Role overview
The Business Development Executive role offers an exciting opportunity in client engagement. This position involves organising and attending client events to ensure they run seamlessly, managing CRM and client information, and crafting and sending out invitations for events/customer engagements. The role may require providing reception cover to ensure the office runs smoothly when needed. This occasional task may involve greeting visitors at the office door, adding a personal touch to the welcoming environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and instigate an annual program of marketing events in conjunction with local partners
- Attend events to ensure they run smoothly
- Administer invitation, acceptance and confirmation processes both internally and externally
- Research, book venues and support services and maintain liaison as required
- Coordinate and monitor e-brief communications and local PR as necessary
- Process invoices and maintain the budget, negotiating terms when required
- Monitor and maintain the CRM (MS Dynamics) system, preparing client invitation analysis
- Coordinate relevant networking groups and other networking opportunities
- Attend external marketing and host networking events
- Book partner and director client team lunches, presentations and networking events
- Actively identify potential work referrers
- Research and recommend sales processes and business development ideas to partners
- Prepare PowerPoint presentations to company standards as required
- Maintain the marketing filing system
- Maintain social media platforms as necessary
- Research and provide promotional goods and other support materials to brand standards
- Use Outlook to centralise and coordinate diaries
Qualifications
- Educated to Degree level and/or Marketing qualification preferable.
- Proven experience in Marketing and Events Management
- Advanced IT and social media skills
- Experience using MS Dynamics as a CRM
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent writing and e-brief skills