Business Development Manager

Futureheads; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic creative production studio is seeking a Business Development Manager to drive growth by engaging with senior-level clients. This fully remote position requires a proven background in business development, particularly within media or creative agency environments. The ideal candidate will be tenacious and self-motivated, ready to leverage existing client successes to open new doors and shape business strategies.

Qualifications

• Proven Business Development background with a strong track record of winning business.
• Experience within media or creative agency environments is a strong advantage.
• Ambitious, self-motivated, and ready to make a real impact.

Responsibilities

• Taking full ownership of new business development - identifying, connecting with, and winning prospective clients at a senior level.
• Driving pipeline growth with a focus on larger, strategic clients rather than short-term or small-scale projects.
• Working collaboratively with the creative team to showcase capability and win world-class briefs.

Job description

Business Development Manager – Creative Production Studio

Futureheads have partnered with an ambitious creative production studio who are looking to add a talented Business Development Manager to their team to drive the next phase of growth. They are a financially sound, lean operation with world-class creative talent, delivering multi-platform digital campaigns for global brands - with particular success in the travel and hospitality sectors. Their expertise spans creative production, transcreation, asset management, localization, animation, and video. They've also engaged on experience strategy projects and have built an impressive portfolio of work recognised internationally. With several key targets identified and a major client success creating immediate opportunities, this is an exciting time to join. This is an exciting opportunity to take real ownership of business development and work with a team who truly value ambition and autonomy. We're looking for someone who is seriously ambitious with strong business acumen - someone who can drive demand, open doors, and push the business forward.

What you'll be doing

• Taking full ownership of new business development - identifying, connecting with, and winning prospective clients at a senior level
• Driving pipeline growth with a focus on larger, strategic clients rather than short-term or small-scale projects
• Being active and visible on relevant business platforms to create awareness and build the agency's profile
• Leveraging existing client successes and key targets to open doors immediately
• Working collaboratively with the creative team to showcase capability and win world-class briefs
• Exploring opportunity with an open brief - this role offers freedom to shape your approach

About you

• Proven Business Development background with a strong track record of winning business
• Tenacious in identifying and connecting with prospective clients, with the ability to build relationships at a senior level
• Experience within media or creative agency environments is a strong advantage
• Comfortable being active on LinkedIn and other relevant business platforms to promote and create awareness
• Business acumen and strategic thinking - you understand how to position creative services and demonstrate value
• Ambitious, self-motivated, and ready to make a real impact

The details

• Salary: £40,000 – £55,000
• Location: Fully remote

We feel this role will attract strong interest, so if you don't have a solid Business Development background within media or creative agency environments, we ask you not to apply as we will not be able to provide feedback and your profile will not be considered. If you have the experience listed above, we're excited to review your profile.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if there is anything we can do to make our recruitment processes better for you and to allow you to show your best self, let us know. We also understand that some people require extra time to complete assessments, require alternative application methods and can also benefit from having interview questions or a guide to the type of questions pre-interview. We are open to any suggestions or requests that you may have and are always looking for creative ways to assess talent. Our commitment to you is that you should always feel safe and secure when you're working with us. Futureheads is a B Corp™ accredited digital recruitment agency based in London. We specialise in recruiting permanent, contract and freelance digital and tech professionals in creative, data, design, digital marketing, engineering, product, project and programme management, UX and service design jobs.