Sales jobs in the marketing sector reside within advertising agencies and client-side environments where the objective is to sell the products and services that they offer to new clients. Existing clients are also candidates for cross selling and developing stronger more integrated relationships and increasing the revenues from them. Business development jobs tend to be more advanced than purely sales, focussing on how to instil change in their own business to maximise its sales potential, normally through a Business Development Strategy, working closely with business directors or owners.
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Hiring good sales employees is tricky, because they sell themselves so well at interview stage, and so they should! We look beyond the sales pitch and assess how likely they are to develop relationships and build a revenue pipeline.
In the latter of these roles, it will normally be a mature salesperson with significant experience and success in bringing in profitable business and understanding the steps that a business must go through to achieve its targets. Clients claim that finding a good salesperson can be very difficult, however, the success of a sales strategy comes from both finding a good person and having an attractive product or service that can be sold. Identifying the core skills and cultural fit is essential before understanding whether a longer-term relationship can be built and it is notoriously difficult for either party to understand this at interview stage, largely because sales and BD people sell themselves so well. Our advice for both parties is to go through a series of interviews, tests and informal meetings and seek testimonials or recommendations for both sides of the interview table and determine whether it is worth joining forces and creating what can and should be a very positive and productive commercial relationship.
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We understand how to recruit the best candidates for the marketing jobs we recruit for as many of us are from marketing backgrounds. Coupled with an outstanding recruitment service, we help candidates develop their marketing careers in some of the best job opportunities in the UK. Whether it’s a marketing agency position, or client-side opportunity, we’ll work to ensure the best recruitment experience and outcome for clients and candidates.
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Data and analytics jobs complement the marketing recruitment we undertake for many of our clients. We’ve built a large database of many top-quality candidates and have a record of working with clients to effectively place them in both permanent and contract roles. Our specialist recruiters in this area will advise you on the level of candidate you’ll need to ensure effective recruitment to complete any project or ongoing role.
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We have many creative jobs available at all levels across this inspiring and ever evolving industry. We’ve worked with candidates throughout their creative careers and worked with many agencies and companies on the best creative jobs in Manchester and across the UK. Our creative consultants will work to identify the best candidates, whether they are active or passive, from our extensive creative database.
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