Central Employment are working in partnership with a leading North East Social Media and Creative agency, as they look to appoint a Senior Business Development(Social Media & Creative), working alongside the senior management team to managing/driving all new business activity for the organisation.  
Purpose of the role is to:
*Create and develop new business opportunities in line with the new business targeting strategy across Social Media, Paid Social Media and Creative.
*Take ownership for creating sales pipeline opportunities
*Manage opportunities from prospect research to pitch
*Identifying additional and value added digital media and creative services. 
*Lead and grow a team of Business Development Executives  
Role Responsibility
*Develop, deploy and follow-up outbound prospecting campaigns, specifically for Organic & Paid Social Media services and Creative solutions
*Review media for opportunities
*Professionally guide prospects through the sales process
*Mentor & develop other members of the business development team to sell
*Project management of pitch teams to respond to RFIs and RFPs, ensuring an exceptionally high written and design standard
*Build relationships with online marketing managers, directors and CMOs
*Handover clients to delivery teams as part of on boarding
*Work closely with senior leadership team to develop additional revenue opportunities within key eCommerce client accounts.  
The Ideal Candidate
*Experience in digital media, marketing or advertising solutions
*Circa 3+ yrs in a new business focused role
*An understanding of social media, creative and production and how it can  achieve client their goals & targets
*Commercially astute and can build rapport with prospects very quickly
*In-depth knowledge of the broader digital space
*Personable, presentable and articulate
*A motivated and collaborative team player who is and outstanding written and oral communicator
*The ability to mentor junior sales staff
*A solid track record of generating profitable business and revenue