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Marketing and Business Development Manager

MBLM
Dubai, UAE
Full Time
Manager
3 days ago
Business DevelopmentMarketing StrategyPipeline ManagementPresentation SkillsNegotiationRelationship Management
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Role Overview

  • MBLM is looking for a commercially minded Business Development & Marketing Manager to help grow our agency, strengthen relationships, and create new opportunities across the UAE and wider region.
  • This role suits someone who understands agency life, enjoys connecting with people, and can move confidently between strategy, outreach, presentations, proposals, and marketing activity.

Your Responsibilities

  • Developing and managing MBLM’s annual business development plan
  • Contributing to new business strategy, including target markets, industries, client profiles, and revenue goals
  • Identifying prospective clients and relevant opportunities across South Korea/UAE and regional markets
  • Managing the new business pipeline, workflows, and reporting
  • Qualifying opportunities against MBLM’s growth strategy and new business criteria
  • Researching prospective clients, their industries, challenges, and business priorities
  • Building trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and decision makers
  • Working with discipline leaders and Managing Directors to create tailored credentials, proposals, points of view, and pitch presentations
  • Coordinating pitch teams, timelines, deliverables, and internal responsibilities
  • Leading presentations, commercial discussions, and fee negotiations
  • Supporting the conversion of opportunities into new client relationships and accounts
  • Attending new client kickoffs and ensuring a smooth transition to the relevant client leadership team

Marketing Responsibilities

  • Thought leadership and content development
  • PR activity and media outreach
  • Industry events, conferences, trade shows, and sponsorships
  • Social media and digital marketing activity
  • Direct marketing and email campaigns
  • Presentations, credentials materials, and sales enablement content
  • Promotion of MBLM’s software, digital experiences, and technology capabilities
  • Relationship building activity across relevant business and industry networks

What We Are Looking For

  • Experienced in business development, marketing, or client growth within an agency environment
  • Comfortable managing a pipeline and following opportunities through to conversion
  • A confident presenter who can handle challenging questions and commercial conversations
  • Strong at networking and building relationships with senior stakeholders
  • Commercially aware, strategic, and curious about how businesses operate
  • Highly organised and able to manage several opportunities, deadlines, and stakeholders at once
  • A clear and persuasive writer
  • Detail oriented and committed to accuracy, speed, and quality
  • Energetic, resourceful, and comfortable working in a fast moving agency
  • A fast learner with a positive, collaborative attitude
  • Passionate about branding, marketing, technology, and creating meaningful client relationships

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business administration, economics, design management, or a related field
  • 4 to 5 years of relevant professional experience
  • Experience in business development, marketing, or growth within a branding, advertising, digital, design, or communications agency
  • Experience managing projects, timelines, proposals, and pitch processes
  • Excellent written and spoken English
  • Strong presentation, negotiation, and relationship management skills
  • Experience using HubSpot or a comparable CRM
  • Existing experience and professional networks in the UAE are highly desirable
  • Preference for candidates currently based in the UAE

Why MBLM?

  • MBLM is a vibrant and diverse agency in Dubai, led by experienced practitioners who care deeply about the quality of our work and the strength of our teams.
  • You’ll work across brand, digital, marketing, AI, and emerging technologies, with the opportunity to contribute directly to the agency’s growth and client relationships.
  • The role offers meaningful responsibility, close access to senior leadership, and the chance to help shape how MBLM builds its presence across the market.

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