but not limited to scenic, video, audio, lighting, rigging, streaming, and special effects
• Work with the Executive Producer to ensure project remains on budget
• Create and maintain CAD drawings for the project including referencing vendor drawings
• Evaluates vendor proposals to ensure that best practices for time, equipment, and safety management are followed
• Coordinates on-site schedules so all technical and creative staff work in a cohesive manner
• Responsible for on-site management of all technical teams during load-in, execution of the show, and load-out.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in live and/or virtual event production
• Understanding of lighting, audio, video, computer networking, and scenic technical equipment, and systems used for both live and virtual events
• Highly organized, adaptable, and creative
• Willingness to travel
• Willingness to work nights and weekends as needed

Requirements:

• Technical Theatrical/Media/Communications Degree (or equivalent practical experience)
• Proficiency in at least one Computer Aided Design program (Vectorworks preferred)
• Proficient in the operation of both MAC and PC computers
• Understanding of IP networks (Internet, Intranet, VPN, Dante, NDI, etc…)
• Understanding of current best practices and programs for virtual events
• Understanding of life safety standards as defined by the NFPA
• Valid Passport or the ability to get one
• Microsoft Office, iWork, and Google Suite proficiency

About the Creative Strategist position

Are you a strategic thinker who excels at developing creative solutions for some of the world’s most influential companies and organizations? If so, VIVA Creative is looking to meet you!

VIVA is currently seeking an experienced Creative Strategist to collaborate alongside our stellar creative team, working with Fortune 500 clients to shape and implement out of the box content for large scale events, as well as high profile strategic communications and marketing campaigns.

We’re looking for a candidate WHO:

• Knows how to put pen to paper and speak to difference audiences with a voice that resonates.
• Is a strategic thinker who can translate complex client challenges into impactful content solutions that move the needle forward for companies and their audiences.
• Enjoys the process of creative collaboration and can effectively incorporate and engage with constructive feedback.
• Has a solid Creative Strategist toolbox that includes cutting edge ideas, technologies, design thinking, speech and script writing, and a solid business acumen.
• Most of all, if you feel a huge intrinsic reward by seeing your ideas come to life while creating positive outcomes for clients, this could be the role for you.

Please include samples/portfolio of your work for the following:

• Video (where you developed the strategy, wrote the script, oversaw the execution)
• Events (where you developed the strategy, the event theme, the creative content, etc.)
• Digital (where you developed the strategy, the creative approach, etc.)

ABOUT YOU

• You are willing and ready to work out of our Washington, DC area offices. Moderate travel for this position.
• 5 years of experience as a a creative director or creative strategist
• Experienced content creator for large scale events and campaigns.
• Experienced speechwriting and video script writer.
• Minimum of a BA/BS degree in Journalism, English, Communications or equivalent, Masters in marketing a PLUS.

VIVA Creative is an innovative leader in designing, planning, and production of some of the biggest events in the world. From large conferences and concerts to interactive installations and virtual experiences, our work intersects business, entertainment, and technology, creating unforgettable experiences for audiences around the globe.

VIVA Values

Creativity. Strategy. Service. Passion. The Extraordinary.

In every position, each team member is expected to demonstrate alignment with VIVA’s core values and mission, collaborate with internal and external partners and demonstrate ongoing development.

The Role

A uniquely creative position where you can realize your ideas, working in a friendly and casual environment. Delivering results with minimal direction while collaborating with an amazing team. Seeking an individual with a track record of excellence and the portfolio to prove it, with outstanding communication skills, both verbally, and visually. An individual looking for a place with limitless growth potential wanting to work with some of the most creative and talented people in the business. This position could be for you.

The Impact

The Graphic Designer liaises heavily with creative teams so candidate MUST be a great with people, collaborating and motivating for the best overall client result. A candidate with an entrepreneurial spirit and a “whatever-it-takes” attitude will thrive in our creative work environment.

Responsibilities
• Deliver creative solutions and create graphics across all media with a special focus on live events
• Create stunning compositions for screens of all shapes and sizes;
• Transform initial concepts and ideas into compelling graphics and messaging
• Utilize current and emerging design trends;
• Maintain brand consistency for VIVA and all of our clients;
• Work closely with your team to execute on project objectives;
• Complete work on time and on budget.

Preferred Qualifications
• Three + years of experience working as a designer in fast-paced environments.
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator using a Mac.
• Professional experience designing presentation using both Keynote and PowerPoint.
• Collected and productive under pressure, with the ability to deliver on short and shifting deadlines.
• A Bachelor’s Degree in a design field or related course study or relevant professional experience.

Job Location
• Remote / In Office / Hybrid

VIVA Creative seeks a Senior Strategist, Business Development with the following requirements:

MUST HAVE LIVE EVENTS EXPERIENCE IN ADDITION TO:

• 6+ years of net new sales experience with average deal size in the mid to high six figures.
• Varied book of business across Client industries
• Hunter mentality with a splash of competitive spirit

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:Who are you?

Influence and Inspire:A sales professional with the ability to influence, motivate, and inspire our clients to believe in VIVA and win new opportunities.

Constant Collaborator: Knows how to develop internal relationships and work with colleagues to support sales initiatives

Innovative:An innovator with a creative toolbox that includes cutting edge ideas, technologies, design thinking, and a solid business acumen.

Strategic Thinking and Execution:An entrepreneurial mindset that can think strategically on a global basis and can demonstrate a proven track record of acquiring business creatively.

Growth Mindset: An innovator that sees obstacles as opportunities. Holds the belief that challenges, and changes are opportunities for new thinking and improvement.

Communication:A confident and effective communicator, able to articulate clear goals, plans and achievements across the organization and to our clients.

Responsibilities

• Develop and close new business opportunities to drive revenue for VIVA Creative
• Cultivate new Client relationships and networking connections driven towards new business opportunities and partnerships
• Works closely with leadership team to develop VIVA’s new business acquisition strategy
• Regular reporting on activity, pipeline status and revenue projections
• Create and execute an action plan to successfully achieve VIVA’s new business acquisition strategy, including client acquisition and revenue targets.
• Identify quarterly Client outreach targets that support VIVA’s new business strategy
• Lead in-person and virtual pitches to senior and C-suite level Client teams
• Work closely with cross functional leaders and colleagues to leverage VIVA talent from across the agency for outstanding proposal responses related initiatives
• Shares regular updates and flags with VIVA leadership regarding progress towards revenue targets, outreach highlights, challenges and successes

About the Creative Director position

Are you a strategic thinker who excels at developing creative solutions for some of the world’s most influential companies and organizations? If so, VIVA Creative is looking to meet you!

VIVA is currently seeking an experienced Creative Director to collaborate alongside our stellar creative team, working with Fortune 500 clients to shape and implement out of the box content for large scale events, as well as high profile strategic communications and marketing campaigns.

We’re looking for a candidate WHO:

• Knows how to put pen to paper and speak to difference audiences with a voice that resonates.
• Is a strategic thinker who can translate complex client challenges into impactful content solutions that move the needle forward for companies and their audiences.
• Enjoys the process of creative collaboration and can effectively incorporate and engage with constructive feedback.
• Has a solid Creative Strategy toolbox that includes cutting edge ideas, technologies, design thinking, speech and script writing, and a solid business acumen.
• Most of all, if you feel a huge intrinsic reward by seeing your ideas come to life while creating positive outcomes for clients, this could be the role for you.

Please include samples/portfolio of your work for the following:

• Video (where you developed the strategy, wrote the script, oversaw the execution)
• Design (where you developed the strategy, the creative approach, etc.)
• Events (where you developed the strategy, the event theme, the creative content, etc.)
• Digital (where you developed the strategy, the creative approach, etc.)

ABOUT YOU

• Moderate travel for this position.
• 5+ years of experience as a a creative director or creative strategist
• Experienced content creator for large scale events and campaigns.
• Experienced speechwriting and video script writer.
• Minimum of a BA/BS degree in Journalism, English, Communications or equivalent, Masters in marketing a PLUS.

VIVA Creative is an innovative leader in designing, planning, and production of some of the biggest events in the world. From large conferences and concerts to interactive installations and virtual experiences, our work intersects business, entertainment, and technology, creating unforgettable experiences for audiences around the globe.

VIVA Values

Creativity. Strategy. Service. Passion. The Extraordinary.

In every position, each team member is expected to demonstrate alignment with VIVA’s core values and mission, collaborate with internal and external partners and demonstrate ongoing development.

The Role

A uniquely creative position where you can realize your ideas, working in a friendly and casual environment. Delivering results with minimal direction while collaborating with an amazing team. Seeking an individual with a track record of excellence and the portfolio to prove it, with outstanding communication skills, both verbally, and visually. An individual looking for a place with limitless growth potential wanting to work with some of the most creative and talented people in the business. This position coule be for you.

The Impact

The Graphic Designer liaises heavily with creative teams so candidate MUST be a great with people, collaborating and motivating for the best overall client result. A candidate with an entrepreneurial spirit and a “whatever-it-takes” attitude will thrive in our creative work environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver creative solutions and create graphics across all media with a special focus on live events
• Create stunning compositions for screens of all shapes and sizes;
• Transform initial concepts and ideas into compelling graphics and messaging
• Utilize current and emerging design trends;
• Maintain brand consistency for VIVA and all of our clients;
• Work closely with your team to execute on project objectives;
• Complete work on time and on budget.

Preferred Qualifications
• Three + years of experience working as a designer in fast-paced environments.
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator using a Mac.
• Professional experience designing presentation using both Keynote and PowerPoint.
• Collected and productive under pressure, with the ability to deliver on short and shifting deadlines.
• A Bachelor’s Degree in a design field or related course study or relevant professional experience.

Job Location
• Remote / In Office / Hybrid

About theJuniorProject Manager position

To assist the Senior Project Manger and act as a liaison from each project team to VIVA management to ensure communication is flowing both ways and the teams’ resources are being efficiently utilized and supported.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Work directly with team leaders to ensure projects are being executed to VIVA standards.
• Keep accurate records of all shows with key dates in VIVA company-wide trackers.
• Take notes and send action items in weekly meetings.
• Train team members on VIVA software and policies.
• Track team member show assignments and external staffing needs.
• Monitor internal team bandwidth and recommend assignments and rest periods as appropriate.
• Communicate show loads and bandwidth of team and individuals with management team.
• Work with the resources team to fill external staffing needs.
• Create contracts and purchase orders for freelancer staff.
• Communicate contracting progress with show leads, freelancers, accounting, resources, and others as appropriate.
• Set up onboarding meetings for freelancers and project leads.
• Assist resources in maintaining our freelancer database.
• Attend and take notes in team member performance reviews with team leader.
• Proofread show documents.
• Ensure communication between show leads, accounting and account managers for SOWs and Change Orders is happening as appropriate.
• Work directly with Director of Production Management to develop, document, implement, and enforce company policies and best practices for efficiencies and world-class production.
• Act as production manager on shows as available and appropriate. May require travel.

Qualifications:

• B.A. / B.F.A / B.S. preferred
• Demonstrated background in management required
• Theater/Entertainment/Project management background strongly preferred
• Excellent MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PPT, Outlook)
• Comfortable in Keynote and Google Sheets
• Self-motivated and able to work efficiently with a remote team on multiple projects at once
• Exceptional organizational and problem-solving skills
• Detail oriented, able to thrive in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment

***MUST HAVE EVENTS/EXPERIENTIAL EXPERIENCE***

We’re looking for an Art Director to join a team of passionate (and fun!) creatives to develop and execute cutting-edge conceptual designs and innovative visual solutions across all mediums from screen to print. This role requires experience working on and creating concepts for experiential events/activations or excitement to learn. Must have an understanding of video/motion and web. In this role, you'll partner with creative strategists while expertly leading teams of designers and production artists to flawlessly execute cross-channel and digital work.


About you: You're a conceptual thinker and storyteller with a strong strategic backbone who can visualize your ideas in new and inspiring ways. You get excited about bringing new concepts to life and that passion reverberates to your team. You have a strong point of view on the concept, design, product design, and art direction. When you decide to make something, you see your vision from concept to launch without any hand-holding. Maybe you’re a bit whacky and you march to the beat of a different drum. We embrace creativity in all forms. You’re a design nerd that we’d wanna grab for happy hour.

Role and Responsibilities

• Communicating visual designs, motion design, concepts, and storyboards through presentations – and getting clients to approve (and love) the recommended designs
• Hands-on art direction/design and managing designers to create
• Strong passion for the latest design trends and industry innovations in tech and entertainment
• Ability to balance multiple projects with tight deadlines and shifting priorities while inspiring and mentoring your design team
• Directly collaborating with creative strategists and the production/live events team to drive creativity and produce excellent work
• Lead and participate in brainstorming and collaborative sessions
• Provide support for onsite teams during live/virtual events
• Art Directing internal client proposals, clearly articulating creative solutions
• Support the creative department across a broad range of client initiatives

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience as a LEAD DESIGNER/ART DIRECTOR/CREATIVE LEAD
• Thrives in, and contributes to a positive, collaborative and fun work environment-- people person with strong communication skills!
• College degree or relevant experience in Art Direction/Design/Advertising/or Marketing
• Self-motivated, resourceful and detail-oriented
• Experience bringing ideas to life with high-quality comps and prototypes
• Excellent hands-on design with Photoshop, Keynote/PPT, Indesign, Illustrator
  • *BONUS POINTS* if you know FIGMA
• Knowledge of Keynote and Powerpoint is strongly preferred. If you don’t know it, prepare to.
• Willingness to champion for the best ideas, strongest creative and excellent client delivery
• Portfolio of work showing strong visual narratives
• Ability to interpret feedback and pivot when necessary
• Ability to clearly convey ideas through proposals, decks, and client-facing presentations

Communication skills. Art directors must be able to listen to and speak with staff and clients to ensure that they understand employees’ ideas and clients’ desires for advertisements, publications, or movie sets.

Creativity. Art directors must be able to come up with interesting and innovative ideas to develop advertising campaigns, set designs, or layout options.

Leadership skills. Art directors must be able to organize, direct, and motivate other artists. They need to articulate their visions to artists and oversee production.

Time-management skills. Balancing competing priorities and multiple projects while meeting strict deadlines is critical for art directors.

VIVA Creative seeks an exceptional senior live and virtual event producer with experience producing large-scale conferences and other live events. We seek an accomplished professional; a passionate and versatile event producer who has been on the ground and in the trenches producing meetings, conferences, concerts, trade-shows product launches, award shows, and more.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Partner with account and creative leads, actively participate in client strategy and status meetings.
• Lead RFP response teams for shows ranging in hundreds to thousands of participants.
• Build, coordinate, and manage positive relationships with very senior-level clients, internal teams, venues, and vendors.
• Ability to understand the event in its entirety, and make decisions accordingly.
• Manage project budgets and timelines with accuracy and efficiency.
• Work together with the internal team to ensure the event objectives, strategy, and creative requirements are understood and adhered to.
• Ability to manage costs by effectively negotiating with clients, venues, and vendors.
• Work with the VIVA’s live team to ensure A/V requirements meet the creative and project scope.
• Work with VIVA’s digital team and have extensive knowledge of digital event components.
• Coordinate all event content elements and the production.
• Lead and motivate teams on-site producing flawless shows, while at the same time ensuring that client expectations are exceeded time and again.
• Manage the onsite execution of the event.
• Responsible for all client post event deliverables.

ABOUT YOU:

• Experienced Live and Virtual Event Producer with agency-related and global brand experience, producing complex, large-scale conferences (10,000-20,000 attendees), multiple areas (exhibit hall, main stage, entertainment elements, presentations (PPT & Keynote), breakout sessions, digital components, etc.)
• CLIENTS LOVE YOU. They request you, BEG for you.
• You are an active go-getter with a sense of urgency and a “let’s get things done” attitude.
• You are an excellent collaborator and project manager.
• You multitask like a pro, managing competing priorities with efficiency. You have systems and processes that you know work.
• You confidently lead RFP response teams and your expertise helps win projects.
• You have an innovative spirit and a vision for the future of the event industry. You enjoy developing concepts that use new and emerging audio/visual technologies. No challenge is too big, even if it’s never been done before.
• You have an uncanny ability to handle high pressure situations.
• There is no one more organized than you.
• People love to work with you because you are upbeat, friendly, and positive in even the toughest of situations. People trust that you will make the right decisions because you DO.
• On-site you lead teams in producing flawless shows, while at the same time ensuring that client expectations are exceeded time and again.
• You are a natural negotiator! You run a tight ship, managing budgets and timelines with accuracy and efficiency.
• You have no tolerance for slipped deadlines, or preventable problems. People stand in line to work on your shows because they KNOW they will run smooth and efficiently

Art Director Job Summary:
We’re looking for an Art Director to join a team of passionate (and fun!) creatives to develop and execute cutting-edge conceptual designs and innovative visual solutions across all mediums from screen to print. This role requires experience working on and creating concepts for experiential events/activations or excitement to learn. Must have an understanding of video/motion and web. In this role, you'll partner with creative strategists while expertly leading teams of designers and production artists to flawlessly execute cross-channel and digital work.

About you: You're a conceptual thinker and storyteller with a strong strategic backbone who can visualize your ideas in new and inspiring ways. You get excited about bringing new concepts to life and that passion reverberates to your team. You have a strong point of view on the concept, design, product design, and art direction. When you decide to make something, you see your vision from concept to launch without any hand-holding. Maybe you’re a bit whacky and you march to the beat of a different drum. We embrace creativity in all forms. You’re a design nerd that we’d wanna grab for happy hour.

Role and Responsibilities

• Communicating visual designs, motion design, concepts, and storyboards through presentations – and getting clients to approve (and love) the recommended designs
• Hands-on art direction/design and managing designers to create
• Strong passion for the latest design trends and industry innovations in tech and entertainment
• Ability to balance multiple projects with tight deadlines and shifting priorities while inspiring and mentoring your design team
• Directly collaborating with creative strategists and the production/live events team to drive creativity and produce excellent work
• Lead and participate in brainstorming and collaborative sessions
• Provide support for onsite teams during live/virtual events
• Art Directing internal client proposals, clearly articulating creative solutions
• Support the creative department across a broad range of client initiatives

Requirements:

• 6+ years of agency experience
• Thrives in, and contributes to a positive, collaborative and fun work environment-- people person with strong communication skills!
• College degree or relevant experience in Art Direction/Design/Advertising/or Marketing
• Self-motivated, resourceful and detail-oriented
• Experience bringing ideas to life with high-quality comps and prototypes
• Excellent hands-on design with the Adobe suite
• Knowledge of Keynote and Powerpoint is strongly preferred. If you don’t know it, prepare to.
• Willingness to champion for the best ideas, strongest creative and excellent client delivery
• Portfolio of work showing strong visual narratives
• Ability to interpret feedback and pivot when necessary
• Ability to clearly convey ideas through proposals, decks, and client-facing presentations

About the Digital Producer position

VIVA is seeking a Digital Producer to support our digital productions globally. This position is responsible for managing multiple web, mobile, and event applications and activations.

Essential Functions:

• Manage multiple web, mobile, and event applications and activation
• Continually feed your ideas and creativity to the digital and creative teams
• Collaborate with Production, Design, and Development teams during the creative process (Brainstorming, and Content/Workflow)
• Create budget and project plans for multiple digital project types
• Develop wireframes, mockups, digital project requirements, design and development timelines for projects
• Oversee web development of digital projects, platform testing, and delivery of final platform to client
• Keep apprised of and implement web and mobile app best practices and new technologies
• Assist in the development and execution of social media networking and marketing campaigns (Facebook, Youtube, Vimeo, etc)
• Experience and understanding of web SEO
• Working knowledge of web analytics – experience with Google analytics preferred
• Keep and organize core documentation and archives of digital projects

Job Requirements:

• Collaborate with all departments to ensure a smooth transition to using new applications and functions for digital event platforms
• Four or more years of experience as a digital producer
• Must be highly proficient working in the following applications: Sketch, Adobe, Box.com, Numbers, Keynote, Webex, Jira, Agile and waterfall workflow.
• Familiarity with video conferencing platforms i.e. (ZOOM, WEBEX, ETC.)
• Experience managing the development of websites and applications
• Digital project management experience; agency experience a huge plus
• Experience with the development of web, mobile, and event applications and activations
• Live event activation experience such as: Live event registration and ecommerce microsites, live polling with moderated real time data visualization, event mobile apps, game development, and live streaming
• Experience with Wordpress
• Experience working with content management systems, including Laravel Nova administration panel
• Understanding of front end, back end, and software development life cycle
• Ability to work in a fast paced and quickly changing environment with short timelines
  
• Flexible schedule

Bonus Skills:Working knowledge of AWS, React Native, iOS, Android, PHP, JavaScript, XHTML, CSS, and HTML Experience working with VR/AR/MR teams

VIVA Creative seeks a Director, Business Development with the following requirements:

Minimum Requirements

• 6+ years of experience building, leading, and developing nimble and resourceful business development team in an agency environment
• 10+ years of experience within a Business Development role
• Deep experience with strategic Client acquisition and proposal responses

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Who are you?

Influence and Inspire: A business development leader with the ability to influence, motivate, and inspire our clients to believe in VIVA and win new opportunities.

Team and Employee Development: A leader is only as good as their team. A leader that thrives in developing an exceptional team that will strengthen the organization.

Innovative: An innovator with a creative toolbox that includes cutting edge ideas, technologies, design thinking, and a solid business acumen.

Strategic Thinking and Execution: A savvy leader with an entrepreneurial mindset that can think strategically on a global basis and can demonstrate a proven track record of acquiring business creatively.

Growth Mindset:An innovator that sees obstacles as opportunities. Holds the belief that challenges, and changes are opportunities for new thinking and improvement.

Organization: A supreme organizer. A leader with high level of organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail and an ability to multitask.

Communication:A confident and effective communicator, able to articulate clear goals, plans and achievements across the organization and to our clients.

Boundary Crossing: An integrative leader who works effectively at fostering collective action through a culture of collaboration and growth. A leader who is comfortable counting on peers to work collectively toward mutual success, achieving the extraordinary for our people, our client, and our work.

Responsibilities

• Develop and close new business opportunities to drive revenue for VIVA Creative
• Lead and manage a team of Business Development professionals; hold all team member accountable for responsibilities and tasks
• Cultivate new Client relationships and networking connections driven towards new business opportunities and partnerships
• Works closely with executive team to develop VIVA’s new business acquisition strategy
• Create and execute an action plan to successfully achieve VIVA’s new business acquisition strategy, including client acquisition and revenue targets.
• Identify quarterly Client outreach targets that support VIVA’s new business strategy
• Lead in-person and virtual pitches to senior and C-suite level Client teams
• Manage, coach and mentor a team of Business Development professionals, including performance reviews and professional development, compensation decisions, improvement initiatives, and other personnel actions.
• Directs VIVA’s cross-functional proposal and project handoff processes, ensures processes are working and team members are aligned
• Work closely with cross functional leaders and colleagues to leverage VIVA talent from across the agency for outstanding proposal responses related initiatives
• Manage proposal workflows, including timelines, milestones, and tasks
• Demonstrates humility in leadership by promoting success of team, finding opportunities for others to be recognized and advanced.
• Shares regular updates and flags with VIVA leadership regarding progress towards revenue targets, outreach highlights, challenges and successes