Business Development Manager

Think Street Studios; Lucknow; On-site; INR 305,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

Think Street Studios in Lucknow is seeking a proactive Business Development Manager to drive new business by identifying potential clients, understanding their needs, and presenting tailored creative and marketing solutions. You will focus on selling content, UGC, production, and strategy services to brand partners.

The role requires confident communication with business owners and decision-makers, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to manage the sales cycle from discovery to close.

Qualifications

• Experience in agency sales or B2B sales preferred.
• Ability to identify opportunities, understand client needs, and present suitable solutions.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills are essential.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of the sales pipeline.

Responsibilities

• Generate and qualify new business leads through cold calling, LinkedIn, referrals, networking, databases, and other channels.
• Identify brands and businesses that can benefit from our content, UGC, production, and marketing services.
• Conduct discovery calls and meetings with prospective clients.
• Understand the client's business, marketing objectives, challenges, and content requirements.
• Present Think Street Studios services and packages based on client requirements.
• Prepare and present proposals and commercial quotations.
• Follow up with prospects throughout the sales cycle.
• Negotiate terms and close deals with healthy margins.
• Maintain an updated CRM pipeline and provide sales reports.

Skills

Communication

Digital marketing

Social media

Branding

Content creation

UGC

Negotiation

Closing deals

Pipeline management

Independence

Job description

Salary:Up to₹30,000/month+ Performance Incentives

About Think Street Studios

Think Street Studios is acontent-first creative and production agency specialising in video production, UGC, brand storytelling, product shoots, creative direction, and performance marketing. We work with brands to create content that is not just visually strong but commercially effective.

Role Overview

We are looking for aBusiness Development Manager who can drive new business for Think Street Studios by identifying potential clients, understanding their requirements, presenting relevant solutions, and converting qualified leads into paying clients.

The ideal candidate should be confident in communication, comfortable with sales conversations, and capable of understanding creative and marketing requirements well enough to sell solutions rather than simply sell services.

Key Responsibilities

• Generate and qualify new business leads throughcold calling, LinkedIn, referrals, networking, databases, and other channels.
• Identify brands and businesses that can benefit from our content, UGC, production, and marketing services.
• Conduct discovery calls and meetings with prospective clients.
• Understand the client's business, marketing objectives, challenges, and content requirements.
• Present appropriate Think Street Studios services and packages based on client requirements.
• Prepare and present proposals and commercial quotations.
• Follow up consistently with prospects throughout the sales cycle.
• Negotiate commercials and close deals while maintaining healthy margins.
• Maintain an updated pipeline of leads, prospects, proposals, and closures.
• Coordinate with the creative and strategy teams for proposals and pitches.
• Maintain strong relationships with existing clients and identifyupselling and cross-selling opportunities.
• Achieve monthly revenue and client acquisition targets.
• Maintain accurate CRM/sales records and provide regular sales reports to management.

What We Expect

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good understanding ofdigital marketing, social media, branding, content creation, UGC, and video production.
• Ability to confidently speak with business owners, founders, marketing heads, and decision-makers.
• Strong negotiation and closing skills.
• Target-oriented and commercially driven mindset.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of the sales pipeline.
• Good presentation and proposal-making skills.
• Prior experience inagency sales, digital marketing sales, creative agency sales, SaaS, media, or B2B saleswill be preferred.

Key Performance Indicators

Performance will primarily be evaluated on:

• Qualified leads generated
• Discovery meetings conducted
• Proposals/pitches presented
• New clients acquired
• Monthly revenue generated
• Conversion rate
• Client retention and repeat business
• Upselling/cross-selling revenue

Compensation

Salary:Up to₹30,000/month, depending on experience and capability.

Performance incentives/commissionwill be provided based on the company's applicable sales incentive structure.

Why Join Think Street Studios?

You’ll be sellingcreative work that you can actually see being produced—from UGC and social content to product films, shoots, brand campaigns, and performance creatives. The role offers significant exposure to brands, founders, marketing teams, and the complete creative-business lifecycle.

• If you are someone who enjoys talking to people, finding opportunities, closing deals, and wants to grow in the creative and marketing industry, we'd like to hear from you.