Associate, Business Development

Role Overview

The Associate, Business Development will help grow and support the business development function for Promoted Ads, Ticketmaster’s proprietary advertising platform. This role blends prospecting, client support, business operations, and marketing coordination — keeping the pipeline accurate and moving, supporting day-to-day client and operational needs, and enabling Directors to spend more time building relationships and driving growth.

What You Will Do

Research, qualify, and prioritize prospective clients for the team, while onboarding self-serve users and setting them up for success. Support initial outreach and communications to prospects. Maintain accurate prospect, activity, and next-step information in the CRM. Identify opportunities to improve pipeline organization, follow-up consistency, and reporting.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role is a strong opportunity for someone who is curious, dependable, thorough, process-minded, and client-focused, and eager to build a career in business development or sales.

Requirements

• 1–3 years of experience in business development, sales, account management, marketing, or a related field
• Genuine curiosity about event marketers — promoters, venues, sports teams, and arts and theater organizations — and their goals and challenges, with the ability to build trusted relationships through thoughtful listening and follow-through
• Comfortable learning the technical details of Promoted Ads’ products and the broader digital advertising/retail media landscape, and translating them clearly for different audiences
• Confident and polished in client-facing conversations, including preparing for and delivering product demos and presentations
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and consistent follow-through
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities, meeting deadlines, and owning recurring workflows
• Collaborative, team-first mindset with the ability to work effectively across functions
• Strong problem-solving skills; comfortable asking thoughtful questions to understand issues beyond the surface level
• Analytical aptitude, with the ability to pull, organize, and analyze basic performance, campaign, or business data to identify trends and flag potential issues
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint) and Google Workspace (Sheets, Slides, Docs, Drive)
• Familiarity with CRM and pipeline-management platforms such as Monday.com, Salesforce, or similar tools
• Comfortable learning new systems and working across multiple tools and platforms
• Interest in digital advertising, media, entertainment, and technology
• Bonus: experience with Asana, Jira, or similar project-management tools

Benefits

• Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family
• Free concert tickets
• Generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
• 401(k) program with company match
• Stock reimbursement program
• New parent programs including caregiver leave, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support
• Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment
• Volunteer time off
• Crowdfunding match