Growth Executive - Manchester

A world where complexity is the only constant demands a new breed of company. Brave Bison is a different beast: a media, marketing and technology company purpose built for the digital era.

Our universe is made up of award-winning business arms Brave Bison, Engage, SocialChain and MTM. We’re underpinned by leading marketing training practice, MiniMBA, as well as our very own social-first media network who deliver monthly views in the billions for some of the biggest channels in sport and entertainment across YouTube, Snap, Meta and TikTok.

We’re a global collective who live and breathe digital, working with some of the boldest brands in the world to capitalise on the complexity that defines the modern marketing landscape.

Our mission is to cut through the chaos, make the complex simple and navigate a clear path to growth for our clients—across consultancy, capability and execution—by crafting dynamic digital solutions that outpace tomorrow’s challenges.

We’re a proudly diverse business comprised of deep specialists across media, marketing, training and technology. Although our skills, backgrounds and beliefs may differ, we are united by four core shared values:

• Bold Curiosity: We run at change and challenge convention because we love to push the boundaries of what the world thinks is possible.
• Connected Clarity: We are focused in our collaboration — joining the right dots between our clients, our partners and our herd of experts to deliver agile solutions at speed and scale.
• Positive Encouragement: We want to make working with us the best part of someone’s day.
• Constant Impact: We believe in outcomes over outputs. We’re goal orientated, results driven and data-led.

The Social Chain growth team are on the hunt for a hungry, outgoing, and versatile growth executive to support our ambitious growth plans. You’ll be working across our Social specialism, to nurture our sales pipeline, operationalise our CRM, compile outstanding RFPs, support pitches, create engaging sales collateral and keep our reporting at the top of its game.

This is a commercial role but one that comes with the support of a thriving and tight-knit community of growth leads and marketers, all laser focused on continuously driving revenue growth and ensuring all new clients are set up for long-term success.

To thrive in this role, you’ll be:

• Strategic: A big-picture thinker who can think cross-discipline across the marketing mix.
• Commercially minded: Excited by working to targets.
• Audience-obsessed: Wanting to learn to deeply understand our clients and prospects.
• Tech-savvy: Knowledgeable about the latest AI and automation tools.
• Adaptable: Able to inspire, align and influence people across multiple stakeholders and departments.

You’ll have:

• Previous experience working with cross-disciplinary teams in an agency environment, with 1+ years in a Growth, client services, or sales role in a social or digital, or sports media agency.
• Experience supporting pitches.
• A clear understanding of the social or sports landscape.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Proficient in problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict resolution.

Some of your core responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with the marketing team to nurture relevant leads from outbound marketing activity into live pitch opportunities.
• Attending both agency owned and wider industry events to identify and develop potential future clients.
• Ensuring our CRM, Hubspot, is always kept up to date with all new business activity.
• Working closely with our Financial Director to ensure our new business pipeline is accurately reflected in commercial forecasting.
• Owning and delivering our monthly growth report for Social Chain and Engage.
• Qualifying and responding to relevant new business opportunities.
• Supporting the client services team in driving onboarding excellence.
• Keeping our growth drive up to date with the latest agency credentials, pitch responses and case studies.
• Supporting the wider growth team and Head of Growth in evolving the agency proposition and growth strategies.

We offer an attractive benefits package, including:

• Dynamic working: Flexible on where and when you work.
• Private medical insurance.
• Income protection.
• 25 days annual leave, increasing with tenure.
• Christmas closure.
• Birthdays off.
• Summer hours.
• Online coaching and mental health support.
• Remote Working: Work abroad for up to one month a year.
• Performance & Salary: Reviewed twice a year for everyone.

We’re proud and committed to being an equal opportunity workplace, providing equal opportunities for all and treating all existing employees and all job applicants in the same way.