Business Development Manager

Digital Strike is looking for an entrepreneurial, sales professional to join our team in the role of Business Development Manager. This dynamic role is best-suited to a proven self-starter and Business Development-focused individual who excels in an autonomous and goal-oriented environment.

The Business Development Manager will act as the face of the organization and play a crucial role in driving our business growth by identifying opportunities within the company’s target market. Digital Strike partners with US-based clients in a variety of service-type verticals that require lead generation for business growth.

The Business Development Manager will successfully identify, foster, and develop initial relationships with prospective clients and successfully present our agency’s digital marketing solutions.

Skills and experience required to successfully fulfill the duties of this position include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Willingness to exemplify agency core values: Caring, Curiosity, Competitiveness
• Solid track record of exceeding sales quotas
• Experience developing new relationships through consultative sales approach and selling digitally-driven solutions to senior executives
• Proven passion to stay updated on industry trends, competitor activities, and emerging technologies in the digital marketing space

• Demonstrated experience assessing and understanding multiple facets of clients’ businesses

• Ability to quickly identify and coordinate new business opportunities, goals, and budget with Digital Strike’s core capabilities 
• Possess basic working knowledge of – or demonstrate ability to learn – digital marketing tools and platforms and articulate the role each plays in success of client campaigns

Success in this Position:

• Prospecting (70 - 80% of time)
• Pipeline management (20 – 30% of time)
• Achieve performance targets
• Understand customer requirements through a consultative approach and work with internal team to develop robust, compelling presentations and proposals to effectively move potential clients through the sales pipeline
• Prepare and present comprehensive and compelling proposals that address clients’ specific requirements and objections

Employee Benefits:

• Generous vacation and flexibility
  • Three (3) weeks of paid time off
  • Two (2) personal paid holidays (employee choice)
  • One (1) additional personal day added per year of employment, up to five (5) additional days   
  • Mix of remote/in-office work possible
• Fully-paid benefits package that includes major medical, dental, vision, long/short-term disability, and life insurance policy
• 401k (with 3% company contribution, regardless of employee contribution) after 90 days
• Up to five (5) monthly digital streaming service subscriptions paid for by Digital Strike, plus free Blinkist subscription for all employees
• Personal and professional development opportunities via free Udemy subscription
• Eight (8) paid holidays per year: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
  • Office is also under soft close the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Opportunity to give back to the community, to mentor and create opportunities for St. Louis underserved youth