Director, Listings Sales Creative & Pitch Strategy

What You'll Do

Team Leadership & Operations

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of associates responsible for pitch deck production and sales collateral
• Build and manage scalable workflows and intake processes to support hundreds of requests per year without sacrificing quality
• Establish and enforce brand, design, and storytelling standards across all deliverables
• Track team capacity, prioritize projects, and manage deadlines in a fast-paced, high-volume environment

Pitch Deck & Collateral Creation

• Own the end-to-end pitch deck creation process: from brief intake through discovery and final delivery, for Nasdaq's Listings Sales Directors
• Partner with Sales Directors to deeply understand their deal context and translate it into persuasive, narrative-driven presentations
• Develop and maintain a library of modular slide templates, data visualizations, and storytelling frameworks that can be rapidly customized
• Ensure all materials reflect Nasdaq's brand voice, visual identity, and competitive positioning

Technology & Innovation

• Champion the use of AI tools, automation, and emerging creative technologies to accelerate production and enhance quality
• Evaluate and implement tools such as AI-powered design agents, presentation automation platforms, and content generation tools to scale the team's output
• Leverage Nasdaq’s GenAI platform and other platforms like Canva or equivalent to streamline creation
• Build and iterate on AI-assisted workflows that reduce manual effort while improving consistency

Collaboration & Storytelling

• Serve as a strategic creative partner to Listings Sales Directors, understanding each company's listing journey and crafting narratives that resonate with prospective issuers
• Translate data, market trends, and competitive insights into compelling visual stories
• Gather and integrate feedback loops from sales to continuously improve pitch effectiveness

What You Bring

Required

• 6+ years of experience in creative strategy, sales enablement, marketing operations, or a related field
• 2+ years of people management experience leading creative or content teams
• Exceptional presentation design skills with a strong portfolio of pitch decks, sales materials, or visual storytelling work
• Deep expertise in PowerPoint and/or Google Slides; experience with modern design and presentation tools (Canva, Beautiful.ai, Pitch, Tome, etc.)
• Strong project management skills with the ability to juggle multiple high-priority requests simultaneously
• Meticulous attention to detail — you catch every misaligned element, typo, and off-brand color
• Strong written communication and narrative structuring skills
• Demonstrated experience working with sales teams to develop persuasive, insight-driven content

Preferred / Big Pluses

• Experience building or deploying AI agents for content generation, design automation, or workflow orchestration
• Canva Certification or demonstrated Canva for Enterprise expertise
• Familiarity with financial markets, capital markets, or investment banking content
• Experience in a high-volume content production environment (100+ pieces of collateral annually)
• Background in visual data storytelling, infographic design, or data visualization
• Exposure to the IPO, listings, or exchange ecosystem

What Success Looks Like

• Your team delivers polished, on-brand pitch materials on time, every time
• Sales Directors feel fully equipped, and never have to worry about the quality of what's behind them
• You have built a repeatable, tech-enabled creative machine that scales with demand
• Narrative frameworks you develop become the standard for how Nasdaq tells its listings story

Note: This role is not client-facing. The Director, Listings Sales Creative & Pitch Strategy works exclusively with internal stakeholders to support Nasdaq's Global Listings sales organization.

Note: This position will be in our New York City Office (NYHQ) 5 days a week.

The base pay range for this role is 112000 - 207000 USD