New Business Manager

Bray Leino; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading brand growth agency in North Devon is seeking a New Business Manager to drive growth activities. The role involves managing outreach, maintaining CRM pipelines, and supporting proposals. Ideal candidates have agency experience and strong communication skills. Benefits include 25 days' holiday, pension scheme, and a medical cash plan, with a commitment to equality of opportunity.

Benefits

25 days’ holiday

Company pension scheme

Medical Cash Plan

Employee Discount Scheme

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Outstanding training and progression

Employee referral scheme

Regular staff social events

Long service awards

Cycle To Work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a creative, advertising, or marketing agency environment.
• Ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously.
• Confident communicator engaging prospects effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage outbound outreach with lead generation partner.
• Maintain an accurate CRM pipeline with regular reporting.
• Support RFIs, RFPs, and tenders with high-quality documents.

Skills

Organisational skills

Relationship-building

Communication

Presentation development

CRM familiarity

Job description

Overview

New Business Manager Filleigh, North Devon - Hybrid Competitive + Benefits

A little about us….

Bray Leino is a full-service brand growth Agency established in North Devon in 1973, with further offices in Bristol, London and beyond, servicing national and global B2B and B2C Clients.

Role

About the role:

We’re looking for an ambitious and organised New Business Manager to accelerate our growth activities. Working closely with senior leadership, our Centres of Excellence, and our lead generation partner Ingenuity, you will play a pivotal role in developing and nurturing our pipeline, ensuring strong credentials, and supporting successful pitches and proposals.

This role demands excellent organisation, relationship-building skills, and confidence in representing Bray Leino with prospects and partners.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and manage outbound outreach in partnership with our lead-generation partner.
• Own and maintain an accurate CRM pipeline, delivering regular reporting and running structured nurture programmes.
• Coordinate mid-sized pitches alongside department heads and Centres of Excellence.
• Support RFIs, RFPs and tenders, drafting high-quality presentations and documents.
• Build and maintain a suite of credentials, case studies, and thought pieces for use across proposals and pitches.

About the person:

• Experience working within a creative, advertising, or marketing agency environment.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple opportunities at once.
• Skilled at developing presentations, with an eye for detail and the ability to articulate case studies compellingly.
• Confident communicator who can engage prospects and create a strong first impression.
• Familiarity with CRM systems and pipeline reporting.
• Experience working with lead generation partners is desirable.

Benefits

And in return…

• 25 days’ holiday, increasing to 29 after two years’ service, plus Bank Holidays
• Company pension scheme, with enhanced Employer contributions after 1 year’s service
• Medical Cash Plan – including employee assist programme, contributions to dental, optical, physio etc.
• Employee Discount Scheme – an online platform for all staff offering a variety of discounts at various shopping outlets, gyms etc
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme, via Salary Sacrifice
• Outstanding training and progression, including access to LinkedIn Learning and The Mission Group Learning Management System
• Employee referral scheme
• Regular staff social events
• Company Christmas closure
• Long service awards
• Cycle To Work scheme
• Mission Share Scheme

Here at Bray Leino, we’re celebrators of difference. We know it’s where Creativenergy comes from. So, our culture’s open, diverse and inclusive. Whether you’re coming for an interview or have been with us for years, what matters is your talent and character; the rest is what makes you, you. We’re committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed (Level 1) Employer. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to; ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, communicating and promoting vacancies, offering an interview to those with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the job and anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required.

We are also a part of…

The MISSION Group Plc. is The Brand Performance Group.Delivering measurable, results-driven campaigns as the preferred creative partner for real business growth. We offer top-tier agencies, strategic specialisms and global reach delivering outstanding performance for brands. We call it Work That Counts Over 1,100 people across 25 locations and 3 continents.