Sales Manager (12-Month FTC)

OLIVER Agency; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000

Job description

Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences.

As a part of The Brandtech Group, we're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results.

Location: London, England, United Kingdom

About the role:

OLIVER Agency requires a London-based Sales Manager. This is a fast-paced but extremely rewarding role that will allow self-development as well as growth of the overall business. Essentially, the success of the sales department will ultimately be the success of the business as a whole.

What you will be doing:

• Delivering the entire sales cycle from prospect identification to contract implementation
• Working closely with the Sales Director to develop and generate leads from our networks
• Creating and designing bespoke agency solutions for clients
• Selling onsite content, creative and digital agencies that include a range of services including online and offline end to end creative and design, social media, digital, copywriting, videography, data & analytics etc.
• Providing Generative AI demos and selling the Brandtech portfolio of marketing technologies, e.g Pencil AI
• Developing structured sales strategies, sales plans and profit targets as well as short term tactics
• Developing long-term, profitable relationships with clients
• Maximising new business development opportunities
• Establishing, maintaining and expanding the customer base
• Increasing business opportunities through various routes to market
• Compiling and analysing sales figures
• Collecting customer feedback and market research
• Keeping up to date with products and competitors
• Representing the business at conferences, trade fairs and networking events

What you need to be great in this role:

• A minimum of 5+ years of experience in sales
• Ideally selling marketing services, content, design or creative agency services to blue chip client marketers
• A consultative and solution-based sales approach
• Face to face and telephone sales experience including negotiation and pitching
• Ability to adopt different sales styles to match customers’ requirements
• Ability to prioritise leads and maximise revenue generation via sales pipeline control
• Consistently high achieving academic record, of graduate calibre
• Commercially astute
• Strong project management and time management skills
• Confident working on own initiative
• Excellent relationship building skills
• Entrepreneurial spirit. High energy and self-motivation

Our values shape everything we do:

Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible

Be always learning and listening to understand

Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations

OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.

OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science-based emissions reduction targets. Collectively, we work towards our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.

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