Location: Newcastle
Salary: £25k basic + Commission

Description:

Our Client is an award winning digital creative marketing agency in Newcastle and they are currently looking for an exceptional New Business Development Manager.

You’ll be responsible for securing business by gaining new customers and impressive accounts based upon existing customer profiling information and identified targets.

As time goes on, you will develop new profiles and targets together with the MD.

You will also learn about their sister businesses handling SEO and Hosting services and you will communicate them brilliantly to potential customers too.

This is very much a senior post and we’ll need you to be effective immediately please.

Expectations are very high.

You will

* Source the ‘right’ kinds of businesses.
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Follow up new business opportunities and set up meetings.
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Plan and prepare presentations that will win business.
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Write proposals that will win business.
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Learn our pricing policy in great detail.
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Establish and maintain profitable working relationships alongside the Marketing Director and Managing Director.
* You’ll need to be able to drive and will have your own car.
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Hours can possibly flex to suit you.

A little more about you

* You’ll have great business and marketing sense.
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You’ll have the ability to engage and enthuse those you talk to, getting them to believe in what we are and what we can do for them.
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You’ll understand the wider market in which we operate and compete.
You’ll know our business extremely well.
* You’ll have great communications skills, both in writing and verbally.
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You’ll be enthusiastic and self-motivated and be able to work as part of a team.
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You’ll have great organisational and time-management skills.
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You’ll have a positive ‘can do’ attitude.
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You’ll have great negotiation skills and persuasiveness skills.
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You’ll be confident and capable presenting to groups of people of any size.
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You’ll display initiative and enterprise.
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You’ll be trustworthy and discrete when handling confidential information.
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You’ll have a smart appearance and professional manner.
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You’ll enjoy networking and meeting new people.
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You’ll be honourable and likeable and you’ll be committed to and loyal to our brands.
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You’ll be a winner.

Qualifications, training and experience

* Personal qualities, particularly the ability to communicate, plus sales experience and market knowledge are more important than formal qualifications.
* However a degree in finance, marketing (CIM, perhaps) and/or business management and/or marketing would be desirable.
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Training is essentially completed on the job, observing and supporting colleagues.
* Experience of our sector is desirable, including a great record of success.

Summary, package and prospects

* We are looking for you to build relationships and acquire more profitable business.
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Ultimately your personal success will depend on the success and profitability of your accounts.
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With a starting salary of £25k + plus excellent commission, earning potential is unlimited.

Sharpe Recruitment is a North East based consultancy, dedicated to placing professionals in rewarding jobs throughout the region across a variety of disciplines including Digital Media, Creative Advertising, Sales & Marketing, PR, IT and Business Operations.

If you’re interested in the advertised position please apply by contacting Sharpe Recruitment.