About ITG:

We're a tech-first marketing powerhouse on a mission to free marketers from the mundane. With over a decade of growth, our team of 1000+ dedicated marketers, state-of-the-art technology, and unwavering customer service are all focused on one thing: empowering creative brilliance.

At Inspired Thinking Group (ITG), we're on an exciting growth trajectory, thanks to expanding opportunities with Storyteq. We're in search of a dynamic Solutions Manager, to drive new business and enhance our already prestigious client roster. This role is pivotal within ITG's Growth division, offering a unique blend of consultative sales and strategic conversion efforts. Reporting to the Head of Growth, the chosen candidate will play a crucial role in our ambitious team.

Why Join Our Growth Division?

Our Growth division is the heartbeat of our sales and conversion success. Our collaborative ethos has been key to securing new clients by presenting compelling business propositions. As we navigate the changes and opportunities in the marketing solutions and tech landscape, your dedicated focus will be instrumental in maintaining our high conversion rates.

At ITG, we cherish a vibrant, collaborative, and inclusive culture. We're on the lookout for team players who echo our values, devoid of any ego or office politics. We advocate for simplicity and transparency in all communications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ability to lead individual responses, and align to process steps set out, to ensure that each response is crafted in a timely manner, to high quality, and with alignment across key stakeholders in the business.
• Under guidance of the Head of Solutions, management of end-to-end responses across both competitive and non-competitive growth opportunities with potential and existing clients, collaborating across the Solutions Team to craft winning proposals.
• Manage all sales process documentation, including Request for Information, Request for Proposals, Request for Quotations, all alongside the Commercial team.
• Working alongside Growth leads who are the lead contact for opportunities, and utilising their knowledge of the client, relationship, and solution to craft any response
• Engage in ITG’s Growth process from evaluating client challenges to designing and presenting compelling solutions.
• Foster strong partnerships across the sales team and the wider ITG Group, tapping into a wealth of subject matter expertise.
• Uphold and promote ITG's culture and values in all engagements.

Requirements

 Essential Skills:

What You'll Need:

• Strong generalist knowledge of Marketing and Technology options available within the market.
• Proven ability to adhere to business processes, and utilising listening skills to unlock opportunities and overcome challenges in proposal creation.
• Commercial acumen with a focus on ROI for clients.
• Solid project and change management expertise.
• Exceptional collaboration skills and the ability to engage with marketing subject matter experts.
• Proven track record in guiding clients and teams towards marketing excellence.
• Ability to map processes in detail and propose efficiency-enhancing alternatives.
• Skilled in creating and presenting to senior stakeholders.
• Strong IT skills, able to use a range of tools primarily MacOS, Microsoft suite, and Monday.com.

How You'll Work:

• Effective communication across all business levels, including C-Level, with a flair for relationship building.
• Outstanding project management and organisational skills in a dynamic priority landscape.
• Excellent interpersonal, detail orientation, and written/verbal communication abilities.
• Strong time management to meet pressing deadlines.
• Self-driven with a passion for continuous learning and development.
• Capable of juggling multiple projects without sacrificing quality.
• The role can be Birmingham or London based. If remote/hybrid the expectation will be for the successful candidate to be able to travel to their nearest location for key meetings depending on the business’s requirements.

Benefits

Work’s a treat!

On top of a competitive salary, you can expect a whole load of perks:

• 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays – we understand the importance of you getting some down time.

• Annual Wellbeing Day – enjoy an additional day on us to look after your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Pension Scheme – helping you save towards your retirement home in the sun!
• Corporate Medical Cash Plan – claim back the cost of your medical treatments.
• Smart Working Options – spend up to 40% of your working week from home.
• So many savings – through our online community platform, you can access dozens of daily deals, from money off top brands to discounts on days out.

• Employee Assistance Programme – our people are at the heart of everything we do, so if you’re happy, we’re happy.
• Cycle to Work Scheme – save on the cost of biking to work.
• Monthly Employee Awards - Employee of the Month programme with £250 bonus
• Raising money for charity including a paid Volunteer Day – we’re all about giving back… and having lots of fun in the process!
• Referral scheme – know the perfect person to join the team? You could bag £1,500 for a putting a good word in.

• Wellbeing Programme – giving you the opportunity to join regular, interactive Wellbeing Workshops or join our 30 plus Wellbeing Champions.
• Enhanced Family Friendly Leave – support for you and your family to help you navigate through the craziness of family life.

We Value Diversity

We champion and welcome diversity in our workforce and ensure all job applicants receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.

We are not only committed to increasing the visibility and recognition of talent from under-represented groups within our organisation, but the wider industry too.

At the end of the day, we make sure we take time to look after ourselves, each other, and the planet, because we’re always stronger together.

ITG have a number of community groups (ERGs) available to employees which offer a safe space for like-minded colleagues, with shared interests to connect, socialise and check in with each other. These include Black ITGers Together, LGBTQ+ Together, Mens Health Together, Muslims Together, Neurodiversity Together, Working Parents and Carers Together and Women In Tech Together.

What next?
If you found yourself interested in knowing more, drop us your application and someone from our team will be in touch.

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