Business Development Consultant
New Yesterday
Application Deadline: 17 August 2025
Department: Sales and Commercial
Location: Manchester
Compensation: £30,000 - £32,000 / year
As part of Newsquest Media Group, the UK’s leading local publisher, LOCALiQ gives you access to a network of 200+ trusted news brands, both in print and online, an award-winning events division, recruitment platforms and a wide range of multimedia marketing solutions. To facilitate our continued growth plan, we are looking to appoint a driven, motivated Sales Executive to represent the relevant LOCALIQ products and services in the South Manchester region.
Key Responsibilities
LOCALiQ is looking to appoint a successful Business Development Consultant to sell our suite of digital advertising solutions, and advertising into our renowned publications. You will be comfortable working towards sales targets and KPI’s, building key relationships with LOCALiQ clients and affiliates and presenting the LOCALiQ products and services in a consultative manner. You will be confident working on your given territory or vertical and be able to ensure regular contact via the telephone to seek new opportunities and sales. You should be able to convert cold calls into meetings and enjoy getting out to meet clients as well as utilising video calling technologies. You will also be responsible for the management of some key accounts, maintaining excellent working relationships to optimise and maximise continued service delivery on a day-to-day basis. This is an excellent opportunity for a driven sales individual who is looking for a rewarding field sales position that offers a hybrid work approach of days meeting with clients in the field, working from home to prospect and develop your sales pipeline, and some travel into an office setting as and when required.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- Business to Business sales via telephone, video and face to face meetings to prospective clients
- Selling digitally-led solutions best suited to the customer’s needs, established by effective questioning and information gathering with the client
- Conducting efficient research into the customers’ business or vertical.
- Selling and maximising marketing spend from a given category and/or territory by continuous sourcing of new / lapsed business.
- Developing “series” multimedia led revenues through self-generated calls utilising lapsed customer reports, case studies, new business lead lists
- Establishing and maintaining a high standard of customer relations, service, and goodwill at all times with all customers.
- Growing unique customer count through effective territory management and competitor management (with minimal supervision/direction from management),
- Sourcing new business opportunities from multiple sources and recognising new business opportunities
- Achieving set KPI’s based on the level of a telephone dial, conversations and conversations.
- A competitive basic salary
- Uncapped Commission Scheme
- Workplace Pension
- Perks & Discounts via “Newsquest Benefits”
- Opportunities for team building and training days
- Full 25 days paid holiday + statutory bank holidays + your birthday day off!
- Structured career progression, ongoing training, and personal performance reviews
- Discount Vouchers
- Discounted Gym membership
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Mental Health Support via Lifeworks
- Eye test vouchers plus £50 towards new glasses
- Annual volunteer charity day
LOCALiQ is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Our recruitment process will consist of various stages and activities, as part of our commitment to fairness to all applicants, we will consider any adjustments that could help you.
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- Location:
- Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Salary:
- £80,000 - £100,000
- Category:
- Consulting
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