About the Company.

Gimbal is a marketing and advertising automation platform powered by physical-world data. Using our own hardware and software, Gimbal enables brands, media agencies, and marketers to deliver relevant messages in order to improve marketing communications and measure the effectiveness of their campaigns. Powered by its always-on location SDK, micro-location BLE beacons, and a complete mobile advertising stack, Gimbal’s suite of tools generates hyper-accurate location data that allows brands to target consumers more effectively and attribute their spend via actions in the physical world.

Gimbal is the most comprehensive location-based software and hardware provider in the country, led by a team of experienced serial entrepreneurs and media industry veterans. We’re headquartered in Los Angeles with satellite offices in New York City, San Diego, San Francisco, Chicago, and Columbus. 

About the Job.

In this role, you will work directly with both our Head of Corporate Development and our CEO to position Gimbal in a way that will maximize engagement with prospective acquisition targets. You will be heavily involved in every facet of the sourcing, diligence, qualification, and execution cycle.  

What you’ll be doing:

• Reaching out to acquisition targets in the media, location, and technology sector to determine mutual fit with Gimbal

• Following up with emails, calls, and meetings to move prospects along and cultivate the relationship

• Qualifying leads and performing diligence on prospects to determine financial viability, including reviewing of financial statements and cap tables

• Managing data flow and absorbing large amounts of information on prospects to evaluate whether a prospect has the propensity to close a transaction

• Assisting with any capital transactions needed to finance acquisitions

• Producing progress reports for directors to monitor process and assist where necessary

• Executing on NDAs and other legal documents

• Interfacing regularly with other executives of the company including the President, CFO, CRO, COO, and Controller

Who you are:

• A self-starter — you thrive working in small, collaborative teams with a lot of autonomy

• An enthusiastic planner — you know that early is on time and on time is late, and your calendar organization would make Marie Kondo jealous

• A proactive problem solver — you are constantly looking for ways to work smarter, delivering new efficiencies anywhere an improvement can be made

What you have:

• 2-5 years prior work experience in a client-facing business development role 

• Proven M&A process knowledge, including experience performing cold outreach

• Strong understanding of corporate finance and capital markets

• Experience presenting to C-level executives at companies/investment funds

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Finance/Accounting

• Experience in media technology industry a plus