Business Development Manager (Chinese Speaking)

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Qumin is the number one Anglo-Chinese digital marketing agency in the UK with offices in London, New York and Shanghai.

Our mission is simple: Open the World to China.

We do this by connecting people and culture to brands.

Our recent growth in the UK and China creates immediate new opportunities for hungry, talented and passionate business development people.

The Chinese population is the largest online audience today and we want to hear from you if you are energetic, committed, and eager to work in a dynamic and environment to create, deliver and grow with us.

Requirements

Role

This role is the lifeblood of new business for Qumin. You will be responsible for finding new business opportunities and bringing in new clients. Our goal for this hire is to find someone who is hungry to progress their career in sales and smash their targets.

Your career progression is as important to us as it is to you, and we would like to see this role move into a leadership position.

Requirements

• 2+ year experience in a direct sales, partnerships or account growth role.
• Interest or experience in China and Chinese digital platforms.
• Ability to control a full sales-cycle from the initial stage of booking meetings to closing deals.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to create and maintain fruitful long-term relationships with clients.
• Crafting compelling messaging to put across our value proposition succinctly.
• Team-player with a positive and energetic approach and the ability to handle rejection.

Nice to have:

• Experience using CRM software and cloud-based platforms.
• Mandarin as a first/second language would be fantastic.
• Great sense of humour.

Traits

• Technically-minded - Excited about technology, social media and creative marketing.
• Problem solver - have a real understanding of people's day-to-day problems. Earn a reputation as the go-to person to help solve problems, promptly.
• Excellence - Always aim for the best.
• Get sh*t done - Help build processes promptly and religiously deliver on commitments.
• Fearless - Push yourself to take risks and really go for it!
• Organised - This is a vital skill for this role.
• Impeccable interpersonal communication skills - Communicate confidently and effectively with potential customers and colleagues.
• Copy and paste #CuminQumin in your cover note to show you've read this JD - you will be automatically disqualified without this hashtag.

Benefits

• Work in a positive culture with people that genuinely love and are great at what they do.
• Other unimportant stuff, such as - 29 days holiday, private health insurance, PHI, life insurance, workplace pension, competitive salary, discretionary and structured bonuses, regular social events, etc.