Business Development Manager

Overview

In this role you drive new business by coordinating development activity across Dentsu Creative, working with the Managing Director to shape the strategy, identify prospects, and craft compelling proposals and pitch content. You’ll partner with marketing to produce case studies and collateral, and collaborate across UK teams to showcase our capabilities. The position combines research, content creation, and stakeholder coordination in a fast-paced, ownership-driven environment. This is an opportunity to influence growth through integrated, cross-functional collaboration.

Pay / Benefits

• Private Medical Insurance
• 24/7 Virtual GP
• wellbeing days
• flexible bank-holiday swaps
• retail discounts
• gym access

Responsibilities

• Research industries and identify new client prospects
• Assemble materials to target the desired client list
• Collaborate with designers on prospecting campaigns from brief to completion
• Support pitch teams by coordinating multi-team activities and maintaining project quality
• Create pitch content such as credentials, RFIs, tenders, and presentations
• Develop case studies and stories that showcase capabilities and client work
• Write clear, engaging copy for credentials, case studies, pitches, and campaigns
• Coordinate with internal teams to surface interesting work and client success stories
• Assist in managing the sales pipeline and lead tracking in Salesforce
• Monitor competitor activity and industry trends to spot opportunities
• Support planning and execution of client-targeted events, including logistics and materials

Key requirements

• Excellent written communication for client-facing materials
• Interest in branding, marketing and strategy and translating client challenges into stories
• Strong organizational skills and multitasking ability
• Proactive approach and ownership mindset
• Confident relationship builder across teams and levels
• High attention to detail and quality mindset
• Entrepreneurial and analytical thinker with market and opportunity interest
• Proficient in PowerPoint, Word and Excel
• Minimum three years’ experience in BD/Marketing/Communications/Account Management in a creative/digital/media agency (desirable)

• collaborative mindset
• proactive and ownership-oriented
• strong storytelling and copywriting
• PowerPoint
• Word
• Excel

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