Business Development Manager

Job Description

Be A Bear is a digital strategy agency focussed on driving revenue and engaging global audiences. 

In our fourth year we have a team of 30+, covering organic, paid, creative and strategy. We work with enterprise media clients like ITV, MTV, Comedy Central and Channel 5, through to start-ups and scale-up brands like So&Mo, Planika and China Airlines.

We’re seeking an ambitious Business Development Manager to join the team and drive us through the next stage of growth. 

This is a new role, and you will be working directly with the senior leadership team to exceed the business goals. 

You’re expected to be in the office 3 days a week, in Parsons Green, and you’ll be joining us as we work on a 4 day week trial (currently in progress). 

The perfect candidate:

You are committed, commercially focussed and excited about growth. You should be professional, organised and detailed, but also have an entrepreneurial edge that helps you find solutions. You understand that this is a role that requires you to form strong work relationships, both inside the agency and externally. 

One of the most important things we’re looking for is ambition; you need to be ambitious and driven to succeed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Optimising and developing our prospecting work-flow to contact new clients.
• Creating target lists, timelines and goals for driving new contracts. 
• Maintaining a centralised record of all live conversations across leads and prospects, with the view of building a CRM system. 
• Supporting in initial meetings with clients, to understand their needs and brief the wider team. 
• Supporting in the delivery of proposals to clients. 
• Sharing insights and feedback from prospecting with the senior leadership team, which will feed into our agency marketing plans. 

Required Skills and Experience:

• 2 years experience in the agency space is expected. 
• Proof of process-driven sales in the past.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience using Pipedrive and Cognism.

Benefits:

• Personal development plans.
• 4 Day working week (on trial) with 1 day working remotely. 
• In-office wellness classes (yoga, pilates and talks) 
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Training from key partner platforms (Meta, TikTok, Google, Klaviyo) 
• Bike to work scheme (salary sacrifice)
• Electric car scheme (salary sacrifice)
• Office dogs

How to Apply:

Submit a CV and cover letter to jobs@beabear.co.uk with the subject "Business Development Manager".

Please do not send generic cover letters, we want to know what excites you; in your application talk about your favourite campaigns or your previous work and tell us why we should interview you

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