Senior Business Development Executive
We are very excited to be partnering with one of the UK’s leading providers of design, publishing, and packaging, who work with globally renowned luxury brands, including music, publishing, and Media. Based in London, and due to further expansion, they are looking for a dynamic business development professional to work within their publishing division. This role would suit a sales professional with a background in trade books. This role offers hybrid working, with 2 days a week in the London office and offers a generous salary.
Some of the key responsibilities of this exciting new role will include:
- Together with the Senior Sales Manager, collaborate on a sales strategy to drive new business growth
- Identify and engage with key sales channels
- Building strong working relationships with customers, distributors, and wholesalers across a wide range of companies to expand market presence
- Actively promote new products and services to new accounts and existing business
- Regularly visiting new and existing clients
- Keeping up to date with industry trends and competitor activities
- Analysing sales data and generating reports to identify areas of improvement
The ideal candidate will be commercially focused, confident in quoting and pitching submissions, and self-sufficient at sourcing new business and following leads. You will have strong negotiation and communication abilities, coupled with a persuasive and confident outlook and able to demonstrate experience of working in a sales-driven environment. We are looking for a confident self-starter, with a proven track record of success in sales within the publishing industry or a related field.
Our client offers a very competitive salary, a supportive work environment and lots of opportunities for professional growth and development.
For further information, please send your CV and a short cover note.