Senior business development manager

Central Employment are working in partnership with a leading North East Social Media and Creative agency, as they look to appoint a Senior Business Development (Social Media & Creative), working alongside the senior management team to managing/driving all new business activity for the organisation.

Purpose of the role is to:

* Create and develop new business opportunities in line with the new business targeting strategy across Social Media, Paid Social Media and Creative.
* Take ownership for creating sales pipeline opportunities
* Manage opportunities from prospect research to pitch
* Identifying additional and value added digital media and creative services.
* Lead and grow a team of Business Development Executives

Role Responsibility

1. Develop, deploy and follow-up outbound prospecting campaigns, specifically for Organic & Paid Social Media services and Creative solutions
2. Review media for opportunities
3. Professionally guide prospects through the sales process
4. Mentor & develop other members of the business development team to sell
5. Project management of pitch teams to respond to RFIs and RFPs, ensuring an exceptionally high written and design standard
6. Build relationships with online marketing managers, directors and CMOs
7. Handover clients to delivery teams as part of on boarding