People at Keywords are passionate, talented, committed and resourceful. Human talent is our most valuable resource and as a business, we thrive on diversity, celebrate uniqueness and work as teams whether we are physically together in one of our 75+ studios around the world or working together virtually.

Keywords now has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Business Development Manager specialised in selling Art services to be a part of our Global Business Development team. Ideally based in North America or Europe, you are going to be a key member of the team, responsible for building and growing Keywords’ relationship with assigned clients, with a specific focus on selling Art services to video games clients.

This exciting role will give the successful individual the opportunity to influence and lead a critical element of our Create division (which comprises Art services and Game Development services), taking us to the next level of our strategic growth plans.

The Business Development Manager will be joining a global team of highly dedicated professionals, which support Keywords’ four divisions as part of a central function. The ideal candidate is an accomplished sales executive with demonstrable success in growing new business for Art services. Direct experience of Art services for the video games market is a key requirement. In this role, the primary focus will be on this role, the primary focus will be on new business generation but some account management of existing and new accounts will be involved as well.

Some of the cool stuff you'll be doing:

• Work with Global Business Development team and Art service line to identify new prospective clients for Keywords’ Create division.
• Develop and execute sales development strategies for these prospective clients.
• Work with the Art Solutions Architecture team to qualify leads and manage opportunities throughout their lifecycle.
• Provide customer support, managing client expectations in collaboration with the Art Solutions team and Art
• studios.
• Attend qualified trade conferences and provide on stand support where the company is exhibiting.
• Follow the company’s chosen sales methodology and produce all related reports.
• Support the delivery studio in account management where required, managing the relationship with the client, and participating customer review meetings