Business Development Manager

CompanyITV

LocationBrighton, England, United Kingdom

Posted At1/26/2026

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Sales accounts and business development managers

Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled

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£55,200 (£28.31 per hour)

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Description

Business Development Manager

ITV Commercial

Permanent, Full Time

Location: Flexible across South Coast/South East

Hiring range: From £35k plus bonus & benefits

Your work matters to millions.

Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. So, it’s not surprising that you’ll find us in every home in the UK, our productions are famous all over the world and we’re at the forefront of the digital streaming revolution.

When you join us, you enter a fun working environment. With opportunities to learn, to grow and make a real difference. Small enough that your impact’s felt in the business, but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people.

Come develop your skills, change TV and the course of your career. Don’t just watch it. Be part of it. Join ITV.

Your impact sends ripples.

The role

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Business Development Manager to join our team. This is a permanent, full time position and we will consider applicants in the South Coast / South East area.

Reporting to the Business Manager, the Business Development Manager will lead on business growth across a portfolio of media & digital agencies and their clients, direct clients and creative agencies.

Your focus will be on developing strategic customer partnerships through business intelligence, idea generation, creative portfolio pitching, negotiating trading deals and campaign delivery, maximising revenue and share into ITV and enhancing our reputation in the market. As a team, you will be focused on delivering big ideas as well as developing new revenue streams across emerging platforms.

Key responsibilities

Inputting into the Business Plan and taking joint responsibility for implementing it
Delivering revenue growth and reputation within the team and area on a defined set of agencies/clients
Building strategic senior customer relationships, focussed on driving incremental revenue and problem-solving to turnaround revenue decline/issues
Communicating key opportunities and issues to the Business Manager as they arise
Representing and selling all of ITV’s commercial assets across airtime and multiplatform

Responsible for growing incremental revenue and enhancing ITV’s reputation in the market

Working closely with agencies and clients (direct and via agency) focusing and selling how ITV can help them to achieve their business goals

Communicate and implement best practice and consistent messages/behaviours across all offices to drive consistent delivery

Strong peer group relationships with other Business Development Managers in team and across the business as well as with Group Managers across Partnerships, Trading and Activation

Have a broad knowledge of what ITV can offer across all its touch points with the audience and how to create effective communications through ideas

Develop strong strategic customer relationships with key influencers in media agencies (senior management, planners, data, digital, buyers), creative agencies and priority clients within agency

Build pipelines of new business among new/lapsed advertisers through targeting other media and being aware of opportunities within the geographic area

Promote ITV as a media partner of choice for non-traditional, cross-media advertising campaigns

Forecasting performance and accurate reporting/regular comms and updates

Integrate all platform and portfolio revenue opportunities into potential approaches where possible

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)

A knowledge of the TV trading market and other media
Strong insight into understanding agency and client motivations/challenges /opportunities
Strong negotiator with a proven track record
Experience of creating and delivering annual business plans to deliver incremental revenue from agency accounts and priority clients
Ability to brief, develop and deliver bespoke, creative, cross-media communication propositions to address specific client needs
Commercial awareness in delivering revenue and successfully hitting targets

Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)

Ability to build strong relationships with customers as well as motivate and galvanise the Business Development Executive
Highly creative and innovative approach to business – tenacious and good at problem-solving as well as thinking laterally
Creative and commercial approach – able to bring fresh thinking and ideas to the table

Entrepreneurial spirit to seize opportunities

Good analytical reporting and attention to detail

Confidence to challenge the norm, not be risk averse and break new ground

Strong communication skills and presentation skills

ITV is for everyone.

ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from Deaf, Disabled and/or Neurodivergent people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we’ll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).

We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.com.

Find out more about applying with a disability.

* There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.

Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.

ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including:

Flexible working with a range of options
Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
Annual bonus opportunity
Competitive pension contribution
Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares