Business Development Executive

4 days ago

Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom Blue Legal Full time £30,000 - £60,000 per year

We are working with a leading regional law firm to recruit a Business Development Executive for their Preston office. The role offers the chance to develop your career, utilise your business development expertise, and contribute to a collaborative, high-performing team. Working in a fast-paced, client focused environment, you'll play a key role in driving growth and supporting strategic initiatives.

The Responsibilities:

  • Support strategic business development plans for the Commercial Division and understand all department services.
  • Research new targets and opportunities to drive growth and support winning new clients.
  • Create proposals and capability materials to win and retain clients, and target events/leads to generate opportunities.
  • Strengthen referrer and strategic partner relationships, support cross-selling, and revive dormant clients.
  • Plan and support business development events and key client programmes, monitoring feedback and client reviews.
  • Track and report business development activity, analyse competitors, and contribute to Commercial Division BD meetings.

The Candidate:

  • Business-focused academic background (Business Management/Business Studies degree or similar), strong commercial awareness, and alignment with firm values.
  • Proven analytical, research, communication and relationship-building skills, with strong attention to detail, IT capability and ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Knowledge of marketing/BD best practice (proposals, client engagement, events), with desirable experience in professional services BD, CRM use and strategic plan alignment.

Please note
: Due to the specific sectors we work in, only candidates with valid work experience in a Law Firm, Accountancy Firm, Management Consultancy, Property/Construction Firm, Financial Services Firm or a high profile relevant Association or Agency will be considered. We regret that our clients will not accept applications outside of these areas.

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