New Business Executive – Photography for Luxury Fashion Brands

New Business Executive – Photography & Creative Shoots for Iconic / Luxury Fashion Brands
London, Bermondsey
£20,000-25,000 p/a + Bonus package

Heads-Up: If relationship building / winning new business is your thing and you come from the creative industries we want to hear from you!

About Us:

We are a highly successful (and pretty cool, if we say so ourselves) creative studio in the business of producing

e-commerce photography and creative shoots for fashion brands, retailers, department stores and PR agencies. With a client portfolio including Gant, Liberty, Harvey Nichols and Ted Baker there’s a chance that you may have seen our work.

What we are looking for:

We’re on the look-out for a Sales / Business Development / Relationship facilitator with experience in the creative industries to join our dynamic commercial/sales team, which is responsible for the future business development and growth of our creative photographic business.

What you’ll be doing:

The role is focussed on sales and lead generation across the service portfolio we are offering in the market place. As a sales executive you work with the existing client portfolio to extend and expand our business relation and identify, target and engage potential new clients for the business.

In this role you will work closely with the client services team and the planning department to book in the clients business and ensure that the client requirements are clearly communicated to the operational teams.

The primary focus of the role will be on new business development and actively generating new leads for potential studio bookings.This lead generation will be based on a variety of routes such as market research, trade shows and networking.Therefore a good understanding of the fashion and related industries is a definite benefit.

The role will be reporting into a Head of Sales, but also work closely with the senior management team.

The key responsibilities of the New Business Executive role are:

// Sales Generation – drive market share
// Client Communication – high quality and personalised
// Systems and Reporting – process excellence

New Business Executive Skills and Requirements:

> Experience in sales, in a relevant creative industry
> Proven experience in targeting sales contacts, converting leads into actual sales and revenue
> Strong experience in tracking and reporting sales performance to line management
> Excellent spoken and written communications skills
> Strong organisational and administration skills
> The ability to use own initiative and also work as part of a team
> High levels of energy, determination and commitment to generating leads and converting these leads and quotes into actual sales
> Confidence, tact and a persuasive manner
> A professional manner and good people skills for client facing and internal colleagues
> Ability to work well under pressure with no 9-5 mentality
> A good knowledge and understanding of the fashion market
> Knowledge of SalesForce. com is a benefit

Competencies:

> Passion, energy and instinct to follow up leads and convert
> Multi-tasking and prioritisation
> Attention to detail
> Relationship building
> Perceptive communications
> Problem solving
> Team player and motivator

Organisation:

The role reports directly into the Head of Sales who is part of the Commercial Team.

The role requires work with client services teams and studio production teams including styling, photography and retouching. The role also requires work with the commercial and finance teams, suppliers and clients.

Sound Good? Time to Apply!

You may have worked in the following capacities:

Creative Agency Sales Executive, Digital Imagery Sales, Digital Content Sales, New Media Sales Account Manager, Fashion New Business Sales, Creative Studio Sales Consultant, Photography Studio Sales, New Business Development Consultant.

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