Business Development Manager

KnoWho; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

KnoWho is seeking a Business Development Manager to drive growth through strategic outreach and partnerships. This hybrid role based in Manchester requires a self-starter with experience in marketing, social media, or content agencies. The ideal candidate will have autonomy in identifying opportunities and managing a pipeline. The agency, producing creative social media campaigns, offers a salary range of £40-70K plus commission and encourages applicants from various locations.

Qualifications

• Experience in marketing, social media, or content agency.
• Ability to identify opportunities and close introductions.
• Comfortable with managing own time in a scale-up environment.
• Experience with social publishing or content creation advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Conduct outreach via LinkedIn, email, and phone to prospects.
• Research competitors and plan pitches with founders.
• Work with internal teams to showcase campaigns on social.
• Engage in events and networking for business development.

Skills

Identifying partnership opportunities

Pipeline management

Self-starter

Social media marketing

Job description

Business Development Manager - Manchester / hybrid - Social Media / Content / Influencer / Partnerships

A scale-up social media & content are looking for someone to take ownership of all their business development & new business efforts.

Currently all new business is manged by the co-founders, as the business is growing, they need a specialist to come in so that they can shift focus to other areas. Reporting into them, they'll still have inputs in strategy and opportunities, but they need someone with autonomy and an understanding of the industry.

Experience needed:

• Either prior experience working within a marketing / social media / content agency, or working within social publishing business.
• The ability to identify opportunities for partnerships, targeted outreach and close an introduction.
• Build and manage a pipeline.
• Self starter, comfortable managing your own time and working in a scale-up.

Role overview:

• Outreach via LinkedIn, email, CRM, phone to prospects.
• Events and networking.
• Competitor research.
• Working with founders to plan pitches and proposals.
• Work with internal social media & content teams to produce showcases for the agencies own socials and build brand awareness.

The agency is nearing 3 years old and produces creative and unique social media and content campaigns for a mixture of household names and challenger brands. They do a mixture of social media management, social strategy, UGC, Influencer marketing & partnerships, content creation. Mainly across TikTok and Instagram.

They're based in Manchester, happy to consider someone from further afield as they are often around the Manchester, London and Europe on shoot. UK based.

As it is a new role they are open to package. Salary £40-70K + commission.

Business Development Manager - Manchester / hybrid - Social Media / Content / Influencer / Partnerships