Director of Growth in Slough

This role is for our newly acquired group company, Saulderson Media.

Saulderson Media is a premium influencer marketing and talent management agency. We specialise in driving awareness and growth, predominantly for gaming, consumer tech, entertainment and SAAS companies. Alongside this, we manage a roster of high-performing content creators across all platforms, providing support to turn content creation passions into long-lasting careers. Over the last 7 years, we have worked with top brands and creators, executing award-winning campaigns for the likes of ASUS, Ubisoft, ACER UK, Sandbox VR, Netflix, Backbone and many more. This year, we became part of The Journey Further Group, a full-service performance marketing agency, that now gives us greater strength and depth to deliver for our clients.

We’re seeking an ambitious Growth Director (based in the UK) who is ready to lead our growth efforts. Working alongside our senior team, you will be responsible for qualifying, pitching and closing deals, supported by a team of sales development reps and an active marketing calendar to create new lead flow. Reporting to the VP, Influencer Strategy, you will be a proven sales professional with a track record of securing high value influencer, social and brand partnership deals in competitive pitch environments. Leveraging your deep expertise in these channels, alongside a background in gaming, consumer tech, entertainment, SAAS or AI, you will develop our pipeline and drive new business growth for Saulderson Media on our next chapter as a part of Journey Further.

What you will do:

• Manage your pipeline from lead generation to deal closure to meet the team quota, handling tasks such as qualification, presentation creation, pitching, nurturing relationships, negotiating, and finalising sales.
• Lead and close complex, high-value (often global) new business opportunities, acting as the senior point of contact and subject matter expert throughout the sales cycle.
• Strategically qualify inbound leads, ensuring their needs align with agency solutions.
• Act as a trusted advisor with prospects to enable custom pitches and successful negotiations, informed by in-depth knowledge of influencer marketing and our target sectors.
• Develop strong working relationships across teams to align on services, value propositions, and pricing to drive revenue growth.
• Represent the agency at key industry events globally, and cultivate top-tier relationships to proactively uncover new sales opportunities aligned with our strategic growth objectives.
• Drive cross-functional alignment with Marketing, Product, and Delivery teams to develop innovative service packaging, pricing models, and go-to-market strategies that unlock significant new revenue streams.

Requirements:

• You have a deep understanding of the US/UK influencer marketing landscape and social media ecosystem.
• You have experience in a new business sales role, pitching and retaining large brands within gaming, consumer technology, entertainment, SAAS or AI.
• Proven track record of consistently exceeding significant revenue targets, ideally through influencer, social or content-first solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and lead without direct authority across multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Exceptional strategic thinking and problem-solving skills with a focus on innovative solutions for complex business challenges.
• Experience with complex influencer marketing deals worth +£200K in annual agency fee value.
• Flexible ways of working to successfully influence a global team.
• Charisma, a strong POV, and self-confidence.
• Superior writing and communication skills, capable of crafting compelling narratives and presentations for C-suite audiences.
• Comfort with HubSpot, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and Google Slides.

Location: London (preferred), Leeds, Manchester

Package: £62,000 - £70,000 salary + Commission

Process: Apply via the Journey Further website, any applications not submitted via the website will not be considered. If your application is successful, you can expect:

• Step 1: Screening call with TA team member and Saulderson Team.
• Step 2: Interview with Senior Stakeholders.
• Step 3: Formal interview and task with members of the Finance team.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply if you do not have the right to work in the UK.

Diversity & Inclusion: Journey Further takes pride in creating an environment where everyone can be themselves. This starts with recruitment. We pledge to make our roles as open as possible and to provide equal opportunities to everyone that is kind enough to give us their time. All recruitment decisions we take will be based solely on the positive skills and behaviours that applicants display and absolutely nothing else. We do not discriminate based on any personal characteristic, we are a people first agency and we care about and celebrate individuals. If something is important to you, it's important to us. If you have a particular need during the application process or during your time at Journey Further, please let us know.