Schedule: Full-time
Experience needed: Advanced
Location: Remote ( Based in Montreal or Miami is a plus )
IMAGEMOTION is looking for a highly entrepreneurial Head of Growth & Ventures to lead our new business growth and help identify the brands and ventures we want to build, incubate and invest in.
This is not a traditional sales role. We’re looking for a strategic, relationship-driven dealmaker who understands brands, marketing, growth and entrepreneurship — someone who can identify opportunities, open doors, build relationships with senior decision-makers and turn those relationships into meaningful, long-term partnerships.
You will work directly with IMAGEMOTION’s Founder and leadership team across two key mandates: Agency Growth and Ventures.
Agency Growth & Business Development
You will own IMAGEMOTION’s new business pipeline from prospecting through close.
What You’ll Accomplish
- Develop and execute IMAGEMOTION’s business development and go-to-market strategy across priority industries and markets
- Identify high-potential verticals, brands and companies that align with our capabilities
- Build and manage a strong pipeline of qualified new business opportunities
- Research and develop strategic prospect lists and execute targeted outreach through LinkedIn, email, introductions, events and other channels
- Build relationships with Founders, CEOs, CMOs, VPs of Marketing and other senior decision-makers
- Lead discovery conversations to understand a brand’s challenges, priorities, budgets and growth objectives
- Translate those challenges into integrated marketing opportunities across social, content, creative, paid media, influencer, e-commerce and digital
- Collaborate with our strategy, creative and leadership teams to develop compelling proposals and pitches
- Lead commercial conversations, pricing negotiations and contract discussions with support of our founder
- Independently drive opportunities from first conversation through signed engagement
- Identify expansion and cross-sell opportunities across existing client relationships
- Build strategic partnerships, referral relationships and other channels that generate new business
- Maintain accurate pipeline reporting, forecasts and business development KPIs
- Represent IMAGEMOTION at relevant industry events, conferences and networking opportunities
Ventures & Brand Incubation
Beyond traditional agency engagements, we want to identify companies where IMAGEMOTION can participate in the upside we help create.
You will work directly with our Founder to source and evaluate emerging brands and entrepreneurial opportunities where IMAGEMOTION can contribute through marketing, resources, strategic guidance, capital and/or equity-based partnerships.
You will:
- Source promising early-stage and growth-stage consumer brands
- Develop relationships with founders, investors, accelerators and the broader startup ecosystem
- Evaluate opportunities from a brand, marketing, commercial and growth perspective
- Identify companies where IMAGEMOTION’s capabilities can materially accelerate growth
- Explore structures including equity-for-services, strategic investments, incubation and advisory partnerships
- Help develop and negotiate venture partnership structures
- Identify opportunities where IMAGEMOTION’s Founder can participate as a strategic advisor
- Build relationships with potential investors and strategic partners for portfolio companies
- Work alongside founders to connect them with IMAGEMOTION’s creative, content, media, e-commerce and growth infrastructure
Your Expertise
- 5+ years of experience in business development, sales, partnerships or a related commercial role
- Strong preference for experience within a marketing agency, advertising agency, MarTech/AdTech company, consumer brand, venture studio or startup environment
- Proven ability to generate, manage and close meaningful new business opportunities
- Experience building relationships with C-level and VP-level executives
- Strong understanding of modern marketing across social, content, creative, paid media, influencer and e-commerce
- Experience developing pitches, proposals and commercial strategies
- Strong negotiation, objection-handling and closing skills
- Ability to navigate complex decision-making and procurement processes
- Comfortable working with CRM systems, pipeline reporting, forecasting and revenue targets
- Understanding of DTC, CPG, beauty, fashion, wellness, lifestyle and e-commerce brands is a strong asset
- Exposure to startups, venture capital, investing or equity structures is a plus
The Person We’re Looking For
You’re a hunter, connector and strategic thinker.
You see white space as opportunity.
You know how to research a company before reaching out, how to get the right person into a conversation, and how to turn that conversation into an opportunity.
You’re comfortable speaking with a startup founder one day and the CMO of a major brand the next.
You can pitch beyond the deck.
Most importantly, you have an entrepreneurial mindset. You’re excited not only by winning the next great client, but by discovering the next great company we may have the opportunity to help build.
Why IMAGEMOTION
We’ve built a unique team and operation beyond the traditional agency model.
This role sits at the intersection of business development, marketing, entrepreneurship and investing — with the opportunity to play a meaningful role in both the growth of IMAGEMOTION and the companies we choose to back.
Benefits of working at IMAGEMOTION:
- Work and grow in an agency that believes in human capital and professional development.
- Group Health Insurance coverage.
- Paid Vacation days.
- Summer Fridays.
- Flexible working schedule.
- Flexibility in working fully remotely or from studios and offices in Griffintown, Montreal.
- Access to our event space and production studios at no cost.
- Team activities and training.
- Collaborative work environment.
- Travel Opportunities
- And more.
If you are interested and believe you have the experience we are looking for, please submit your profile via HR@imagemotion.com.