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Business Development Manager

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  • Prospect, run discovery calls, craft proposals and close campaigns.
  • Sell influencer, social, content and digital marketing to brands & agencies.
  • Own full sales cycle, grow recurring accounts and hit targets!

RM 6K - RM 20K

D-22-07, Menara Suezcap 1, KL Gateway, 2 Jalan Kerinchi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur

Job Description

What You'll Do

Drive New Business

  • Identify and approach potential clients across brands, agencies and businesses.
  • Generate your own sales opportunities through networking, outreach, referrals, LinkedIn, events and industry connections.
  • Develop relationships with Marketing Managers, Brand Managers, Digital Marketing teams, business owners and other decision-makers.
  • Build and maintain a healthy new-business pipeline.

Understand Client Needs

  • Conduct discovery meetings to understand client objectives, target audiences, campaign requirements, budgets and timelines.
  • Identify opportunities where KOLHUB's influencer marketing, social media, content and digital solutions can help clients achieve their objectives.
  • Translate client challenges into commercially viable campaign opportunities.

Pitch & Close

  • Work closely with KOLHUB's strategy, campaign and management teams to develop proposals and recommendations.
  • Present proposals, capabilities and campaign ideas confidently to clients.
  • Handle quotations, commercial negotiations and scope discussions.
  • Follow up consistently and proactively until opportunities are closed.
  • Own the sales process from first contact through confirmed quotation, contract or purchase order.

Grow Client Accounts

  • Reconnect with previous and dormant clients.
  • Identify upselling and cross-selling opportunities within existing accounts.
  • Develop long-term client relationships that create recurring business opportunities.

Manage Pipeline & Performance

  • Maintain accurate sales opportunities, follow-up actions and forecasts.
  • Track proposal status, conversion rates and expected revenue.
  • Achieve agreed monthly and quarterly sales targets.
  • Maintain sufficient qualified pipeline to support future revenue targets.

Job Requirements

What We're Looking For

  • Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business, Communications or related field.
  • Approximately 4–7 years of working experience, preferably with experience in business development, sales or client acquisition.
  • Experience within an influencer marketing agency, digital agency, media agency, advertising agency, publisher, ad-tech, social media or marketing-related industry will be an advantage.
  • Strong understanding of digital marketing and social media.
  • Familiarity with influencer marketing, KOL/KOC campaigns, TikTok, Instagram, Meta or digital advertising is highly preferred.
  • Strong presentation, communication and negotiation skills.
  • Comfortable speaking with senior marketing and business decision-makers.
  • Commercially minded and comfortable discussing campaign budgets.
  • Able to work independently and actively create opportunities instead of waiting for inbound leads.
  • Persistent with follow-ups and comfortable working towards sales targets.
  • Good command of English and Bahasa Malaysia. Mandarin will be an added advantage.

Skills

Business Development
Customer Acquisition Management
Lead Generation
Digital Marketing
Influencer Marketing
Customer Relationship Management
Sales Presentations
Negotiation
Account Management
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software

Company Benefits

Hybrid Working Arrangement

Enjoy a hybrid work arrangement that offers flexibility while staying connected with the team.

Fun Working Environment

Work hard, play hard culture with flexible work arrangements.

Training Provided

Weekly in-house training to support continuous learning.

Transport Allowance

All employees are entitled to subsidies for parking, public transportation, or petrol.

Laptop provided

Company laptop provided

Medical Benefits

Outpatient medical coverage.


Additional Info

Company Activity

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Career Level

Manager / Team Lead

Job Specialisation


Company Profile

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KOLHUB

Why we start? When KOLHUB was founded in 2020, Malaysia’s influencer marketing industry was still largely measured by surface numbers — followers, likes, reach, CPM, and media-plan line items. We saw the gap clearly. Brands were spending money on KOLs, but not always achieving business goals. Campaigns were being executed, but not always remembered. Influencers were being booked, but not always matched with the...