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    4. Graduate Associate (Business Development) London 2023
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    Guidepoint’s Business Development teams are passionate about expanding our reach with both new and existing clients.

    We support all of Guidepoint’s service offerings, helping to build relationships and communicate how Guidepoint helps clients stay informed and make better business decisions. Our teams are motivated to provide custom offerings designed to help every potential client make the most of their partnership with Guidepoint. 

    The Business Development team is looking for an Associate who will be responsible for assisting in building a pipeline of prospects from our institutional clients. Join us in this exciting opportunity where you can make a significant contribution to our business model.

    What you’ll do

    • Identify prospect clients and communicate Guidepoint's value proposition via email and telephone
    • Build relationships and schedule meetings with clients and senior sales managers
    • Map companies in order to identify target groups and job functions
    • Utilize Guidepoint's brand to create and develop a robust pipeline of qualified prospects to help drive Guidepoint's commercial success
    • Research target industries, sub-sectors and companies in order to understand their information/research needs and pain-points
    • Work alongside senior sales professionals to provide engaging content for meetings with prospects and effectively articulate our value proposition
    • Develop a strong knowledge and understanding of the competitive landscape
    • Provide client/prospect feedback to sales and management

    What you have

    • Bachelor’s degree with strong academic record and extracurricular achievement
    • Graduates of current year or 1-2 years of work/internship experience
    • Outgoing personality with the ability and willingness to make cold calls and speak with people at all professional levels, including senior management
    • Ability to work in a team atmosphere
    • Ability to prioritise business development opportunities
    • Ability to utilise superior analytical and critical thinking skills
    • Meticulous attention to detail

    What we have

    • Competitive salary, bonus and benefits
    • Excellent medical coverage through BUPA
    • Excellent professional development opportunities
    • Supportive culture that celebrates and rewards success
    • Friday happy hour and “Summer Fridays”
    • Year round company sponsored sports and team building events
    • Informal work environment
    • Employee Assistance Programs
    • Volunteer days

    All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

    About Guidepoint

    Guidepoint, a leading expert network firm, connects clients with vetted subject matter experts—Advisors—from their global professional network.

    Guidepoint clients leverage the insights and perspectives shared by Advisors to stay informed and make better business decisions. Its slate of services, including phone consultations, surveys, events and proprietary data insights products, help professionals gain comprehensive understanding of a topic before making strategic or investment decisions.

    Guidepoint’s multinational client list includes 9 of the top 10 consulting firms and some of the largest hedge funds, private equity firms and Fortune-ranked public companies.