Digital Business Development Manager

Central Employment are working exclusively with an award winning Web Development Agency in the North East, as they to recruit a results driven and proven Digital Business Development Manager.

FT Office based role in Newcastle, as you'll need to collaborate with a team of 50+ Technical and Creative professionals.

Up to £46,000 DOE + benefits

Digital BDM role:

• You'll have a good grasp of the tech / digital sector, and will enjoy working with potential clients to analyse their needs, and formulate and articulate development solutions that can help solve their real-world challenges, or enable them to realise new opportunities.

• The role combines direct pre-sale client engagement, proposal writing and presenting, and producing marketing and sales material that will help generate new leads. As such, we're looking for a strategist, an exceptional communicator and a confident writer, who can orchestrate campaigns that resonate with our clients and markets.

• You'll need to identify new business opportunities and build relationships with potential and established clients. You'll be responsible for both outbound and inbound business generation through proactive targeting of future clients, whilst growing leads that come into the business.

• You'll be discussing project ideas with clients ranging from large multinationals to ambitious SMEs, so it's important that you talk with confidence and enthusiasm about creative, and often technically complex digital projects, and that you can guide them towards solutions that best fit their needs.

• You'll have great ideas, a flexible and proactive attitude and an innate understanding of what makes a great digital project. You'll understand digital and what opportunities this exciting medium provides for our clients. You'll know how to communicate the agencies strengths and services, with a sales and marketing strategy that enables us to stand out from the crowd in an increasingly competitive market.

• Larger projects often require us to go through tendering processes. Therefore, in addition to the above, we're seeking someone who understands how to successfully undertake tender evaluation and bid writing (including public sector procurement) – i.e. being able to analyse requirements, identify solutions that align to assessment matrices, and create persuasive and appropriate content that help our bids stand out and resonate with the buyer.

Experience required:

• Proven/successful business development experience, ideally in the tech/digital sector
• Strong understanding of digital solutions with the ability to articulate value to diverse audiences
• Excellent written skills with the ability to write captivating proposals and tender responses
• Self-organisational skills including the ability to successfully balance many different projects and priorities
• An understanding of online marketing and social media strategy
• Exceptional presentation and communication skills, with the ability to represent the agency in front of clients, at events or networking