New Business Manager

We’re looking for a New Business Manager filled with a passion for creative sales to work across our existing Marketing & Development team. The successful applicant will have an appetite and talent for developing and nurturing relationships and being the go to for animated content. This role would suit a hungry agency account manager or someone with a background in sales within a production company.

You will seek out and develop business opportunities, providing first-level consultancy to prospective clients and building relationships with agencies and companies directly to ensure that our services are preferred and sought out. The successful candidate will have a proven record of building a solid client portfolio within an advertising agency production, account management, or business development environment. Listening and building rapport and credibility as a production partner are vital for this role.

The Role:

• Help inform and develop the brand and sector sales plans and strategies for our target markets to meet assigned sales/business goals.
• Generate own sales leads through various methods such as networking, personal prospecting and events (virtual and in person).
• Conduct outbound prospecting to establish new, and grow key relationships to educate current and potential clients on products and services.
• Prepare and present studio and creative proposals and quotations to prospects & clients.
• Organise, track and maintain client account and contact information, as well as prospect updates in the CRM database.
• Own and resolve general sales inquiries about leads, prospects and accounts.
• You will be required to travel into London for face to face meetings.

You will be able to show:

• Proven previous creative services sales and/or account management experience.
• Demonstrable track record of meeting/exceeding sales targets.
• Self-starter with the ability to work unsupervised within a dynamic environment as well as part of our larger team
• A network of connections and contacts with agency networks and commissioners/producers
• A thorough understanding of agency production processes and methodologies
• Experience in planning and implementing account management strategies.
• Strong prospecting skills.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, allowing you to articulate complex ideas clearly and professionally.

Location:  Onsite/Margate

Application deadline: 27th October 2023 (We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.)

Salary: £35,000, plus commission and bonus structure.

 Link to apply: https://aplusc.tv/careers/