Business Development Manager
Location: Dubai, UAE | Full-time
Company: Confidential — Integrated Marketing Agency
About The Company
We are an integrated marketing agency delivering creative, social media, digital, and on-ground campaigns across the GCC, Jordan, and Egypt. We help brands connect with their audiences through ideas and execution that span multiple markets and channels.
We are looking for a Business Development Manager with previous agency experience and a proven track record of winning major accounts.
About The Role
Based in our Dubai office, you will drive new business across the region, build relationships with key decision-makers, and turn opportunities into long-term client partnerships. You should understand how to sell integrated agency services and confidently lead the process from first contact through pitching, negotiation, and closing.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and secure new business opportunities across the GCC, Jordan, and Egypt.
- Build and manage a strong pipeline of prospective clients, with a focus on major brands and large accounts.
- Develop relationships with senior marketing, procurement, and business leaders.
- Lead proposals, pitches, tenders, commercial negotiations, and contract closures.
- Work closely with creative, social media, digital, and activation teams to develop relevant client solutions.
- Meet agreed revenue and new business targets, while maintaining accurate forecasts.
- Identify opportunities to grow existing accounts through additional services and regional expansion.
What We are looking For
- Previous business development experience within a marketing, advertising, creative, or activation agency.
- A proven, demonstrable track record of securing major accounts and meeting or exceeding sales targets.
- Experience working with large brands and navigating complex pitches and procurement processes.
- A strong professional network in the UAE and wider GCC.
- A solid understanding of integrated marketing, including creative, social media, digital, events, and on-ground activations.
- Strong presentation, proposal writing, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
- The ability to work independently while collaborating closely with internal teams.
- Regional experience across multiple GCC markets; experience in Jordan and Egypt is an advantage.
- Fluency in English; Arabic is an advantage.
