At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive business growth by connecting with brands and building lasting relationships.
- Company: Join Graceful Monkey, a creative studio trusted by global brands like Nike and Google.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, strong commission, flexible working, and 31 holiday days including your birthday.
- Other info: Part-time options available; we value work-life balance and personal growth.
- Why this job: Be part of a dynamic team making a real impact in the creative industry.
- Qualifications: Experience in business development and a genuine network of brand contacts.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
We are Graceful Monkey, a London-based creative production studio with big ideas, a big heart, and the range of skills and experience to make almost anything happen. Some of the world's biggest companies (Nike, Puma, Google, Novartis) trust us with their brand family jewels. We need an optimist, a straight-talker and a "make-it-happen-er": someone with established contacts and the desire to expand their network. We need you to help lay the foundations for us to build on.
Direct to Brand (D2B) Sales
- Identifying and targeting brand-side prospects directly: in-house marketing, creative and content teams
- Building and owning a pipeline of D2B leads across key sectors, including healthcare, sport and emerging tech industries
- Pitching Graceful Monkey's services confidently and with conviction: in person, over the phone and on a deck
- Reconnecting with dormant brand contacts and finding new routes into existing client organisations
- Attending industry events and conferences to represent the brand and build genuine relationships
Marketing & Brand Visibility
- Overseeing targeted outreach campaigns to key brand-side decision-makers
- Building a repeatable, consistent sales process, not just chasing the next brief
- Managing and automating our CRM process, and keeping the team informed on pipeline status
- Collaborating with production and creative leadership to ensure pitches are sharp and proposals land well
- Feeding market intelligence back into the business: what brands need, what's shifting, and where the opportunities are
A genuine network of brand-side contacts, and the hunger and skill to expand it. Solid experience in business development, account management or client liaison, ideally developing services or solutions, with a bonus if they're creatively based. A great communicator and team player (fluent English is essential). A desire for genuine growth: through helping and solving, not selling quick and dirty. Friendly, candid and reliable: clients return when they know we don't let them down or BS them to get a sale. Social media savvy: you know how to use LinkedIn to build networks, rather than as a spam machine to "pitch-slap" people.
We're open to part-time working (careers don't have to be limited by family commitments).
Base salary + a strong commission structure based on revenue and repeat business ~ A performance-led bonus ~ Flexible working after probation (minimum 3 days a week in the office) ~ 31 holiday days per year (inc. public holidays) + your birthday off.
No agencies, thank you.
Business Development Executive - Waste Management in London employer: Graceful Monkey
At Graceful Monkey, we pride ourselves on being a vibrant and innovative creative production studio located in the heart of London. Our work culture fosters collaboration and creativity, allowing our employees to thrive while working with some of the world's leading brands. With a strong emphasis on personal growth, flexible working arrangements, and a generous holiday allowance, we offer an environment where you can truly make an impact and develop your career in business development within the exciting waste management sector.
