Job Description

Join Our Award-Winning Team as a Business Development Manager!

About Us:

At Link Communication, we create compelling brand experiences that drive growth for top brands using experiential marketing and promotional sampling. With over 28 years of experience, we've become industry leaders in executing highly effective campaigns across supermarkets, convenience retailers, consumer events, and trade shows. We proudly represent global leaders in food, drink, lifestyle, and technology, and have won

The Most Effective Retail Sales Experience

industry award multiple years in a row (2018-2024).

What You'll Be Doing:

Join a business where brand experiences drive sales growth

At LINK Communication, you can create award-winning experiential marketing campaigns for some of the UK's most exciting FMCG, retail and consumer brands. We're now looking for a driven, commercially minded, creative

Business Development Manager

to join our team.

This is not a cold-calling role. It's about experiential

insight, creativity to inspire brands and commercial strategy that delivers results for our clients

.

You'll re-ignite relationships with past clients, open new doors with prospects and deliver visually engaging, cost-accurate proposals that win.

If you're motivated by sales success and want to be part of a dynamic, supportive and fast growing team, we'd love to hear from you.

As our Business Development Manager, you'll drive brand awareness, customer engagement, and sales growth by developing, executing, and optimising marketing campaigns. You'll work closely with internal teams, clients, and prospects to ensure our initiatives succeed.

Your key responsibilities will include:

Develop & implement marketing plans to attract new clients.

Re-engage past clients, updating records and rebuilding strong partnerships.

Use multi-channel comms (LinkedIn, email, phone, events, trade media) to start conversations and build rapport.

Provide bespoke, strategic guidance for client campaign planning.

Create visually engaging, accurately costed proposals with clear ROI.

Confidently sell in proposals, handle objections and track to conversion.

Maintain long-term client contact withinsightful, value-adding communications.

What We're Looking For:

Proven background in

B2B sales, business growth or marketing.

Experience in media, agency, sales, events, marketing, grocery or other sectors.

Confident, persuasive, and comfortable presenting to senior decision makers.

Strong written and visual communication skills.

Able to produce and sell in costed proposals and strategy plans.

Commercially sharp, balancing creativity with profitability.

Proactive, persistent and driven to succeed.

Qualifications:

A-Level English & Maths - Grade A Bachelor's degree in marketing, Advertising, PR, Communications, or a related field.
Why work with LINK?

You'll be part of a

tight-knit team

of experiential marketing experts that deliver

industry-leading campaigns

with precision, creativity and measurable results.

You'll get to work with a wide array of leading

household names and challenger brands

, giving you the opportunity to make a real impact.

The culture at LINK is

entrepreneurial, supportive and ambitious. A

place where your ideas are valued and your success is rewarded.

Salary & Benefits

30,000 basic starting wage + uncapped commission

Year one OTE 50,000+

o Uncapped

5% of Gross Profit (GP)

from new sales won

o Example: 50k campaign at 30% GP = 750 bonus

Annual appraisal reviews with opportunity for significant wage growth

Annual Christmas bonus

(December payout)

Holiday & Leave

30+ days paid holiday (21 working days + birthday + Christmas Eve + Bank Holidays)

Holidays increase yearly: 2026 = 31, 2027 = 32, 2028 = 33

5 days paid sick leave + Statutory Sick Pay

Other Benefits

Flexible working and part-time options available (pro-rata wage)

Optional overtime at 13.00 per hour

Full-time contract: Monday-Friday, 9:00am - 5:30pm

Based at

Governor House, 47 Kent Road, Pudsey, Leeds, LS28 9BB

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From 30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company events Company pension Free parking On-site parking Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:

Pudsey LS28 9BB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:

Bachelor's (preferred)
Experience:

sales: 2 years (preferred) Marketing: 2 years (preferred)
Work Location: In person