Akilli Creatives Ltd is looking for a Business Development & Client Acquisition Officer to help grow our client portfolio and generate new business.

You will identify prospective clients, manage leads, secure meetings, support proposals and pitches, follow up opportunities, and help convert prospects into clients.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and engage prospective clients
• Generate and qualify sales leads
• Maintain and update the sales pipeline
• Secure client meetings and presentation opportunities
• Prepare and follow up proposals and quotations
• Support pitches, RFQs, RFPs and tenders
• Build relationships with prospective and existing clients
• Identify opportunities for repeat business
• Track market and business opportunities
• Report on leads, conversions and sales activity

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Sales or a related field
• At least 3 years experience in sales, business development, client acquisition, account management or client service
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Confidence approaching prospective clients and decision-makers
• Good presentation, negotiation and follow-up skills
• Ability to work towards sales targets
• Strong organisation and time-management skills

Experience in an advertising, creative, marketing, media, communications, events, branding or other B2B service business is an advantage.

Performance will focus on:

• Qualified leads generated
• Client meetings secured
• Proposals submitted
• New clients acquired
• Revenue generated
• Sales conversion
• Growth of existing accounts

• Identify and engage prospective clients
• Generate and qualify sales leads
• Maintain and update the sales pipeline
• Secure client meetings and presentation opportunities
• Prepare and follow up proposals and quotations
• Support pitches, RFQs, RFPs and tenders
• Build relationships with prospective and existing clients
• Identify opportunities for repeat business
• Track market and business opportunities
• Report on leads, conversions and sales activity

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Confidence approaching prospective clients and decision-makers
• Good presentation, negotiation and follow-up skills
• Ability to work towards sales targets
• Strong organisation and time-management skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Sales or a related field
• At least 3 years experience in sales, business development, client acquisition, account management or client service