Business Development Manager - Leeds

As the Business Development Manager your role is to oversee, co-ordinate and implement all aspects of business development and new business within the UK. Despite the role having ultimate responsibility for business development, you will have the full support of a entire team and complete access to all the Directors.

Key objective:

As Business Development Manager, your role is to build, maintain and deliver an ongoing pipeline of good opportunities that will enable fuse8 to continue its rapid growth.

Key responsibilities:

• Work alongside the Managing Director to prepare the agency business development strategy
• Identify prospects/opportunities through reactive and proactive prospecting
• Generate leads through all channels of communication including phone/letters/email marketing and networking
• On-going relationship building with prospects
• Prepare for and attend new business meetings
• Database management using the agency bespoke contact management systems
• Develop new initiatives for engaging prospects
• Actively broaden company exposure and increase positive perceptions through networking events and conferences
• Develop and update marketing collateral with design and online teams
• Regular reporting to management on all business development activity
• Work closely with all teams as required for writing presentations, attending pitches, and collating follow-up materials for potential clients. Ultimately you will work towards leading the fuse8 pitch team.

Successful candidate profile:

• As Business Development Manager you will require a good understanding of digital/full-service agency world and the ability to present all disciplines well as required for a full-service agency such as fuse8
• Minimum 3 years proven experience of new business development in digital/creative/marketing

Personality/attributes:

• The ambition to make a difference and passionate about new business
• Self confident, presentable and very articulate
• Good hard working attitude
• Team player
• Plenty of initiative with willingness to bring new ideas and approaches
• Honest, open and down-to-earth
• Understanding of the international perspective available to fuse8 currently

Salary/package:

OTE in excess of £50K

We have high ambitions and will only consider the best for this role. If you fail to meet the necessary specifications outlined above, then sorry, but you won't be considered at his time - thanks.

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All applications in Writing with full CV outlining skill set to match the criteria outlined above, to Nigel Hunter, Managing Director or complete the online application form.

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