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SketchDeck

Senior Business Development Manager

RemoteUnited States only· UTC-8…UTC-5
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Role
Business Development
Experience
Senior
Employment
Full-time
$125k–$150k/yr
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Senior Business Development Manager with 7+ years of experience in creative, marketing, digital, or advertising agencies, with a proven track record of winning new business and achieving revenue targets. Must be a self-starter capable of building pipeline through outbound prospecting and managing consultative sales cycles for complex, solution-based services.

Optional skills

selling across multiple creative or marketing service lines (branding, creative production, content, digital, media, talent, etc.)Existing relationships within consumer brands, retail, beauty, fashion, luxury, hospitality, or CPG organizationsmanaging six- and seven-figure engagements or growing strategic client partnerships over time

What you'll do

  • Own the full sales cycle—from prospecting through close and long-term account growth
  • Build and manage a healthy pipeline through strategic outbound prospecting, networking, referrals, and relationship development
  • Identify and engage senior marketing, brand, and creative decision-makers, including VP and C-level stakeholders
  • Lead discovery conversations to uncover business challenges and position the right solutions
  • Develop proposals and commercial recommendations alongside creative and strategy teams
  • Negotiate scopes of work and commercial agreements
  • Maintain accurate forecasting and CRM hygiene
  • Sell across the 24 Seven house of agencies—partnering with SketchDeck, Futureman, Markacy, and 24 Seven to co-sell and unlock larger, integrated opportunities
  • Build trusted client relationships that extend beyond individual projects
  • Position SketchDeck and our partner agencies as strategic creative partners rather than transactional vendors
  • Identify opportunities to expand relationships across teams, service lines, and brands
  • Help clients understand how creative investment supports measurable business outcomes
  • Partner with Creative Directors, Strategists, Project Directors, and Operations to develop thoughtful, executable solutions
  • Ensure work is scoped appropriately and transitions smoothly into delivery
  • Share market insights and client feedback that help shape future offerings and go-to-market strategy

What they require

  • 7+ years of business development experience within a creative, marketing, digital, or advertising agency, with a proven track record of winning new business.
  • Demonstrated success carrying and achieving revenue targets, with experience managing consultative sales cycles from prospecting through close.
  • Experience selling complex, solution-based services to marketing, brand, or creative leaders at mid-market and enterprise organizations.
  • A self-starter who consistently builds pipeline through outbound prospecting, networking, and relationship development, rather than relying primarily on inbound opportunities.
  • Experience partnering with creative, strategy, and operations teams to develop proposals, scope work, and transition opportunities into successful client engagements.

Benefits

  • 401(k) with company match
  • Fully remote working environment (established pre-COVID and continuing forward)
  • Paid time off that grows with tenure
  • Annual company retreat
  • Computer hardware of your choice (up to $1,500)
  • $500 towards your office setup expenses
  • To work with a talented team of designers, team members, and engineers

At SketchDeck, we aim to bring great people together to deliver exceptional impact. Through a combination of purpose-driven partnerships, technology, and global talent, we help brands realize their limitless potential with high-quality creative and digital solutions delivered on demand. We work with clients ranging from startups to well-known enterprise brands such as Dropbox, Rémy Cointreau, and Asana. At SketchDeck, our values are more than just guiding principles—theyʼre the foundation of how we work and grow together globally. We commit to: → Win as a Team. → Find Solutions. → Take Ownership. → Do the Right Thing. → Be Human. Guided by our vision to be the best creative partner, we empower our team to collaborate and innovate from anywhere with a flexible, remote-first culture. Our camera-on, Slack-heavy environment cultivates genuine relationships and collaboration, where we actively seek culture add, not just culture fit.

Marketing
$125k–$150k/yr