Assistant Sales Manager

Position: Assistant Manager- Business Development

Location: Mumbai

Reporting to: Director | Business Development

About us:-

CYLNDR India empowers brands to achieve more through creative, production and new-age content for their present and future communication goals. It serves as a platform-agnostic powerhouse for brands, content creators and advertising agencies offering full-service production, post-production and new age content. CYLNDR India also provides a state-of-the-art shooting studio with in-house online and offline editing suites.

Our clients come first: CYLNDR was designed to put clients at the center of all we do. Their needs and objectives drive the solutions we provide in order to help them win and grow

Few Brands we work with: https://www.cylndr.in/work

We strongly believe that together works better. No SILO, No SOLO, No BOZO in our compass.

No Silo working in an integrated way is mandatory today

No Solo our craft needs teamwork, as there is no successful soloist without a band

No Bozo - we need the best and the brightest talent with positive attitude and spirit, to be all working in the same direction. The Power of One is what makes our clients win, and us succeed.

Job Description

You will be responsible for driving sales as an individual contributor and scale revenue for CYLNDR INDIA while working closely with the Business Director. We are seeking a highly talented Business Development Manager to play a pivotal role within the CYLNDR India growth team. This individual should have background in sales with experience in content creation and content production. This individual will need to have a deep understanding of all CYLNDRs capabilities and always be at the forefront of the latest offerings we are developing.

This key role will drive sales, responding to client request for content, building and establishing client / procurement relationships. Driving profitable growth is the core objective, so knowledge of the industry with an insatiable curiosity and excitement for market trends is a must.

Responsibilities :

• Manage go to market initiatives towards selling CYLNDR offerings to Brands and managing sales activities for the region
• Reach out and engage with Brands, map accounts, crack insightful briefs and inspire creative team members to come up with interesting and engaging ideas
• Cold Calling is a must
• Responsible for lining up and fixing client meetings and mapping client data
• Lead day to day client engagement and interaction with creative & production teams
• Run projects independently from Planning, briefing, presentation to client and co-ordination with the creative/production teams
• Responsible for monthly / quarterly / annual sales target for the region / set of accounts allocated
• Act as the main point of contact in all matters relating to client concerns and needs
• Build and strengthen client relationships to achieve long-term partnerships
• Proven ability to juggle multiple account management projects at a time, while maintaining sharp attention to detail

Desired Candidate/ What you will need to succeed in this role :

• Successful applicant should be an MBA in Marketing with 3-4 years of experience selling to Brands
• Should have good understanding of the Advertising Business either working with or engaging with known brands, advertising agencies, digital agencies, production houses
• Strong connect with Advertising agencies & Brands
• Track record of handling big ticket projects and ability to close complex deals
• Proven track record of managing all scale of projects with deep client relationship
• Prior experience working for Creative Agencies, Digital Agencies, Broadcast Industry or Large Print publications
• Successful track record of having managed clients, achieving Sales targets and delivering growth in this sector
• Exceptionally strong communication, engagement, presentation skills
• Highly organised, motivated and able to multi-task
• Ability to coordinate and support senior leaders
• Self-driven and proactive

5 best things about working with us:

1. Working on the top clients across verticals will value add to your skills & career graph.

2. No dull moments while working with our clients & team alike.

3. Challenges & having fun while working will be constant thing.

4. Our people are our core strength, fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion is of utmost important to us