Business Development Manager; brilliant independent agency

Growth Manager

Leeds – Hybrid

£34,000–£45,000 DOE

Commercially minded. Marketing-aware. Brilliant at making things happen.

We’re recruiting exclusively for an ambitious independent agency that’s ready to build more momentum around its growth activity.

This is a brilliant role for someone who loves creating opportunities, building relationships and keeping things moving — across outbound, Linked In, content, campaigns, events and CRM.

It’s not a cold, spammy sales role. And it’s not a big-picture strategy role either. This sits neatly between marketing and commercial activity, turning growth priorities into consistent, useful, well-coordinated action.

The agency already has a strong reputation, great people and plenty to say. Now they need someone who can help get that story in front of more of the right marketers, particularly high-growth-minded brands in the North.

• Planning and delivering consistent activity across email, Linked In and other marketing channels
• Helping keep the agency visible, familiar and front of mind with the right prospects
• Creating and testing useful, relevant outbound activity — never spammy, always thoughtful
• Building, maintaining and refining prospect lists and target audiences
• Keeping prospects warm with communications they’d genuinely want to receive
• Coordinating joined-up campaigns across content, outbound, social, events and PR
• Managing timelines and making sure activity is structured, consistent and recognisably on-brand
• Maintaining Hub Spot and prospect databases with accuracy
• Segmenting audiences thoughtfully by sector, seniority, familiarity and intent
• Tracking engagement, warmth and movement through the pipeline
• Supporting agency events — helping drive attendance and making the most of activity before, during and after
• Building genuine relationships with prospects, partners and industry contacts, even when there’s no immediate ask
• Working with specialists to turn expertise, opinions and great work into content people actually want to read, watch or listen to

• Experience in business development, growth, outbound, marketing, partnerships, account management or a similar commercial role
• A strong understanding of how agencies, brands or marketing teams work
• Confidence using Linked In, email and CRM activity to create meaningful conversations
• Experience managing prospect lists, outreach activity, pipelines or audience segmentation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable representing a business online, in person and in writing
• Highly organised, proactive and able to keep multiple moving parts on track
• Confident working with senior people and turning priorities into action

• Curious about brands, marketing and agency growth
• Relationship-led rather than pushy — credible, warm and persistent in the right way
• Creative in how you approach outreach and opportunity-building
• Motivated by creating leads, conversations and momentum
• Comfortable taking ownership of delivery without needing hand-holding
• Naturally good at spotting opportunities and joining the dots
• Excited by making things happen, not just talking about them

• Join an ambitious independent agency entering an exciting new phase of growth
• Take ownership of a role with real commercial impact
• Work across marketing, content, outbound, events and relationships
• Be part of a collaborative team where ideas are welcomed and action matters
• Hybrid working, flexitime and home working support
• Company events, casual dress and company pension

If you’re proactive, commercially minded and enjoy turning visibility into conversations, this could be a brilliant next move.

Curious? Please apply.