Growth Director (FTC)

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Brainlabs has always been a culture-first company. In fact, from the very beginnings of the agency a set of shared principles, philosophies and values was documented in The Brainlabs Handbook, helping us create our unique culture.

As with everything here we always seek to adapt and improve so The Brainlabs Handbook has been fine-tuned to become The Brainlabs Culture Code.

This Culture Code consists of 12 codes that talk to what it means to be a Brainlabber. It’s a joint commitment to continuous development and creating a company that we can all be proud of, where Brainlabbers can turn up to do great work, make great friends and win together.

You can read The Brainlabs Culture Code in full here.

Role type: Fixed Term Contract (12 months)

Team: New Business

Reporting to: Head of Growth

Estimated Start: October 2025

Location: London

Work Authorization: No sponsorship will be considered

In this role you will:

Be an important part of our new business team helping to drive revenue opportunities, organise and run pitches and pipeline management inclusive of commercial reviewing for our Influencer practice. You will be responsible for: 

• • Manage end to end pitch process for new opportunities, focused on Influencer Marketing, but also including wider services such as Paid Media, Programmatic, DOOH and Search. 
  • Responsible for ownership of own Pipeline, forecast accuracy across Pipeline, reducing forecast volatility through accurate reporting of close & completion dates, net revenue & third party costs 
  • Responsible for meeting commercial targets and following scopes
  • Ensuring they adhere to internal guidelines
  • Collaborating with commercial and Client Service team to define accurate SOWs, ensuring all deliverables are profitable and achievable 
  • Management of pitch opportunities includes:
  • Deep review of Briefs to qualify the opportunity and understand if Brainlabs is the right fit
  • Strategic dissection of Briefs to understand the client needs, beyond what is asked, and understand how Brainlabs can find a unique solution
  • Identify and flag and potential challenges within the brief, from a delivery perspective but also commercially or legally
  • Responding to RFI’s where needed
  • Managing Procurement relationships
  • Managing internal Brainlabs Pitch team including:
  • Managing team allocation, where you will then be responsible for effective resource planning and management
  • Creating and presenting internal kick-off deck
  • Project management of the team to create the best possible response
  • Review of Proposal elements to ensure a red thread/clear narrative that will enable Brainlabs to win
  • Planning and overseeing all content run throughs and pitch rehearsals
  • Creation of Commercials, along with approvals
  • Managing of any Legal needs (SOW, MSA, wider agreements) internally and with the client
  • Pitching
  • Post-Pitch review and next steps
  • Following the opportunity through to close (signed SOW)
  • Managing Handover process 
  • In some cases, particularly for smaller more strategic opportunities or Cross Sells, leading on Strategy and Creative. Finding the insights, creating the narrative, defining the strategy and creative, and creating the full response for brief. This is where the end-to-end process is led by Growth with some support from wider Client Service teams, but not Creative Strategy support.
  
  
  • Actively identify new opportunities through deep knowledge of the market and keeping finger on the pulse of market changes
  • Drive team morale, motivating and inspiring everyone to be their best, actively mentoring others, helping to grow capability and knowledge, while learning and developing themselves

 

We're looking for someone who has:

• Strong Influencer delivery knowledge and 4+ years of experience 

• Multi-disciplinary marketing experience (paid social, creative, PR) 
• Proven experience managing direct reports, coaching and guiding them to succeed
• Demonstrable success in creating and delivering high performing influencer strategies and proposals for new business pitches
• Developing an understanding about how other BL channels work and how Influencer can collaborate with them.
• A natural problem solver who enjoys providing solutions for clients.
• A confident, dynamic, engaging and authentic communicator who cares about the quality of work and continuous learning. 
• Ability to work independently and manage own time effectively, while also strong in working in a wider team setting.

• Excellent presentation skills and strong data analysis and storytelling skills
• Strong attention to detail, methodical and process orientated. 

And this is what success looks like in the role:

• You will live our culture code every day! 
• Effective proposal creation and delivery metrics
• Hit Product and wider Growth targets through winning net new brand opportunities, and cross sell opportunities
• Growth of business through identification and ownership of new opportunities
• Increased awareness of influencer capabilities and cross-sell with BL Clients 
• Increased awareness of influencer capabilities externally
• Forecast accuracy with all commercial targets met

 

What happens next

We know searching for a job is tough and that you want to find the best career and employer for you. We also want to ensure that this position is the best fit for both you and us. Therefore, you will participate in a comprehensive interview process that includes skills interviews with our team. The goal of this process is to allow you to get to know us as we learn more about you.

Brainlabs actively seeks and encourages applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and identities. 

Thank you for your interest in Brainlabs! We look forward to getting to know you!

 

 

What happens next?

We know searching for a job is tough and that you want to find the best career and employer for you. We also want to ensure that this position is the best fit for both you and us. Therefore, you will participate in a comprehensive interview process that includes skills interviews with our team. The goal of this process is to allow you to get to know us as we learn more about you.

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Brainlabs actively seeks and encourages applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and identities. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace: we are committed to equal opportunity for all applicants and employees regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during the application process, please let us know!

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