New Business Manager

New Business & Pitch Manager

Job ID: 32501

£40,000 - £45,000 per annum

Monday to Friday

Central Manchester (City Centre)

This role is key to the ongoing expansion and creative development of our client – supporting the full life cycle of new business and pitches of one of the UK’s most exciting Global Brand Experience agencies. With the support of the entire agency to call upon, you’ll attend new business meetings, scope new opportunities to ensure that they’re a fit and – if they are – own the plan to convert them. It will also include taking a pitch brief and managing the response through with our specialist in house teams to create something truly amazing.

Your key duties include

* Playing a key, senior role working within the New Business and Client Development team, reporting into the Director of Client Relationships.

* Experience being client facing to attend new business meeting, take briefs and conduct Q&A sessions, presentations and pitches where required.

* Ability to prepare appropriate credentials and research on the company and potential opportunity for attending new business meetings.

* Working closely with the Director of Client Relationships and relevant Account teams to manage new business pitches and existing client proposals.

* Working closely with the in-house studio, content and communications, film, digital, production and account teams when working on pitches.

* Having a good understanding of the creative process and production of a pitch is essential.

* Attention to detail is key, as well as having strong organisational and communication skills, you must also have the ability to multi-task and make decisions under pressure.

* Having an understanding of the dynamics of working on pitches with complex requirements is preferred, ensuring the pitch response meets the clients requirements and everything is achieved within the pitch timescales.

* Experience delivering pitches across a wide range of service offerings including events, comms, campaigns, brand activations and exhibitions.

* Working closely with our Content and Communications team will be a key part of the role, so you will be able to demonstrate an ability to think critically and be the voice of the brief to ensure we are answering every element of it and showing added value and a winning edge at every opportunity.

* Supporting the Project team in building budgets for pitches and proposals

* Event / marketing agency experience is required.

* Overarching planning and connecting the dots at a higher level to find both operational and strategic efficiencies in our pitching process.

Benefits

* Our client awards a selection of funds to the value of £300 per award, to support team members to do non work related activities - simply present your idea, it could be French lessons or art classes the only limit is your imagination!

* A clear career development pathway with a 121 meeting with the CEO and Head of People annually to help you achieve your carer goals

* 25 days basic holiday, to include the three days between Christmas and New Year where the office is closed

* Increased annual leave in line with service - after 2 years’ service, receive an extra day for every year of service, capped at 30 days

* Long service awards of £250 at 5 years, £500 at 10 years, £750 at 15 years and £1000 at 20 years

* A flexible approach to working either in the office 2-3 days per week

* Take an extra day’s holiday for your birthday each year to celebrate!

* Increased pension contribution based on service, increasing to 4% after 5 years and 5% after 10 years

* Four weeks paid sickness (on completion of probationary period and after 12 months service)

* Company wide, profit related bonus scheme, based on hitting company targets

* Free access to our health-care cash plan Bupa, and our Unum Employee Assistance Programme

* We support both the Childcare Voucher scheme through Enjoy Benefits, and Tax-Free Childcare to provide vouchers

* Enhanced maternity leave after 2 years service - 100% pay for 8 weeks. This increases to 100% for 8 weeks and 50% for

* 4 weeks after 5 years service. Paternity pay is paid at 100% for 2 weeks

* Free breakfast, lunch, fruit and Friday goodies in the office as well as coffee machines for a caffeine boost!

Regular perks

* Rewards from team managers, as well as a Team Building pot of money for each team to use for team bonding activities of their choice

New business bonus

* Earn 5% of the total income brought in during the first 12 months of any new business brought in to the business