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• Business Development Manager

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  Overview:

  The Business Development Manager plays a crucial role in managing client relationships, driving revenue growth, and ensuring the successful delivery of services or products to meet client objectives. This position requires a passion for business development, relationship building, and exceptional communication skills to collaborate effectively with internal teams and clients.

  On a day-to-day basis, you will:

  • Identify and secure new business selling a range of UK-wide media solutions.

  • Apply your networking skills to develop a sustainable pipeline of new business.

  • Act as the main contact for your clients and always provide outstanding customer service.

  • Present media strategies, campaign pacing and post-campaign analysis.

  • Work closely with the Account Directors and Managers, providing them with detailed campaign briefs that show clients’ pain points, goals, objectives, and service needs, enabling them to create a data-driven strategy.

  • Suggest relevant products to cross or up-sell.

  • Represent the company at industry events, conferences, and client meetings.

  • Keep updated with changes in the media landscape, adopting new tactics to improve client performance and meet client goals.

  Key skills and knowledge include:

  • Demonstrable experience working in a similar capacity and taking ownership of similar responsibilities within a media owner or agency environment.

  • Highly self-motivated with excellent interpersonal skills, a natural salesperson with a focus on high-value clients.

  • Highly self-motivated with the capability to work independently.

  • Strong networking skills and the ability to build relationships both internally and externally.

  • Track record of achieving KPI/targets

  • Desire to build a portfolio of new business ensuring continued long-term client satisfaction.

  • Excellent attention to detail with a track record of analysing performance.

  • Interest in and knowledge of up-to-date media best practices.

  • Strong working knowledge of MS Office.

  We believe there is enough business across the UK, we do not operate on a postcode sales area. Our Business Development team can target clients without area limits.

  BENEFITS:

  •. 28 days holiday (25 days increasing to 28 days after length of service)

  •. Your Birthday off

  •. 3pm Friday finish

  •. Hyrbrid working

  •. Bupa employee assistance for you and your family 24/7

  •. £250 Employee referral bonus

  •. Employee of the quarter award

  •. Free Perkbox account – with 50 monthly flexi points to spend on us! Giving you 24/7 access to over 4,000 perks/benefits plus mindfulness, meditation and easy to follow HIIT & fitness videos

  •. Free entry into a quarterly draw to win a long weekend with 3 extra days holiday to Portugal!

  •. Regular team events

  •. Great scope for career progression

  Being an innovative advertising agency, we take pride in our work and our team. We have big plans and we want everyone to be part of our exciting future. The growth potential at Forward & Thinking has no limits. Training will be given on our core ethos, high level of customer service, methodology and computer programs used, however, the core skills outlined above will be already in place for the successful applicant.

  Salary will be commensurate with experience.

  Job Type: Full-time

  Schedule: Monday to Friday

  Education: Bachelor’s (preferred, not essential)

  Work Location: Hybrid remote in Market Weighton, YO43 3EF (negotiable)