Business Development Manager - digital recruitment agency

Media IQ Recruitment Ltd; London, St Albans; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital recruitment agency is seeking a Business Development Manager to drive client acquisition strategies across the media sector. This role requires strong networking skills and an understanding of digital media. As the company grows, you'll have the opportunity to lead a team and shape the business's future.

Qualifications

• Experience in business development for an agency or media sector.
• Confidence in networking to win new business.
• Passion for digital media.

Responsibilities

• Devise and execute a new business strategy for client acquisition.
• Engage with Sales Directors and MDs primarily in the digital media sector.
• Build and lead a small team as the business grows.

Skills

Networking

Sales Experience

Tactfulness

Creativity

Education

1st or 2:1 degree

Tools

LinkedIn

Job description

Business Development Manager - digital recruitment agency

Job Sector

Contract Type

Permanent

Location

St Albans / London

Job Reference

Media IQ-BDM

Business Development Manager - digital recruitment agency

Want to work for a highly respected digital recruitment agency?

Are you happy in a new business development position?

Can you see yourself using your networking skills and determination to win and qualify new briefs with prospective new clients across the media sector?

The please read on.....

TheCompany (Media IQ)

Media IQ works with many leading organisations across the media landscape (TV, Radio, Publishing, Digital etc) and has an enviable reputation for delivering the highestquality recruitment experience. Our office is based in St Albans although you will likelybe in London afew times a week meeting clients. We have a friendly, collaborative and trusting working environment and all our staff have a good sense of humour (important in this business!). We are now looking to take the business to the next level and as such need someone to be the driving force behind finding and securing new client briefsfor our consultants to then resource for.

Business Development Manager - digital recruitment agency

As a growing media recruitment agency we are always on the look-out for new talent to join us and help play a part in our continued expansion. This position in particular is for a Business Development Manager who will devise and execute anew business strategy with the sole aim of winning new clients and their briefs/vacancies for our experienced consultants to resource for.You would be targeting the digital media/publishing, west end agencyand technology sectors primarily although we also cover broadcast, business intelligence, national press and similar. You would in the first instance be engaging with the Sales Director's and MD's so must be comfortable doing that.

Success breeds success and as the business grows you will be able to build a small team around you and play a bigger part in the growth strategy of the company.

You will need to have a hunter mentality, but also a tactfulness to be able to explain the benefits of utilising our extensive experience and networks to help clients to secure new talent. You will also have the freedom to think creatively about new ways to work with clients.

Requirements for thisBusiness Development Manager position

• Sales experience doing business development for an agency or media sales/business development experience
• Lively individualwith strong networking skills and the confidence to winnew business
• Experience of working in or recruiting for the media sector
• Interest in and passion fordigital media
• Good working knowledge of Linked-in
• Good sense of humour, with confidence and maturity
• Able to commute to St Albans a few days a week (only 17mins from Kings Cross)
• Stable career path
• 1st or 2:1 degree grade with good written English

If you think that you could be the Business Development Manager that we are looking for, please get in touch!!