[Hiring] Business Development Associate @Wolfjaw Studios

Role Description

The Business Development team at Wolfjaw Studios is how those relationships begin. We identify studios, publishers, and media companies facing real scaling challenges, start thoughtful conversations with them, and tell the story of the work we've already delivered.

As a Business Development Associate, you will split your time between business development (about 75%) and team support (about 25%).

• Business Development (about 75%):
  • Researching prospective clients across games and media, including their products, recent news, technical challenges, and decision-makers regarding backend and infrastructure work.
  • Evaluating whether each prospect is a genuine fit for Wolfjaw's services, and documenting your reasoning.
  • Finding recent, verifiable reasons to reach out, such as a launch, a scaling milestone, or a platform change, and confirming them against primary sources.
  • Drafting personalized cold emails and follow-ups that are reviewed before sending, and maintaining our outreach tracker and CRM.
  • Identifying and verifying the right contact at each company, and flagging uncertainties.
• Team Support (about 25%):
  • Capturing clear, organized notes during client and internal meetings, and sharing action items afterward.
  • Researching and writing client case studies by turning engineering and project notes into polished stories.
  • Supporting leadership with research, document preparation, and other day-to-day business needs.

Qualifications

• Strong writing skills, with the ability to write concise, personalized, professional emails and longer-form pieces such as case studies.
• Strong research skills, including finding information online, judging source reliability, and summarizing key points.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organization, managing many prospects and tasks simultaneously.
• Comfort learning technical concepts well enough to explain them clearly to others.
• Written and oral proficiency in the English language is required.

Requirements

• A passion for and an understanding of the gaming industry.
• Prior experience in sales, business development, marketing, recruiting, or another outreach-focused role, including internships.
• Familiarity with CRM and prospecting tools such as HubSpot or Apollo, and comfort working in Google Workspace (Gmail, Sheets, Docs).
• Experience writing for an audience, such as marketing copy, journalism, blog posts, or technical documentation.
• Experience working in both a startup-like environment and at a larger company.
• Exhibits learning agility; can think differently and grasp new skills and concepts.
• Approaches problems in a clear, well-organized, and solutions-oriented manner.

Benefits

• Fully remote availability.
• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Friendly and supportive colleagues and managers.
• Opportunity to make key technical decisions which help define the future of product and infrastructure development.
• The chance to apply your existing knowledge while gaining experience with cutting-edge technology and methodologies.
• Positions at Wolfjaw are full-time (non-contract) W2, salaried roles.
• Company-subsidized Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance options.
• 401(k) matching, discretionary bonus opportunities, flex working time policy, generous paid time off, holidays, professional growth support, and much more.
• This position has the opportunity to be fully remote, but for candidates local to Troy, NY, a hybrid arrangement is possible.
• The following states are currently eligible for remote work: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.