Business Development Manager

£35,000 - £45,000

Birmingham / Hybrid

Fantastic opportunity for an experienced Business Development Manager or Senior Account Manager / Account Director with a love of new business development to join a thriving creative design agency based in Birmingham!

This is a newly created position with an agency that has solid year on year growth and is looking to step this up with the key appointment of a Business Development Manager. The agency are b2b focused and work with an array of high-profile clients within a variety of sectors from global multinationals to specialist SMEs. Within this role you will be responsible for the full sales cycle; from identifying new leads and developing a target strategy to pitching and presenting to new clients developing strong long-term relationships.

What would you be working on?

• Working with Directors to create a new business strategy and target clients.
• Sourcing new leads through networking, social media and attending events but also with the support of a new business agency.
• Developing excellent relationships with potential clients and maintaining these throughout the sales cycle
• Managing the pitch process and attending meetings with prospective clients, providing extensive insight and advice in relation to their strategic objectives
  
  

They are looking for a candidate who has:

• Solid business development / sales experience within an agency environment developing business at a senior stakeholder level. Whilst integrated agency experience would be great, they are open to candidates from marketing, digital, design, creative, comms agency backgrounds. You could also be a Senior Account Manager or Account Director with extensive new business development experience looking to specialise in that area.
• A tenacious attitude and ability to get stuck in, generating leads, making calls, arranging meetings, and pitching and presenting.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a thriving full-service agency at a point where they are investing heavily in their sales function, offering their recruit a great package as well as the longer-term opportunity to grow and develop their seniority within the business.

This really is an exciting opportunity – if you think this could be the role for you and would like to know more or have a confidential chat, please send through your CV today!

Ref: 49634

AA123