ANDREA WILEMON
New York,NY
Summary
Experienced New Business Director with a proven track record in thriving within fast-paced environments. Excels at providing solutions and support that surpass clients' marketing, advertising, and branding needs to help them achieve growth goals. Expertise includes supporting and leading pitches for national campaigns and global product launches. Extensive experience working with integrated teams across creative, media, and CXM service lines to create customized solutions for prospective clients with national and global ambitions. Recognized for the ability to collaborate effectively in a team, ready to serve as a liaison between the agency, prospective clients, and all new business initiatives.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Director, Business Development Operations
Publicis Groupe
01.2025 - Current
- Lead the end-to-end development and delivery of new business pitches and presentations.
- Collaborate with executive leadership on overall pitch approach, win strategy, and competitive advantage.
- RFI & RFP responses, delivering customized responses that cater to clients' individual business needs.
- Lead cross-functional teams across creative, media, and CXM service lines to deliver integrated client solutions.
Director, New Business
Dentsu International
09.2022 - 12.2024
- Lead the end-to-end development and delivery of new business pitches and presentations.
- Collaborate with executive leadership on overall pitch approach, win strategy, and competitive advantage.
- RFI & RFP responses, delivering customized responses that cater to clients' individual business needs.
- Lead cross-functional teams across creative, media, and CXM service lines to deliver integrated client solutions.
- Supervise and manage U.S. agency growth pipeline and yearly budget.
- Partner with discipline leads to build exclusive staffing proposals and global operating models.
- Support U.S. CGO on all strategic prospecting initiatives, consultant relationships, and managing agency marketing materials.
Manager, New Business
Dentsu International
11.2021 - 08.2022
- Manage the New Business team's day to day activities including prospecting tracking, upkeep of key tools, agency case studies, and master New Business file.
- Support RFP and pitch deck development, working alongside key pitch team stakeholders to ensure client deadlines are
met. - Served as the point of contact for network requests for all new business resources - case studies, creds decks, and competitor research.
- Responsible for client and prospect background research, category, and competitive intelligence.
Account Executive, New Business
McCann New York
01.2020 - 11.2021
- Work along a consistent new business process, maintaining schedules and structure that pitch and prospecting teams need to succeed.
- Present potential new client research to the executive team weekly.
- Manage North America Growth prospecting and tracking.
- Work with the in-house production team to produce pitch artifacts and case study videos.
- Assist new business team lead with pitch deck progress and design management.
Skills
- Written RFI/RFP Responses
- Crafting staffing plans & operating models
- Consultant relationship building
- Coaching & encouraging junior teams
- Cultural Awareness
Timeline
Director, Business Development Operations
Publicis Groupe
01.2025 - Current
Director, New Business
Dentsu International
09.2022 - 12.2024
Manager, New Business
Dentsu International
11.2021 - 08.2022
Account Executive, New Business
McCann New York
01.2020 - 11.2021