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The Walt Disney Company Sr Associate, Business Development in Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Disney’s Corporate Alliances team develops and manages multi-faceted, long-term strategic marketing relationships with top global brands. The Corporate Alliances team is dedicated to creating incremental value through creative storytelling between The Walt Disney Company and its partners. Our team’s mission is to be the world’s premier marketing partnership organization.
The Business Development Center of Excellence is located in Orlando, FL, and is responsible for building new Corporate Alliance partnerships by leveraging a diverse set of skills that includes research, ideation, influence, and negotiation. As part of this team, you will be the visionary that brings all segments of The Walt Disney Company together to meet the objectives of our partners.
Responsibilities:
This job is the perfect fit for you, if:
You want to be part of a dynamic team that represents The Walt Disney Company in business dealings with some of the world’s leading brands (e.g., Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and General Motors)
You’re an entrepreneurial-minded individual comfortable with interacting with senior-level stakeholders
You are energized by research and interpreting third-party industry reports, sponsorship trends and other sources of data to explain the market dynamics
You like to lead individual workstreams and use your project management skills to drive toward your desired outcome
You understand the art of building consensus and know that successful partnerships are grounded in trust and mutual respect
You are comfortable striking up conversation and building rapport with internal stakeholders
You thrive in an environment in which you are assigned new projects on a regular basis
You work exceedingly well collaborating with a team and think “team first”
Your organization and attention to detail helps you prioritize and manage multiple tasks/projects
You know how to get smart on anything, and you demonstrate it by quickly understanding categories and opportunities
You can easily distill information into succinct, insightful summaries for your team
You are invigorated when creating something that has never been done before, and charting a new path is seen as motivating, not discouraging
You are inquisitive and comfortable with asking questions, gathering information, and seeking necessary levels of detail/feedback
You are self-motivated, proactive and look for ways to actively contribute
You can create an extensive, multi-part presentation for partner meetings, and can coordinate inputs from several internal partners into one cohesive document
You display a high degree of “social intelligence” in reading people, handling situations and influencing desired outcome
Basic Qualifications:
3+ years of relevant work experience
Understand basic financial statements
Proven business acumen
Ability and propensity to turn vision into action while following through on numerous parallel workstreams
Proficiency in creative and analytical thinking
Proven ability to create advanced, complex presentations, e.g., PowerPoint and Keynote
Comfortable with ambiguity
Possess facilitation and influencing skills
Effective written communication and storytelling skills
Preferred Qualifications:
1+ years of experience in marketing, consulting, strategy, partnership development, business development, product development, or similar
Comfortable working in excel with basic data and financial information
Familiarity with Keynote
Familiarity with TWDC portfolio of products and services, including a working knowledge of Disney Parks & Resorts
Required Education:
- Bachelor’s degree
Preferred Education:
- MBA
Job ID: 10094317
Location: Lake Buena Vista,Florida
Job Posting Company: The Walt Disney Company (Corporate)
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