Business Director

Media Performance; Slaithwaite; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Unlimited holidays

Path to ownership

Job summary

Media Performance is seeking a commercially sharp, relationship-driven Business Director to join our leadership team and grow our client portfolio. The role offers a genuine pathway to Managing Partner with equity and share ownership potential, and a real stake in the agency’s future.

Based in the UK with hybrid working, you will own key client relationships, lead a high-performing team, and shape our commercial strategy while delivering outstanding campaigns with commercial rigour.

Qualifications

• Proven senior client-facing experience in a marketing agency.
• Ability to grow accounts and develop teams.
• Strategic thinker with delivery capability.
• Ambition for agency ownership and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Owning and growing a portfolio of key client accounts.
• Generating new business leads and converting them into clients.
• Leading, mentoring and developing a high-performing team.
• Shaping agency direction, service offering and commercial strategy.
• Ensuring delivery across integrated marketing campaigns with creative and commercial balance.
• Spotting opportunities to expand client relationships and unlock new revenue streams.

Skills

Client leadership

Commercial acumen

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Team development

Job description

Perks: Flexible working hours | Unlimited holidays | Path to Managing Partner & equity

Ready to shape the future of a growing agency - and own a piece of it?

Media Performance is looking for a commercially sharp, relationship-driven Business Director to join our leadership team and drive growth across our client portfolio. This is a role for someone who thinks like an owner from day one. We're offering a genuine pathway to Managing Partner / Managing Partner Designate, with equity and share ownership potential.

About us:

We're an integrated growth and marketing partner, working with ambitious brands to drive real commercial outcomes across performance, brand and strategy. Established in 2010, we've built a loyal and diverse client base over the years. Several of our clients and colleagues have been with us for more than ten years. We’re proud of those relationships, and the agency we’ve built around them.

What you'll be doing:

• Owning and growing a portfolio of key client accounts, acting as their trusted senior strategic partner.
• Generating new business leads and working closely with our Chief Growth Officer to convert them into clients.
• Leading, mentoring and developing a high-performing team.
• Working closely with the leadership team to shape agency direction, service offering and commercial strategy.
• Ensuring exceptional delivery across integrated marketing campaigns, balancing creative ambition with commercial rigour.
• Spotting opportunities to expand client relationships and unlock new revenue streams.

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience in a senior client-facing role within a marketing agency (Business Director, Client Services Director, or equivalent).
• A genuine passion for marketing, with strong commercial acumen and a track record of growing accounts.
• Confident, credible and persuasive. Equally comfortable in the boardroom and rolling up your sleeves with the team.
• Strong leadership skills, with experience managing and developing people.
• A strategic mindset paired with hands‑on delivery experience.
• Ambition to grow beyond this role. This is a genuine stepping stone towards agency ownership, not just a job.
• Competitive salary with a strong bonus structure, genuine six-figure earning potential.
• A clear path to Managing Partner / Managing Partner Designate, with potential equity ownership for the right person.
• A genuinely stable culture with client and staff retention rates most agencies would envy.
• Hybrid working - we trust you to know where you do your best work.
• Flexible hours built around real life, not just the 9-to-5.
• Unlimited holiday - take the time you need to recharge properly.
• Real influence over agency direction, and a team that backs ambition.

Where you'll be based:

Our office is in Slaithwaite, a picturesque village with a genuinely great quality of life. Think independent cafés, canal-side walks, and none of the stress of a city commute. We’re right next to the train station, with journey times of just 30–40 minutes into both Leeds and Manchester, so you get the best of both worlds: easy access to the big-city action when you need it, and a calm, welcoming village setting to actually work in day to day. Free parking is abundant, so no daily scramble (or expense) for a space.

This isn't just a senior hire. It's an invitation to help lead where the agency goes next, with a real stake in its success.