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New Business Development Hunter
Job Description
New Business Development Hunter
Remuneration: | R30000 – R40000 per month negotiable cost-to-company |
Location: | Johannesburg, Sandton |
Remote work: | Some remote work allowed |
Education level: | Diploma |
Job level: | Mid/Senior |
Own transport required: | Yes |
Travel requirement: | Often |
Type: | Permanent |
Reference: | #LEW01/07 |
Company: | Lewyll Communications |
Our client is a long-standing independent creative agency with a track record of ‘work that works’ – a broad range of creative services for large and medium-sized businesses that deliver on their marketing plans. They are now looking for a dynamic Business Development ‘Hunter’ to join their team and help them expand their footprint in the South African market, adding to their existing portfolio of clients.
Whilst one-off projects are a valuable way to prove their capabilities to new clients, their approach is typically consultative – they listen to the challenges and adapt their offering to suit. Trust and longevity of relationships are important to them in building their role as a true strategic partner.
Role overview:
Your primary responsibility will be to identify, pursue, and secure new business opportunities for the agency. You will play a crucial role in driving the growth of their client base by leveraging your connections, strategic insight and tenacity to bring in new accounts.
Responsibilities and requirements:
- Networking, researching, and building a pipeline of new prospects
- Propose and implement ideas and strategies to achieve revenue and growth
- Working with internal specialists to develop outbound lead generation campaigns and build compelling content to attract prospective clients
- Managing prospect relationships and being an ambassador for the agency
Skills
- A minimum of five years’ experience in a NBD role, in an advertising agency environment
- Advanced negotiation, communication, writing and organisational skills
- Facilitation, team motivation and team leadership management
- A proven history of managing revenue targets and forecasts
- Solid attention to detail
- Successful management of complex engagements in a team environment.
- Excellent corporate and agency contacts
About you:
- You have experience working in creative and marketing communications environments
- An existing network of relevant contacts within the business community
- You are personable, naturally curious, and interested in striking up new conversations with new people, hunting out problems can be solved, and opening doors to actively drive a pipeline
- Good communication and presentation skills with an understanding of the creative process and the commercial aspects of the industry
- Self-motivated, results-oriented, and able to work independently
- Flexibility – able to travel and meet people as needed.
What you get in return:
- A fair basic salary and attractive commissions based on warm leads generated and business secured
- Travel and prospecting expenses covered
- A balanced contractual arrangement to suit your circumstances and our needs
- Collaboration from day 1 – you will love our people and the values we live and breathe
- Autonomy to excel.
Posted on 19 Nov 15:02, Closing date 18 Jan
Apply by email
Michelle
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