New Business Development Manager

Motive Exhibitions | Exhibition Stand Contractors; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing exhibition stand contractor seeks a New Business Development Manager. This role is perfect for someone eager to develop their career, focused on building client relationships and generating leads with the support of a friendly team and robust marketing initiatives.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Proactive pay reviews

Free gym membership

Regular social activities

Qualifications

• Eager to learn with a positive mindset.
• Not strictly based on years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Generating leads through various channels.
• Converting inbound enquiries into real conversations.
• Collaborating with teams to ensure timely delivery of projects.

Skills

Communication

Relationship Building

Self-motivation

Organizational Skills

Curiosity

Job description

We’re looking for a New Business Development Manager

At Motive Exhibitions, we design and build custom and modular exhibition stands that help brands get noticed. From the first idea to the final install, we make exhibitions easy, effective, and even enjoyable for our clients. We’re a friendly, down-to-earth team that gets stuck in, solves problems quickly, and keeps things straightforward. We’re also just nice people to work with—which is always a bonus.

What the role is about

This is a brand new role, ready for someone to make their own! We’re looking for someone ambitious and switched on to join us as our first New Business Development Manager.

It’s a great opportunity for someone early in their career who wants to learn, grow, and carve out a long term path in a growing creative business. You don’t need years of experience—we’ll give you the tools, training, and support to succeed.

Around 75% of your time will be focused on generating your own leads and building your own client pipeline. The other 25% will be spent converting inbound leads that come in through our website, referrals, and marketing campaigns.

You won’t be doing it alone. Our amazing marketing team runs a wide range of campaigns to support you. From SEO and paid ads to email, blog content, and LinkedIn, you’ll have a steady stream of warm leads and strong brand visibility to boost your efforts. We’ll also equip you with tools to help you research and follow up on leads who’ve engaged with our content.

It’s an exciting time to join us. The UK events industry is experiencing significant growth, and Motive Exhibitions is growing right along with it.

What you will be doing

• Creating your own pipeline of potential clients using phone, email, social media, networking and events.
• Picking up inbound enquiries from marketing campaigns, the website and search activity, and turning them into real conversations.
• Preparing quotes and proposals with support from the wider team.
• Building great relationships and seeing projects through from introduction to install.
• Visiting clients and attending events or site surveys when needed.
• Using our CRM system to track your leads and keep things running smoothly.
• Working closely with our project and creative teams to make sure every job gets delivered on time and to spec.
• Finding and connecting with businesses who could benefit from our exhibition stand services.
• Be nice to people
  

What we thing we are looking for

We’re more interested in your mindset than your CV. Here’s what helps:

• A natural people-person: you enjoy talking to others and building genuine relationships.
• Clear and friendly communicator—on the phone, over email, and in person.
• Comfortable with basic computer skills (email, Word, spreadsheets); we’ll teach you the rest.
• Self-motivated: you don’t wait to be told what to do—you get stuck in.
• Curious and eager to learn: you ask questions and always want to understand how things work.
• Organised and reliable: you follow through and keep things on track.

Opportunites for you

• A full onboarding and training programme tailored to your level of experience.
• A competitive salary with commission opportunities as you grow your pipeline
• Full support from our in-house marketing team—SEO, ads, emails, and content—to keep leads flowing.
• A team that’s open, supportive, and here to help you succeed.
• Real career progression—we have proven expereince at developing our people.
• Company laptop, phone, and access to all the tools you need.
• Flexibility to work from home part of the week once you’re settled in
• Regular social catchups and a team that genuinely enjoys working together..
• Take part in Friday afternoon team beers and a variety of social events

A flexible role that works around you

If you’re the right person for the job, we’re happy to work around school hours and holidays. We believe in supporting people as well as projects.

So, if this sounds like the perfect fit for you and you want to be part of a team that works hard, plays hard, and genuinely enjoys what they do, get in touch.

Pay OTE

£45000 – £60000 + per year

Benefits:

Alongside working with an incredible team on some of the biggest exhibitions in the UK and Europe, all staff enjoy:

• 25 days annual leave (pro rata)
• Pension scheme
• Proactive pay reviews and increases
• Free gym membership
• Electric car charging points
• Community activity days
• Free company merchandise
• Regular social activities including quizzes, parties, team days out, and weekly lunches (good job we offer a free gym membership!)
• Free hot and cold drinks in the office

Schedule:

Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

St. Neots PE19 8YU: Must reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

Its more about you and what can do, than what you have.

Experience:

Some would be good, but its not a deal breaker

Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)

Location:

St. Neots PE19 8YU (preferred)

Work Location:

In person. Please note: this is not a hybrid or remote role from the get go, you’ll need to be in the office.

Application deadline:

Until we find someone amazing!