New Business Consultant

Drive sales for SMRS’s higher education marketing services in the UK and globally. Build strong client relationships, deliver strategic direction, and promote innovative products.

Responsibilities

• Prepare new business proposals and present at pitches.
• Build strong networks and nurture connections.
• Meet key sales performance indicators.
• Drive impactful solutions for new clients.
• Lead client meetings involving complex ideas, solutions, and data.
• Report, measure, and forecast sales performance.
• Drive commerciality across your client base.
• Develop an exceptional understanding of our resources, services, and expertise in the education market.
• Work collaboratively with teams across the agency.

Qualifications

• Significant higher education sector experience and strategic selling expertise.
• Established network of marketing and leadership contacts at universities and business schools in the UK and internationally.
• Ability to provide accurate analysis to support future investment planning strategies and forecasts.
• Extensively networked at a senior level in the Higher Education market.
• Willingness to travel for work in the UK and internationally.

Benefits

30 days of annual leave a year (plus bank holidays), hybrid working, healthcare apps, and two charity volunteering days a year. We are open to considering part‑time hours for all roles.

SMRS is a Disability Confident Employer. If you disclose a disability we will automatically offer a first‑stage interview. We welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.