New Business Development Manager - Creative Communications Agency (London Area)

Business Development Manager

Desired Start Date – June 1st 2025

Salary: £40k P/A [OTE £80k delivered via quarterly bonus scheme]

Location: Shoreditch, London

Are you a results-driven professional with a passion for business development and sales?

Do you thrive on building strong client relationships and uncovering new opportunities?

Do you have knowledge and experience of the creative communications industry? If so we, have the perfect opportunity for you!

Our client is an integrated creative agency delivering extraordinary marketing for global brands and ambitious scale-ups. In less than 2 years they’ve built a reputation as one to watch in 2025 through high quality, quick-turn top-performing campaigns with some of the most recognisable IP in the world.

They uniquely combine actual brand-side leadership experience in-house together with standout creative and design talent to create a marketing power-up for global brands.

With this success comes growth and the company is looking to expand its UK-based team further and welcome in their first formal Business Development Role.

Role Purpose

As a New Business Development Firestarter, you will play a key role in generating new business, managing customer relationships, and driving sales within their business management & accounts function. This hybrid role combines lead generation, client management, and sales support, offering a dynamic and rewarding challenge.

The successful candidate will work directly into the Managing Director and Business Growth Lead / Non-executive Director.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and secure new business opportunities with both b2b and b2c global brands
• Set up appointments for the business team on larger opportunities and drive the co-ordination end to end of converting leads into new business
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline through networking, referrals, and proactive outreach
• Discover cross-selling opportunities across existing partners
• Utilise CRM systems to track leads, manage customer data, and maximise conversions
• Join other members of the team in representing the agency at networking events, exhibitions, and industry conferences
• Prepare proposals and quotations for prospective clients through Collaboration with internal teams
• Achieve individual and team sales targets while delivering excellent service

The successful candidate will come equipped with:

• Proven experience in Business Development, sales or a similar role
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills
• Ability to work independently wile contributing to a collaborative team environment
• Proficiency in CRM systems and sales tracking tools
• A pro-active and target-driven Mindset

Role Specific objectives + incentive scheme:

On-target earnings [OTE] can take the successful candidate up to double their salary (£80k) by meeting the below targets. These are taken quarterly (therefore quarterly bonus is £10k) and no bonus payments are made for items under 70%. Payment cap is 150% of target – at which point we would review. So ultimate potential salary under this initial structure is £100k P/A