Vokal, a leading Digital Experience Agency, is looking for a passionate Business Development Lead  to join our growing team. Come take part in a supportive community where business and product designers and developers across iOS, Android, and web collaborate to face exciting new challenges and redefine the way digital transforms businesses and impacts people’s lives. We’re prepared to give you the tools you need to be great at what you do, including six ways (and counting) to brew your coffee—or plenty of tea if you prefer. Your experience as a member of our team matters just as much as the experiences we create for our clients and the users of our products.

This position is based in our home office in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. 

Vokal offers a competitive compensation package.

Your goal:

The Business Development Lead is responsible for driving success in the following areas:

• Serve as lead ambassador for our potential clients and our client services team

• Drive a unique experience for potential clients from our first touch point through close

• Managing the day-to-day and week-to-week activities and communication around new business opportunities and business development team members

• Assembling workshop, solution, engagement proposals with cross-functional discipline leads

• Organizing pitch materials and finalizing new business responses to both new and existing clients.

• Maintaining a knowledge base of pitch materials, templates, and customer relationships as it pertains to our ability to successfully win

The ideal candidate possesses excellent organization and communication skills (written and verbal) with a proficiency and success in working with prospective clients, particularly in the digital platform or marketing landscape.   

We are looking for an individual ready to be hands-on and collaborate with a fast-moving team within a fast-paced design organization. The ideal candidate can quickly grasp our strategic offerings and how those are best presented to clients, getting up to speed quickly with each opportunity.

A day in the life:

• Coordinate and own the day-to-day responsibilities and needs for active client pitches and RFP responses

• Support the development of Vokal’s story and response to client needs by developing response structure and incorporating content from key stakeholders

• Manage consistent prospect and response list to ensure communication is on-time and delivery of materials to prospective clients is flawless.

• Drive (as necessary) both internal and external stakeholders to ensure content is provided on-time and in the right context for delivery to prospect client

You will like working here if you strive to:

• Manage, coordinate, assemble, and execute proposal responses to prospective clients looking to drive their digital strategy and customer experience

• Work with a diverse group of industries, clients, and projects

• Work with the best and brightest within enterprise organizations creating digital innovation across industries

• Win great opportunities with industry-leading clients that are reshaping their company and industries

• Team-up with a fun and hard-working group toward a defined RFP response

• See ideas come to life within some of the world’s leading companies on mobile and web platforms around the country

Job Specifications:

• 3+ years of experience working within a team, organizing key client deliverables and identifying and focusing on innovative strategies and projects

• Outstanding organization, communication (written & verbal), and team-work capabilities

• Expertise with Google Drive and Microsoft product suite, experience with Salesforce

• Ability to monitor and motivate a team of multiple stakeholders--communicating deadlines and deliverables

• A track record of on-time performance and excellence meeting targets and objectives

• The ability to manage multiple and shifting priorities within demanding timeframes

• Familiarity with digital software development services and process a plus

• Familiarity with sales and business development culture is a plus

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Vokal is an industry-leading digital experience agency specializing in mobile application development, responsive website development, user experience design, and branding in an interconnected world. We are redefining the expectations of what value mobile can create through our success in enterprise mobility management, digital development, and mobile experience design innovation.