Responsibilities

• Agency & Brand Outreach
• Build a consistent, healthy pipeline of new business opportunities by autonomously prospecting and pitching to media planners, social leads, partnership teams, and brand insights & marketing teams to ensure The Female Lead’s research is utilised at the very start of the planning cycle.
• Target progressive brands directly, demonstrating how our custom survey capabilities and audience data transform their engagement with female-first audiences.
• Culture & Insight Selling
• Confidently pitch and sell our primary research suite, including custom surveys, audience insights, and cultural data reports.
• Seamlessly package our secondary media offerings - including social amplification, creative content, events, and community experiences- as the activation layer for those insights.
• Translate client briefs into compelling commercial proposals by working with internal teams to package up our audience insights into actionable insights.
• Pitch the unique benefits of running custom surveys through our massive, engaged community to help brands uncover proprietary data on women's behaviours and preferences.
• Pipeline & Relationship Management
• Manage the full sales cycle from initial outreach and pitch creation to closing the deal and handing over to execution teams.

Requirements

• A proven track record of selling data, audience research, SaaS insights, or strategic media solutions into London’s media agency networks and direct brands.
• Prior experience working within a fast-paced publisher, research company, or media owner (e.g., Stylist, LADBible, or similar) with a focus on data-led pitching.
• Proven ability to manage consultative sales cycles, moving clients from tactical research projects to long-term, enterprise-level insight partnerships.
• Complete comfort with the concepts of quantitative/qualitative data, consumer behaviour, surveys, and research methodologies.
• The drive to build a pipeline autonomously, combined with a collaborative, team-first mindset.

Preferred

• Existing deep relationships with lifestyle, FMCG, health, or finance brands that heavily invest in understanding female consumer behaviour.
• Experience working on events or community-led commercial partnerships.

Benefits

• Holiday: 25 days annual leave
• Work-Life Balance: Early Friday finishes (4pm)
• Hybrid Working: 2-3 days in our West London office or client site
• Financial: Competitive base salary + commission structure (agreed OTE)