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Senior Manager, Client Services – Business Development
Location
United States
Posted
21 days ago
Salary
$90K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Manager, Client Services – Business Development
SketchDeck
• Own your pipeline end-to-end—from prospecting through close and expansion • Build pipeline through outbound efforts; you generate your own opportunities • Identify and engage key decision-makers across marketing, brand, and creative teams • Lead discovery and pitch conversations to win the work • Advance opportunities with clarity, urgency, and strong follow-through • Grow accounts by identifying opportunities across teams, regions, and workstreams • Expand engagements into more integrated, long-term partnerships • Maintain disciplined CRM hygiene and provide accurate weekly forecasts • Partner with Markacy, Futureman, and 24 Seven to co-sell and expand opportunities • Lead consultative conversations that connect business challenges to creative solutions • Guide clients through the full creative process—from brief and positioning through execution and delivery • Build and deliver proposals and pitch narratives with Creative Directors and Strategists • Position SketchDeck as a strategic creative partner, not just a delivery team • Clearly articulate how creative work—branding, campaigns, digital experiences, and content—drives measurable impact • Partner with Creative Directors, Strategists, Project Directors, and Operations to scope work accurately from the start • Hand off cleanly to delivery with clear briefs and aligned expectations • Bring market and client insights back to inform offering development • Align with Operations early on resourcing and timelines to keep ambition feasible
Job Requirements
- 7+ years in client-facing roles within a creative agency, with experience selling creative services
- Proven track record of carrying and hitting quota ($2M+ annually preferred)
- Experience building pipeline through outbound prospecting
- Strong creative fluency—comfortable speaking to branding, campaigns, digital experiences, content, and production
- Working knowledge of creative tools and workflows (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, digital/web production)
- Comfortable leading client presentations and pitches, with the ability to win the work
- Experience scoping, pricing, and negotiating SOWs ($100K–$1M+ deal sizes)
- Proven ability to grow accounts and expand relationships over time
- Strong written and verbal communication—clear, direct, and confident
- Experience navigating executive-level conversations and complex stakeholder environments
- Ability to collaborate across creative, strategy, and operations to shape solutions that are both compelling and executable
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, and vision)
- 401(k) with company match
- Fully remote working environment (established pre-COVID and continuing forward)
- Paid time off that grows with tenure
- Annual company retreat
- Computer hardware of your choice (up to $1,500)
- $500 towards your office setup expenses
- To work with a talented team of designers, team members, and engineers
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