Business Development Executive (BDE)

people-first, proactive, and research-driven Business Development Executive

This is not just a traditional sales role.

stories, collaborations, partnerships, and business opportunities

A major part of the role involves listening carefully, understanding people and organisations, identifying the right opportunity, and presenting how The Savage Humans can create value through storytelling, content, visibility, and partnerships.

inbound and outbound opportunities

• Handle and convert

  inbound leads

  coming through The Savage Humans' platforms, referrals, campaigns, and business enquiries.
• Research and approach

  outbound prospects

  , including brands, companies, NGOs, institutions, founders, agencies, and other organisations.
• Connect with individuals and organisations who have impactful or interesting stories that can be featured on

  The Savage Humans

  .
• Speak with prospective clients, understand their journey, work, objectives, and communication requirements before suggesting the right solution.
• Build

  B2B agency partnerships and tie-ups

  for storytelling, video production, branded content, campaigns, and visibility opportunities.
• Connect directly with companies and organisations for

  content, storytelling, campaign, and media collaborations

  .
• Conduct discovery calls and meetings with prospects and ask the right questions to understand their actual requirements.
• Maintain consistent follow-ups with prospects and move qualified opportunities through the sales pipeline.
• Prepare professional

  proposals, presentations, quotations, and customised pitches

  based on client requirements.
• Maintain lead databases, follow-up records, client information, and sales tracking using

  Excel / Google Sheets

  .
• Conduct detailed research on potential clients, organisations, campaigns, industries, people, and partnership opportunities before outreach.
• Use tools such as

  ChatGPT and Claude

  for research, proposal development, communication, idea generation, and improving productivity.
• Coordinate internally with the content, production, storytelling, and creative teams to ensure that proposed solutions are practical and aligned with client expectations.
• Build long-term relationships instead of focusing only on one-time transactions.
• Work towards business development, partnership, lead conversion, and revenue targets.
  

We are looking for someone who is naturally good with people and genuinely interested in understanding their stories.

The ideal candidate should be:

• A

  people person

  who enjoys meeting and speaking with new people.
• Strong in communication, relationship building, negotiation, and convincing.
• Comfortable speaking with founders, business owners, senior professionals, NGOs, agencies, and corporate teams.
• Excellent at

  online research and prospect identification

  .
• Able to personalise outreach instead of using generic sales messages.
• Comfortable with both

  inbound lead conversion and outbound business development

  .
• Capable of preparing professional proposals and presentations.
• Comfortable working with

  Excel / Google Sheets

  for lead tracking and reporting.
• Familiar with

  ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI productivity tools

  .
• Organised with strong follow-up skills and attention to detail.
• Curious about people, businesses, social impact, brands, and stories.
• Able to independently identify new business and storytelling opportunities.
  

• Bachelor’s degree or MBA

  in Business Administration, Marketing, Sales, Communications, or a related field.

• 2+ years of experience in Sales, Business Development, Partnerships, Client Servicing, or a related industry

  .
• Experience working with

  B2B clients, agencies, brands, NGOs, or corporate clients

  will be an added advantage.
• Strong communication, negotiation, research, relationship-building, and client-handling skills.
• Proficiency in

  Excel / Google Sheets

  and proposal creation.
• Familiarity with

  ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI productivity tools

  .

Someone who can enter a conversation without immediately trying to sell.

listen, understand the story or business need, identify the opportunity, and then build the right pitch around it.

• At The Savage Humans, business development is not only about closing deals. It is about finding

  people worth telling stories about, organisations worth collaborating with, and partnerships that can create meaningful impact and visibility.