Business Development Representative
Ideagen
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- The Edelman Brand team produces highly successful brand communications for a wide range of clients
- Manage teams of up to seven across global brand accounts, including direct line-management responsibilities
- Collaborate with senior colleagues to implement entrepreneurial and operational initiatives for business growth
- Build strategic platforms using insights and Edelman IP and present to top tier clients
- Oversee client programs, drive creative and sustainability-focused campaigns, and direct media engagement strategy
- Full responsibility for financial management including forecasting, budgeting and hours allocation
- Lead new business pitches and develop RFI/RFP proposals
Requirements
- Strong experience in the fields of public relations, communications, marketing or similar
- Strong, proven track record of creative capabilities and best in class media relations, across significant strategic and global communications
- Strong writing skills, including the ability to provide clear and comprehensive feedback on documents to junior members
- Strong understanding of digital and other technologies for storytelling and communications
- Experience of working to and maintaining significant budgets, pulling together detailed budget plans, and demonstrating an understanding of client financial models and targets
- Experience of writing and delivering multi-market toolkits
- Proven ability in identifying areas of growth and opportunity for clients
- Proven experience working with Global Brands in an integrated communications role
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to inspire and unite teams behind a central concept, with experience of successfully selling in those concepts to clients and seeing them through to execution
