Business
development manager
Experienced business development manager
needed.
Requires sales experience
in documentation and communication services
and fluency in "plain language" concepts
their application to technical or complex writing.
Description
Techstyle is looking for a skilled business development and sales
professional with a documentation services background. This commission
based position offers a candidate the opportunity to find and develop
new clients
for
Techstyle
Group's
core business.
Candidates should have a solid understanding of document services
and the English
language, as well as some
expertise
in
current
techniques
and styles of writing. Applicant familiar with standard style
guides, writing guides, and dictionaries, such as:
- Chicago Manual of Style
- Gregg Reference Manual
- American Medical Association Manual of Style
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
- CBE Scientific Style and Format
- Associated Press Style Book
- Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition
- The Elements of Style, Strunk & White
- On Writing Well, William Zinsser
are preferred.
Candidates should be familiar with the US Government's Plain
Language Initiative and its resource referrals, and be able to
apply its recommendations and promote benefits to potential clients
and work.
Candidates should have skills working with a variety of customer
staff -- from buyers to subject-matter experts (SME) in a variety
of disciplines, and and ability to work
with SMEs to develop sales quotations and projects.
Prior experience
will be considered an added value in
one or more
of the
following:
Areas of focus
- Life sciences
- Pharmacology, drug discovery, and regulatory process
- Biomedicine and medical research
- Sports
- Education
- Intellectual property and technology transfer
- General business
- Government and law
- Content for marketing collateral and Web sites
Requirements
- Demonstrated knowledge of how to plan, organize, create, and
write long, complex documents—produced with clarity.
- Fluency with standard word-processor use in PC or Mac environments—Word,
WordPerfect, text-based editors
- Understanding of word-processing-based
and manual editorial techniques
- Ability to understand and sell editorial suggestions and revisions
- Ability to develop and work within project schedules
- References or equivalent, verifiable work demonstrating recent
sales, business development, and project management for documents
or significant publications—with knowledge and application
of excellent English syntax.
- 10+ years verifiable work experience
Prefer
- Professional writing certifications
- Ability to diagram sentences and explain sentence syntax
- Education and fluency in English.
- Knowledge with standard DTP applications, such as Adobe
Framemaker, Adobe Acrobat
- BS, BA, MBA, PhD,
MD, JD, MPH
Type of engagement
- Independent contractor (no agency-based placements)
- Permanent (full-time, part-time)
- Compensation: open (commission-based)
To apply, please forward letter and resume
to 
and
include TSG
Jobs-BDM in the subject
line.
Note: To ensure your email is not flagged
as SPAM, please
include:
TSG
Jobs-BDM
at the beginning of the subject line in your email.
About Techstyle Group LLC
Techstyle Group LLC is a privately held company providing communication
and documentation services. It specializes in using plain language
to improve the clarity of content delivered to diverse audiences
in many formats. Techstyle is a nationally certified, woman-owned
business that has operated since 1986. For
further information, see the About-Us page on this site. www.Techstyle.com
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