Sales & Growth Manager

Job title: Sales & Growth Manager

Responsibilities

Sales leadership and pipeline:

• Own the pipeline and CRM (HubSpot): qualification, prioritization, forecasting, and regular reporting on pipeline health to executive leadership.
• Set and hit achievable annual sales goals, growing both new business and expansion revenue from existing clients (in partnership with Client Services).
• Drive our outbound approach and proactively expand Wide Eye's relationships and opportunities, partnering on marketing and thought leadership that builds the pipeline.

Proposals and pitches:

• Run the proposal process end to end — writing, scoping, budget development, and production.
• Write exceptional proposals, using structure and creative layout to deliver a message. Comfortable in design tools like Figma Slides and partnering with designers on templates and case studies.
• Manage a confident, winning pitch process: bring together the right team for each opportunity with clear expectations and assignments, then lead the presentation — pitching big conceptual ideas to executives, asking the right questions, and setting a tone that carries into a successful project.
• Collaborate with practice leads to shape solutions, scopes, and budgets our teams understand and endorse.
• In collaboration with the Operations team, negotiate contracts and project amendments on behalf of the company.

Ways of working:

• Pursue projects that fit our values and capabilities, working with the internal team to assess feasibility throughout the sales process.
• Manage and partner with our Sales & Growth Associate, building and refining our process together.
• Work AI-natively, from research to proposal workflows — helping us strengthen our process while retaining our craft-forward, strategy-driven approach.
• Collaborate with the Executive Team on positioning, pricing strategy, and growth priorities.
• Partner with client services leadership to spot opportunities to grow, strengthen, and retain client relationships.

Handoffs to the team:

• Ensure a smooth handoff of every won project from sale to delivery, onboarding teams to the client, the scope, and the story of how we got here.
• Communicate effectively across teams so what we sold is what we deliver.

Secondary responsibilities:

• Maintain a strong awareness of other agencies' practices and the campaigns and organizations we serve.

• Help define, evangelize, and measure Wide Eye's core value as a creative agency for good.

• Exemplify our culture, values, and principles for the broader team.

• Help recruit and shape the Sales and Growth team as it grows.

• Attend industry events and conferences, participate in relevant online communities, and evangelize Wide Eye wherever possible.

• Experience / Qualifications

• 3+ years running or holding a senior role in business development or sales at a creative, digital, or comms/marketing agency, with a demonstrated process for pipelines, proposals, and pitches.

• Track record of personally writing and winning proposals for six-to-seven-figure creative and digital engagements.

• Able to speak credibly to creative, engineering, and strategy practices in equal measure.

• Outstanding writing skills; confident in Figma and modern proposal tooling.

• Proven negotiation skills and ability to build strong interpersonal relationships with clients and leadership.

• Strong EQ; able to multitask, prioritize, and perform in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.

• Comfort working with AI tools as a core part of the sales workflow.

• Highly creative and resourceful—brings solutions and finds a way to “yes”.

• Growth

• This is the first senior role in our Sales and Growth department, with one direct report and the encouragement to take big swings. As Wide Eye scales, this role grows with it — building out the team, shaping how we show up in our market, and deepening into agency leadership.

• Bonus Points

• Background in social causes and progressive politics with a personal network in the sector

• Love of visual design, technology, and storytelling

• Annual

Salary

115k - 135k plus performance bonus and benefits

Our Commitment to You

• Wide Eye promotes diversity of thought, culture, and background which connects the Wide Eye team. We are committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage candidates from historically excluded communities to apply. We believe that your lived experience is a valuable asset in helping our clients create meaningful change in the world.

• Wide Eye is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and/or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.