Careers

 The company and environment

We’re an expanding integrated marketing Media agency with a digital bias. From our Leeds office, we serve clients across the UK and it’s our can-do culture, focused on giving clients excellent service and delivering projects on time and on budget, that underpins our growth.

We have a healthy ambition. Having grown mostly through referrals, we’ve now an opportunity to build on our very sound foundations to create one of the leading agencies in the UK.

Are you with us? If you think you’ve got what it takes to support our sales and new business growth then we’d love to hear from you.

Role

You will be supporting the new business function of Clients First; helping us identify, nurture, and secure new clients. You will report to the Client Services Director and work with members of the team in delivering the sales target across a range of products and services delivered by the business. You will have experience of working within a sales team and have a track record of identifying and helping to secure new business in a B2B environment.

The role will be generally office-based and make extensive use of cloud-based software. There may be an occasional need to travel to clients alongside colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Liaising with third party agencies to identify and collate leads and prospect lists
• Creating new business proposals
• Working with marketing, identify and evaluate new business opportunities
• Working with marketing, identify opportunities and develop relevant campaigns
• Researching and analyzing prospects
• Communicating internally to brief colleagues on opportunities and pipeline status
• Producing sales and marketing reports on a weekly basis
• Maintaining accurate records on our cloud-based CRM system
• Supporting business development through active lead nurturing and developing prospect relationships
• Supporting business development through coordination of activity, including diary management and record-keeping
• Handling and directing sales inquiries Skills and competencies
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Strong commercial awareness
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
• High level of initiative and works well in a team environment
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to facilitate and lead sales prospect meetings where appropriate, especially when sorting out actions coming out of a prospect review session
• Good technology skills and use of web-based applications
• Good understanding of the marketing mix with particular reference to digital marketing
• Good data analysis skills Experience
• Previous experience in a sales or business development environment, within a B2B agency, is desirable
• Experience of an accepted sales methodology such as power base selling and familiarity with the application of the methodology to the administrative role
• Evidence of lots of effective client communication and handling across multiple communication channels
• Experience of working with a CRM system to manage prospect contact and pipeline
• Experience in a role producing management reports
• Experience of working with cloud-based software platforms Resources available

The role currently stands alone in the organization – it will therefore need to make use of external resources and recruit and use internal staff members as appropriate. Access to these resources will need to be by negotiation and request and the successful individual will be expected to be politically sensitive around the handling of these negotiations. Funds and support will be available on an as-needed basis.

There is no direct budget management in this role, although there is an expectation of setting a budget that might be considered necessary to make this role successful. This will be by a conversation with the Managing Director.

Any technology, such as hardware and applications and communication systems will be provided as required.

Working conditions and commitment

The successful candidate will work in a modern, open-plan office alongside other team members – there is an expectation of building strong and beneficial relationships with colleagues. A lot of work will be computer-based, and all applications are cloud-based. There will be an expectation of the successful candidate being comfortable with using cloud-based applications. Given the nature of client contact and the probable need to travel on occasion, the successful applicant will be expected to be comfortable with using remote working applications on a seamless basis, with the office-based solutions across all media, including social media.

Given the nature of sales, there will be an expectation of work to completion on any given day, where the sales process demands it. This may mean late working on occasion. There is no expectation that completion will be in the office; home-working is fine by us. The successful candidate will be expected to balance their own workload, keeping the management team informed and up to date on the load they are carrying on a regular basis. It will be expected that they will be responsible for completing regular KPI’s that tell us how the sales administration role is progressing.

There will be a number of fixed delivery points each month, but in particular, updating and maintaining the prospect lists and sales reporting will be imperative. There will also be periodic project updates expected and with class A prospects there will be an expectation of prioritization so that the deals are driven through to completion along with the lead salesperson.

The successful individual will be the sort of person who can self-organize, multitask and understand the role to such a degree that they can prioritize activity to ensure that opportunity is not lost by inaction or inattention to due process.

Hours– Full Time

Please send us your resume to [email protected]. Applications with a cover letter will be given priority.

Send Your Resume to [email protected]

Office Administrator Job Purpose:

Ensures proper flow of office procedures, and supports the office directors by carrying out common office duties. Maintains a positive and friendly company image by acting as the first line of contact to visitors, customers, and vendors in person, online, and via telephone.

Office Administrator Job Duties:

• Communicates with relevant agencies to produce travel itineraries for business directors and employee events
• Arranges meetings by scheduling appropriate meeting times, booking rooms, and planning refreshments
• Manages correspondence by answering emails and sorting mail
• Assists in planning and arranging events, including organising catering
• Handles expenses and billing cycles
• Manages reception area and looks after visitors
• Answers phone calls and transfers them as necessary
• Drafts, formats, and prints relevant documents
• Maintains stock lists and orders office supplies as needed
• Manages staff expense requests
• Interacts with directors and carries out their requests
• Creates agendas and takes meeting notes
• Assists in purchase orders and invoicing
• Maintains accurate records for employee holiday requests
• Manages outgoing post and records data on special deliveries
• Photocopies and files appropriate documents as needed
• Attends workshops and conferences when requested
• May take care of website functions and social media profiles

Office Administrator Skills and Qualifications:

• Prior Office Management Experience Preferred
• Strong Attention to Detail
• Ability to Work Without Supervision
• Excellent Time Management Skills
• Exceptional Communication and Customer Service Skills
• Technical Skills, Including Proficiency With Microsoft Office Programs
• Strong Prioritisation and Organisation Skills
• Ability to Handle Confidential Information
• Strong Record Keeping Skills
• Presentation Skills, Including Welcoming Guests to Events
• Ability to Multitask

Please send us your resume to [email protected]. Applications with a cover letter will be given priority.

Send Your Resume to [email protected]

We are looking for an individual who will thrive in a team culture which is:

Driven to achieve
Innovative and collaborative
Fast-paced, challenging and ambitious
Passionate about developing leaders and professional excellence
You will be a good fit with our team culture if you have the following personal mindset:

Leader and initiative-taker who naturally thinks outside the box
Excellent communication skills
Great understanding of professionalism and work ethic
A proven team player who is helpful to junior developers
Learns new concepts at light speed
Enjoys hosting/participating in lunch and learns
Stays organized in a fast paced development environment
Estimates own work and meets planned goals time and time again
Understands the need to make incremental changes in a LEAN startup
Enjoys going to conferences and is excited to learn new technologies outside of work hours
You will fit well with our team culture if you have the following professional mindset:

You understand that Agile is preferred but sometimes Waterfall is necessary
You understand the need for PR and good team driven QA
You strongly believe that TDD / BDD is the key to writing stable code
Experience

2+ years experience with NodeJS / JavaScript
Excellent knowledge of JS concurrency
Deep understanding of HTML5 / CSS / SASS
Experience using JIRA or similar
Experience using Docker / Containers
Experience with React / Redux
Knowledge building RESTful APIs
Understanding on how to write secure code
Experience working remotely
Experience using Git / Github
Experience using Slack
Bonus Assets

Experience with React Native
Experience with Go
Experience with Postgres
Experience with HapiJS
Experience with Swift
Experience with Kotlin
Education

Must have completed a Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Computer Science, or Software Engineering.

Please send us your resume to [email protected]. Applications with a cover letter will be given priority.

Send Your Resume to [email protected]