Business Development Consultant
Marketing, Sales
Business Development Consultant
Salary: From £28,000 per year + uncapped commission
Location: Office based
Our client, a growing and ambitious marketing business, is looking for a commercially minded Business Development Consultant to join their dynamic and friendly team.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys building relationships, creating new opportunities and developing business within a creative, collaborative environment.
This is much more than a traditional sales role. You will be responsible for generating new business opportunities, building relationships with prospective clients and developing existing accounts.
Working closely with the creative and production teams, you will take the time to understand what clients are looking to achieve, identify their challenges and help turn those conversations into commercially successful marketing and creative projects.
As part of a growing business, you will have genuine autonomy and the opportunity to influence how the company develops. This is not a heavily scripted sales environment. Our client is looking for someone who can spot opportunities, start meaningful conversations, build long-term relationships and bring ideas to the table.
Key Responsibilities of the Business Development Consultant role:
Identify and develop new business opportunities
Approach prospective clients and start new conversations
Lead discovery conversations with potential clients
Understand client objectives, challenges, budgets and timescales
Identify where marketing and creative services can add value
Develop engaging proposals and quotations
Present and pitch ideas confidently
Handle objections and commercial negotiations
Manage opportunities from initial conversation through to close
Work closely with internal teams to ensure proposed solutions can be delivered effectively
Maintain regular contact with clients
Build strong and trusted business relationships
Identify additional opportunities within existing accounts
Re-engage previous clients
Ask for referrals and introductions
Understand clients' wider marketing plans and upcoming projects
Work closely with internal teams to ensure a smooth handover from sale through to delivery
Experience required to apply for this Business Development Consultant role:
At least 2 years' experience within business development, sales or account management
A proven track record of building client relationships and converting opportunities into business
Confidence approaching new people and organisations
The ability to communicate comfortably with marketing teams, business owners and senior decision-makers
A consultative approach to sales, asking the right questions and listening before recommending a solution
Good commercial awareness and confidence discussing budgets, pricing and value
Strong written communication skills, including emails, proposals and presentations
Experience managing a sales pipeline and using CRM systems
The ability to work independently and take ownership of your workload
A proactive and resilient approach
The confidence to bring new ideas to the table
Experience within marketing, digital marketing, advertising, media, a creative agency, video production or another creative or professional services environment would be highly advantageous.
Candidates who have worked closely with marketing teams or have experience selling marketing, creative, digital or media-related services would also be of particular interest.
What Success Looks Like
Within your first 6–12 months, you will be expected to have:
Built a strong and sustainable pipeline of new business opportunities
Developed relationships with new target clients
Converted opportunities into profitable new business
Built strong relationships with existing clients
Re-engaged previous clients and generated repeat business
Helped create greater structure and consistency around business development activity
Developed a strong understanding of the company's marketing and creative services
Become a trusted commercial member of the team
Salary & Commission
Basic salary: From £28,000 per year
Commission: 7.5% of qualifying monthly revenue above £5,000
Accelerator: 10% on qualifying revenue above £30,000 in a month
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys business development but wants to work within a creative, friendly and collaborative environment where they can have a genuine influence on the growth of the business.