Central Employment Agency
City, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Central Employment are delighted to be working exclusively with an established and expanding independent Performance Marketing, Design and Development agency, as they look to grow their commercial team by appointing a Business Development Executive. Business Development Executive profile This is a proactive outbound role for someone who can create opportunity where no obvious brief exists. You will identify organisations that fit the agency's filter, build commercially intelligent prospect lists, and use insight led outreach across phone, email, LinkedIn, social channels and industry networking events. Your goal is to secure qualified appointments for the business development team to pitch the agency and the right proposed solutions against the prospect's business and commercial objectives. This is not a passive lead handling role. We are looking for a commercially alert, high energy Business Development Executive who can spot market signals, create urgency through insight and get senior decision makers into meaningful conversations. Responsibilities Research, identify and document new business opportunities across the UK. Build target account lists using the agency filter, not generic volume led lists. Identify key decision makers, influencers and budget holders, including founders, CEOs, MDs, marketing directors, ecommerce leads, digital leads and commercial directors. Prioritise prospects based on fit, trigger events, commercial opportunity, timing, potential value and likelihood to convert. Maintain accurate CRM records, next actions, prospect intelligence, meeting notes and pipeline stages. Make confident, proactive outbound calls that open conversations, handle objections and secure the next step. Write sharp, tailored emails that show commercial understanding and give the prospect a reason to respond. Use LinkedIn and relevant social channels to connect, warm up prospects and spot timely reasons to engage. Represent the agency at relevant industry networking events, proactively opening senior level conversations and mapping out relationship opportunities face to face. Use event intelligence, attendee lists, speaker agendas, exhibitor lists and sector themes to create warmer pre event and post event outreach. Create follow up sequences across phone, email, LinkedIn and networking touchpoints, with persistence and professionalism. Book qualified meetings with decision makers for the business development team to pitch. Set every meeting up properly, with clear prospect context, objectives, pain points, stakeholders, opportunity size and suggested pitch angle. Collaborate with strategists, account managers, digital specialists, developers and creatives to shape the strongest first conversation. Support follow up activity after meetings where needed, keeping the opportunity moving and the CRM accurate. Learn from won, lost and stalled opportunities to continually improve targeting and messaging. Qualifications A proven track record in B2B outbound sales, appointment setting, SDR/BDR activity or new business development. Elite phone skills: you can open calls, listen properly, challenge constructively, handle objections and secure a clear next step. Elite written outreach: concise, personalised and commercially persuasive, without sounding scripted or generic. Commercial curiosity: you can look at a business and quickly identify what might be holding it back or where it could grow. An understanding of digital, web, SEO, marketing, customer acquisition or agency services, or the ability to learn quickly. Excellent organisation, time management and CRM discipline. Confidence selling a complex, consultative proposition rather than a simple product. Resilience, self motivation and the drive to work in a target led environment. Strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships with senior decision makers. Competence with Microsoft Office / Google Workspace and confidence using online research tools. Locations and Compensation Sunderland Permanent - Up to £50,000 DOE County Durham or Cambridge + hybrid working Permanent - £DOE UK remote + travel Permanent - Up to £DOE + bonus
Central Employment are delighted to be working exclusively with an established and expanding independent Performance Marketing, Design and Development agency, as they look to grow their commercial team by appointing a Business Development Executive. Business Development Executive profile This is a proactive outbound role for someone who can create opportunity where no obvious brief exists. You will identify organisations that fit the agency's filter, build commercially intelligent prospect lists, and use insight led outreach across phone, email, LinkedIn, social channels and industry networking events. Your goal is to secure qualified appointments for the business development team to pitch the agency and the right proposed solutions against the prospect's business and commercial objectives. This is not a passive lead handling role. We are looking for a commercially alert, high energy Business Development Executive who can spot market signals, create urgency through insight and get senior decision makers into meaningful conversations. Responsibilities Research, identify and document new business opportunities across the UK. Build target account lists using the agency filter, not generic volume led lists. Identify key decision makers, influencers and budget holders, including founders, CEOs, MDs, marketing directors, ecommerce leads, digital leads and commercial directors. Prioritise prospects based on fit, trigger events, commercial opportunity, timing, potential value and likelihood to convert. Maintain accurate CRM records, next actions, prospect intelligence, meeting notes and pipeline stages. Make confident, proactive outbound calls that open conversations, handle objections and secure the next step. Write sharp, tailored emails that show commercial understanding and give the prospect a reason to respond. Use LinkedIn and relevant social channels to connect, warm up prospects and spot timely reasons to engage. Represent the agency at relevant industry networking events, proactively opening senior level conversations and mapping out relationship opportunities face to face. Use event intelligence, attendee lists, speaker agendas, exhibitor lists and sector themes to create warmer pre event and post event outreach. Create follow up sequences across phone, email, LinkedIn and networking touchpoints, with persistence and professionalism. Book qualified meetings with decision makers for the business development team to pitch. Set every meeting up properly, with clear prospect context, objectives, pain points, stakeholders, opportunity size and suggested pitch angle. Collaborate with strategists, account managers, digital specialists, developers and creatives to shape the strongest first conversation. Support follow up activity after meetings where needed, keeping the opportunity moving and the CRM accurate. Learn from won, lost and stalled opportunities to continually improve targeting and messaging. Qualifications A proven track record in B2B outbound sales, appointment setting, SDR/BDR activity or new business development. Elite phone skills: you can open calls, listen properly, challenge constructively, handle objections and secure a clear next step. Elite written outreach: concise, personalised and commercially persuasive, without sounding scripted or generic. Commercial curiosity: you can look at a business and quickly identify what might be holding it back or where it could grow. An understanding of digital, web, SEO, marketing, customer acquisition or agency services, or the ability to learn quickly. Excellent organisation, time management and CRM discipline. Confidence selling a complex, consultative proposition rather than a simple product. Resilience, self motivation and the drive to work in a target led environment. Strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships with senior decision makers. Competence with Microsoft Office / Google Workspace and confidence using online research tools. Locations and Compensation Sunderland Permanent - Up to £50,000 DOE County Durham or Cambridge + hybrid working Permanent - £DOE UK remote + travel Permanent - Up to £DOE + bonus
Central Employment Agency
Central Employment Technology division are working with a scaling in-house Software team as they look to recruit a Mid-Senior .NET Developer, with the opportunity to work on digital projects like a new customer app and modern web platforms. Fully office based in Tyne & Wear, part of established and knowledgeable IT & Development team. Mid-Senior .NET Developer profile You will contribute to the development and maintenance of the company's web platforms, working on end to end delivery across a modern .NET and front end ecosystem. Key Responsibilities Contribute to the end-to-end development and architecture design of software solutions Assist the Lead in creating scalable and maintainable codebases using best practices in C#, ASP.NET, and other related technologies Coach other team members where needed to improve their skills and the delivery of projects Manage tickets (incidents) appropriate to the Development team Maintain and develop integration with 3rd party systems Identify and suggest opportunities to improve systems and underlying data through continuous improvement Take responsibility for Information Security in compliance with ISO27001 Skills Required 3-5 years of experience in software development, ideally full stack. Proficiency in C#, ASP.NET MVC/Core, Razor, and Entity Framework Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, JSON, and integrations with third-party services Experience with source control systems, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation Experience of working with cloud hosted solutions (e.g. Azure UK remote + travel - Permanent: Up to £DOE + bonus Sunderland - Permanent: Up to £50,000 DOE Sunderland - Permanent: Up to £50,000 DOE UK remote + travel - Permanent: Up to £45,000 DOE + bonus County Durham or Cambridge - hybrid working - Permanent: £DOE Teesside - hybrid working options - Permanent: £45,000-£50,000 DOE UK remote + travel - Permanent: Up to £DOE + bonus Sunderland - Permanent: Up to £50,000 DOE Sunderland - Permanent: Up to £50,000 DOE
Central Employment Technology division are working with a scaling in-house Software team as they look to recruit a Mid-Senior .NET Developer, with the opportunity to work on digital projects like a new customer app and modern web platforms. Fully office based in Tyne & Wear, part of established and knowledgeable IT & Development team. Mid-Senior .NET Developer profile You will contribute to the development and maintenance of the company's web platforms, working on end to end delivery across a modern .NET and front end ecosystem. Key Responsibilities Contribute to the end-to-end development and architecture design of software solutions Assist the Lead in creating scalable and maintainable codebases using best practices in C#, ASP.NET, and other related technologies Coach other team members where needed to improve their skills and the delivery of projects Manage tickets (incidents) appropriate to the Development team Maintain and develop integration with 3rd party systems Identify and suggest opportunities to improve systems and underlying data through continuous improvement Take responsibility for Information Security in compliance with ISO27001 Skills Required 3-5 years of experience in software development, ideally full stack. Proficiency in C#, ASP.NET MVC/Core, Razor, and Entity Framework Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, JSON, and integrations with third-party services Experience with source control systems, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation Experience of working with cloud hosted solutions (e.g. Azure UK remote + travel - Permanent: Up to £DOE + bonus Sunderland - Permanent: Up to £50,000 DOE Sunderland - Permanent: Up to £50,000 DOE UK remote + travel - Permanent: Up to £45,000 DOE + bonus County Durham or Cambridge - hybrid working - Permanent: £DOE Teesside - hybrid working options - Permanent: £45,000-£50,000 DOE UK remote + travel - Permanent: Up to £DOE + bonus Sunderland - Permanent: Up to £50,000 DOE Sunderland - Permanent: Up to £50,000 DOE