Freelance Business Development Assistant
Business Development Assistant
People’s Television is an Emmy®-nominated storytelling studio based in New York City and Washington, DC.
The Business Development Assistant revolves primarily around supporting across various sales & marketing initiatives, developing original social content on behalf of People’s Television, maintaining CRM workflows and organizing client relationship data, and assisting with other business development tasks on an as-needed basis.
Weekly responsibilities include:
- Maintaining organization within company CRM and updating key context for client relationships and pre-sale opportunities
- Supporting across pre-sale pitches including Simian reel creation and director outreach, proposal/deck design and copywriting.
- Drafting outreach messages to key prospects across email & LinkedIn and tracking communications within CRM
- Researching and proposing high-quality prospective leads, identifying target contacts through Google, LinkedIn, social media and additional platforms as needed
- Researching and supporting networking events and screenings to connect with new leads and prospects, capture content for social media, and represent the company
- Additional marketing tasks as needed, including but not limited to: drafting and planning social media posts, market research, original content brainstorming and creation, supporting in the development of quarterly company newsletters, and managing audience lists in Mailchimp
Time Requirements: 3-4x days/week (Tuesday-Thursday, option to add on Monday or Friday based on schedule & bandwidth requirements).
Compensation: The compensation for this position is $17.00/h.
Location: 220 W 30th Street, 2nd floor, New York.
Contract Length: This contract will commence the week of 2/02/2026 and will continue for 3x months, until the week of 5/01/2026. Prior to the contract end date, there will be a formal review period with an opportunity to extend the contract, based on bandwidth and needs.
To apply, send your resume to jobs@peoples.tv with the subject line "Business Development Assistant."