Business Development Assistant 2025

We are a thriving integrated Creative Content Agency, collaborating with clients ranging from innovative start-ups to globally renowned brands in fashion, retail, and lifestyle. We build relationships, create content, and deliver results that matter. Our team of almost 100 based across Manchester, London & Mumbai have the capability, creativity, and commercialism to provide solutions for our clients that deliver results and increase their sales.

In both London and Manchester, our services include web design, digital marketing, creative, photography, production, and video all of which are wrapped with end-to-end account management and logistics production – put simply we plan, create, and optimise, content for our clients.

The role

Here at seventy7, we are seeking a proactive Business Development Assistant to join us in London’s Flagship Visual Content Agency. This position is critical to our business development efforts and the markets we serve - Retail, Consumer Electronics, FMCG, Hotel & Leisure, Fashion, Interior Design, Fine Jewellery, Luxury, Beauty, and Sustainability.

At seventy7 you’ll find a team of creative, inspired and results-focused people passionate about helping our clients succeed in their industry. If you're analytical, self-motivated, driven and want to grow and learn in a creative and commercial environment, we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Achieve growth and hit sales targets building on our company’s strong reputation in creative content services.
• Assist in producing proposals, quotations and estimates that ensure commercial goals are delivered.
• Build and promote strong, long-lasting client relationships by partnering with them and understanding their brief.
• Gather business intelligence on companies, leads and qualified prospects – conduct detailed account research based on target account profiles and sectors.
• Manage a streamlined sales process, KPI’s and associated metrics to support lead generation, pipeline management, appointment setting, meetings and closing of new business.
• Identify key stakeholders within organisations and update the leads pipeline accordingly.
• Create, manage, and report prospect information within our CRM.
• Close collaboration with our marketing function is needed to ensure campaigns are effective and KPI-driven.

You will

• Successfully maintain growth in sales activity month on month.
• Manage all inbound inquiries and be the first point of contact in the pipeline.
• Produce proposals, quotations and estimates that ensure commercial goals are delivered.
• Grow our regional client base on our CRM database, drive new business, and build close and trusted relationships with brands.
• Establish and build business relationships, effectively communicating Seventy7’s value proposition to brands.
• Understand the customer’s brief requirements and represent Seventy7 as a leading strategic partner to them.
• Proactively maintain account plans, systems, and tools with pipeline activity.
• Occasionally attend industry events and networking sessions to generate leads and develop relationships.
• Working cross-functionally with Marketing and Creative departments to develop seventy7’s social selling and creating thought leadership content to educate new prospects.

Your skillset

• Possess extensive expertise in driving new outbound and inbound business acquisition, lead generation, with a proven track record of successfully selling to enterprise brands, preferably in a dynamic and creative agency environment.
• Excellent communication and social skills, with the ability to build rapport and establish relationships with clients and internal teams confidently.
• Effective negotiation and deal-closing skills; with a proven record of meeting or exceeding sales targets.
• Ability to deliver compelling and engaging sales deck presentations to prospective clients.
• Self-motivated to succeed, with a proactive approach to business development.
• Organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks effectively.
• Strong understanding of successful sales techniques and strategies.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• A passion for, and knowledge of, the retail, technology, beauty, interior design, and fashion industries.
• Results-oriented approach with a drive to achieve and exceed targets.
• Familiarity with CRM software and sales tools for pipeline management and reporting.

What we offer

Our benefits and wellbeing package offers flexible benefits you can tailor to your own personal needs, including:

• Attractive OTE commission package.
• 22 days of holiday per year plus your birthday off too and public/bank holidays.
• BUPA Employee Assistance Programme.
• Season ticket loan.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Great learning and development opportunities.
• Pension plan.
• Hybrid work schedule (minimum requirement of 3 days in the office.