Business Development Manager

About Us

We are CreativeRace, the experts in strategy, performance, and creativity for brands in a hyper-connected world and we are looking for a Business Development Manager to come and join our team.

Our work is meaningful. We don’t just add to the noise or create art for art’s sake – just creatively driven work with impact that truly changes customer behaviour. We find the sweet spot where brand and performance meet, producing creative work across TV, print, digital and social that delivers results and predictable outcomes time after time. Our independence, unique perspective, and collaborative ways of working lead to decisive solutions that remove the risk from the brave choices.

We are on an incredible journey of growth with a new leadership team and big ambitions that are being achieved. So come and join in.

The Opportunity

We’re on the lookout for a dynamic and ambitious business development representative to help lead the growth of the agency for ‘22 and beyond. In this 360 role you will be responsible for driving new client relationships and revenue for the business. You will work collaboratively with the rest of the Sales and Marketing team and be supported by the Sales Director to successfully manage external agency relationships, sales processes including RFP responses, pitches, solution creation, reporting, and creation of case studies/sales collateral.This role is exciting and fast paced. You will enjoy speaking to new clients, unearthing unique challenges and working across our seven core services offerings to deliver purposeful solutions for our clients. This is a full-time role – 37.5 hrs a week.

The Package

• Competitive salary based on experience
• 25 days holiday (excluding Bank Holidays)
• Your birthday off
• Flexible working
• Private health care with Vitality
• Pension with Aviva – 3% employer, 5% employee
• Skills share – Virtual learning platform
• Regular social events

How to Apply

Please send a CV and cover note to jobs@creativerace.co.uk.

We hire against our core behaviours because they are important to us, so if you think you possess the following, we’d love to chat: Resilient | Accountable | Considerate | Engaging.

The Requirements

• Driving new business client acquisition across our seven core service areas
• Building and nurturing relationships with new clients
• Creating, leading, managing and organising initial meetings, pitches and proposal responses
• Managing the sales pipeline against target with the help of our CRM system
• Helping to manage the flow and volume of new leads
• Working closely with our lead generation function to ensure high quality leads are being driven in line with our qualification criteria
• Reporting on and managing sales performance, again through our CRM
• Working closely with Strategy & Solutions teams to deliver effective new business proposals and pitches
• Effectively communicating with new business prospects, to ensure that our prospective clients have the very best experience in selecting CreativeRace as their agency partner
• Effective project management of sales processes

The Nice to Haves

• Experience of working in an integrated sales and marketing function
• Marketing agency experience
• Project management experience and strong organisation skills
• Internal stakeholder management experience
• Experience of working in fast paced environments
• Strong business acumen
• A good understanding of how marketing plays a part in the successful running of a business
• Ambitious, driven, positive proactive, upbeat, team player, willing to muck in with the wider team and maintain the day-to-day good vibes of the agency
• We like to hire against the core behaviours that are important to us, so if you think you possess the following, we’d love to chat: Resilient I Accountable I Considerate I Engaging