Executive Producer / Business Director

Reporting to: Head of Client Partnerships

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Location: London (preferable) / EMEA

FutureDeluxe is a global creative studio with offices in London, New York, Los Angeles and Sydney.  We combine design, technology and moving image to craft visual experiences for future facing brands.  We are a diverse group of artists, directors, designers, creative technologists and operational professionals who thrive in an environment based on experimentation, collaboration and innovation. From concept through to final delivery, we collaborate with brands to explore, imagine and define their future vision.

You’re a commercially minded salesperson who loves creative work. You’ve won new business against an outbound target and know how to grow client relationships into long-term strategic partnerships. You understand how to get under the skin of a brand, build relationships across its business and spot opportunities for growth. Here, you’ll open doors with some of the world’s biggest brands and work with our creative and production teams to turn briefs into high-profile work. We’re changing fast, so you’ll have real room to shape what comes next.

The Opportunity

• Own part of the annual team sales target, with most of your focus on outbound new business and the rest on  strategically growing our existing accounts
• Proactively find, approach and win net-new clients, building relationships directly with the brands, agencies and decision makers where our work fits best
• Grow existing relationships with global brand partners,developing a deep understanding of their businesses, challenges and ambitions to become a trusted strategic partner.
• Map client organisations and build relationships across different teams, using referrals and introductions to find new opportunities.
• Develop plans to grow our existing accounts, building stronger relationships and finding opportunities beyond current projects.
• Work closely with clients and our creative teams to bring new ideas, identify opportunities and help solve their challenges.
• Lead pitches, presentations and RFPs (including complex, multi-stakeholder tenders), partnering with Production and our ECDs to turn rough ideas into compelling proposals
• Work with the Head of Client Partnerships on account based marketing (ABM) and other outbound sales methods, and keep pipeline reporting up to date in our CRM
• Transition awarded projects into production, working with Producers to approve SOWs, timelines, and profitable budget frameworks
• Act as a senior point of contact and escalation for clients throughout the project, protecting the relationship and spotting the next opportunity
• Own MSA/Client contract responsibilities, identifying and bringing unclear areas to resolution
• Keep our decks, reels and case studies sharp, so we always present our work and capabilities at their best
• Keep a close eye on the market (industry trends, competitor activity, emerging creative technology) and bring back where you see the biggest growth opportunities

What You’ll Bring

• A proven track record of winning new business against a personal outbound sales target, not solely managing inherited accounts. Experience carrying a multi-million pound individual target is a strong advantage
• A history of growing existing client accounts year on year
• Direct experience with global brands, whether agency-side, studio-side or in a brand-facing commercial role
• Excellent pitching and presenting skills, with the confidence to lead conversations with senior clients
• A self-starter who takes the initiative: you create opportunities rather than wait for them to be handed to you
• A growth mindset. You ask lots of questions, want to understand what makes our work special, and thrive in a fast-changing business
• Openness to AI and how it’s changing our industry. A strong understanding of creative technology is a bonus
• Willingness to travel at least once per quarter (Europe and US)

We’re open on where you’ve gained your sales experience – a creative, digital, design, branding, technology-led or media agency, ad tech, a studio, post house or in-house team – as long as you’ve sold directly to brands. Career breaks, career changes and different paths are all welcome, so please don’t be put off if you don’t meet everything listed here. If the role excites you, we’d love to hear from you.

Come Prepared to Talk about

• Your outbound sales target, and what you brought in against it
• How your revenue breaks down: existing vs. net new clients, average project size and year-on-year growth
• New business you’ve won recently, and how you won it
• Projects you love, ours or anyone else’s, and why
• Trending technologies, campaigns and award winning work in the global market, including how AI and creative technology are changing the industry
• Where you see the biggest growth opportunities for a studio like ours

What We Offer: 

• Generous time off allowance, plus a two week studio closure at the end of the year
• Work from anywhere for up to three weeks a year 
• A well-stocked studio with lots of socials and team celebrations throughout the year
• Enhanced sick pay – up to 20 days at full pay each year, after your probationary period
• Private medical cover with BUPA,  from your first day, with the option to add dependants
• Enhanced parental leave – 16 weeks at full pay for the person who gives birth, and two weeks paid leave for co-parents from day one, rising to four weeks after a year's service
• Pension with Aviva – you contribute 5%, we contribute 3% of qualifying earnings
• Part of a global network within Forever: London, NYC, LA, Toronto, Sydney, Barcelona, Tokyo, São Paulo and growing!

Note that benefits outlined above are applicable to UK based employees and subject to change, benefits are adapted depending on region. 

How We Hire

We read every application. If you're progressing to the next round, you'll hear from us within four weeks. If you haven't heard from us by then, we haven't been able to take things further this time – and we're sorry not to reply to everyone individually.

If you need any adjustments to the application or interview process – questions in advance, extra time, meeting remotely – tell us either within your application, or once you’re in touch with the people team. Ask for whatever helps, whether it’s listed here or not and we’ll sort it.

If you progress, the process looks like this

• Step 1 – Online intro with the people team
• Step 2 – Online interview with our Head of Client Partnerships and a key collaborator from the team
• Step 3 – Final interview with our Head of Client Partnerships and a member of our leadership team, including a short presentation – ideally in person
• Step 4 – Offer 

Your Data

We process your application in line with our recruitment privacy notice. If you're not successful, we'll keep your details for up to two years in case future roles come up, unless you'd rather we didn't – just email talent@futuredeluxe.com at any time to have your details deleted or restricted, which won't affect any application you have in progress.

The duties and responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of management.

FutureDeluxe is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a team that represents various backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We pride ourselves on creating a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive workplace for all employees