Sales Manager (12-Month FTC)

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

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.

• 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.

• 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 maximize 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.