Director of Growth & Impact

Mightybytes
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Location

Chicago, IL, USA

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Workplace type

Remote

No physical office space, meet in-person when we can.

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Pay range

$60000–$70000/yr

Base salary + sales commission

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Job type

Full-time

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Experience level

5–7 years

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Ideal start date

Flexible

About the role

This position combines traditional outbound sales and marketing with a community-focused approach to creating positive social and environmental impact. This is a virtual, full-time position that reports to the President. Compensation includes a base salary plus commission and a full benefits package. Some travel may be required.

Why this role matters

As a key member of our team, you will help us improve the company’s positive social and environmental impact by forging new relationships within the impact sector while driving sales of our digital products and services. 

Primary duties and responsibilities

Drive growth: Increase the number of qualified leads Mightybytes closes.

Collaborate with our team to identify organizations and opportunities that fuel our mission:

  • Pipeline: Increase the number of prospective clients entering our sales/marketing funnel through various channels.

  • Community-building: Nurture ongoing, trust-based relationships that help us create shared value within the impact sector.

  • Proposal creation: Work with our team to craft exceptional solutions to client problems and communicate those clearly in proposals.

  • Close new business: Finally, we achieve our company mission by converting impact-driven prospects and warm leads into paying clients with values-aligned projects. This is key to our success.

Measure impact: Analyze and communicate how our efforts contribute to overall positive social and environmental impact.

Mightybytes employs several impact business models that help us better serve clients with ethical, responsible, and more sustainable digital solutions. We’re looking for creative ways to measure the impact we create for these organizations:

  • Data strategy: Identify which metrics make most sense to track on each project and help us craft successful measurement strategies.

  • Risk & resilience analysis: Help us better understand potential risks to maintaining a healthy business ecosystem.

  • Benchmarking: Measure progress over time and identify methods for continuous learning and improvement to reach desired outcomes.

Typical schedule

M-F, 9am to 5pm CT

Tools used

Mightybytes employs a variety of tools to help us drive growth and measure impact, including email marketing, SEO, CRM, and social media management software as well as the B Impact Assessment and other analytics tools.

About the team

Mightybytes helps social enterprises, nonprofits, and purpose-driven businesses solve problems, build capacity, and amplify their impact. Our digital agency is a small, close-knit team of technologists, marketers, and problem solvers working to make a measurable difference in the world. For Certified B Corps like ours, growth and impact are inextricably linked.

Who we're looking for

This role would be a great fit for an experienced marketer or salesperson who understands agency culture and shares our passion for supporting the growing Impact Economy. Good verbal and written communications skills are critical to this position's success.

Skills and knowledge

You’ll do really well in this role if you possess the following qualities:

  • Mission-focused: Create positive social/environmental impact, collaborate with like-minded people to drive change.

  • Clear communicator: Can convey technical information in concise ways that non-technical audiences easily understand.

  • Well-connected: Have an established network within the impact sector that you are eager to grow.

  • Friendly: You enjoy interacting with people to engender trust and build community.

  • Consistent: Sshow month-to-month results and provide a consistent, delightful experience for new and existing customers.

Also useful:

  • Agency experience: Understand consulting services and digital agency projects in a competitive environment.

  • B Corps: Knowing how Certified B Corps contribute to a stakeholder-driven economy.

  • Digital acumen: Understanding how design and technology apply to real-world problems. Knowledge of digital sustainability is a big plus!

Traits and attributes

Similarly, these traits will help you find success faster:

  • Collaborative

  • Detail-minded

  • Accountable

  • Love to learn

  • Appreciate balance in life and in work

Compensation and benefits

We have budgeted a base salary range of $60k to $70k plus commissions on closed deals. Mightybytes’ benefits package includes health/dental/vision coverage, generous PTO including holidays, remote work, flex time, and other benefits. 

Mightybytes is a Chicago-based digital agency and Certified B Corp. We help great organizations create greater impact.

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Location

Chicago, IL, USA

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LGBTQ+

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Company size

1-10

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Industry

Consulting & Business Services

Internet & Technology

Creative / Graphic Design, UI, UX

Software Development

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Founded

Consulting & Business Services, Internet & Technology, Creative / Graphic Design, UI, UX, Software Development

Impact goals

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