Meet the Team that ‘deliver’…
Jeremy Grundy
Head of Business Development
Personal statement
You get out of life, what you put in. Success for me comes from a mix of hard work, honesty and consistency – and being a little different.
Business development is the life-blood of a company. It’s all about working smartly today to help drive the successes of tomorrow.
That’s what we do at Change Creation….work smart today to change the shape of tomorrow.
Background
An experienced business developer, with a long and successful record of delivering increased revenue and profits across a mix of blue chip UK B2B and B2C markets.
I love the challenge of marketing innovative solutions and services that specifically address the needs of today’s challenging market place.
Jeremy has over 25 years of experience in the publishing and communications having worked for Haymarket Publishing, United Newspapers, The CCT Group, Quintiles and Archant. He has also set up and run his own media and business development companies.
Jeremy’s great love in life is classic motorcycle racing.
Key Skills
- Advertising sales & business development experience which includes lead generation, forecasting, territory management, and pipeline management.
- Results oriented, high energy, strong work ethic, and highly motivated to develop new business opportunities through new sales and up-selling activities.
- Strong leader, excellent communicator and a team builder.
- Excellent presentation and writing skills.
- Can cultivate and maintain key client relationships.
- Successful record of sales and business development in print and digital media.
- Experience in selling advertising solutions and service offerings in a consultative sales environment.
- Strong and confident individual who can work with the owners as an equal.
- Ability to design strategic sales plans – backed up by evidence based claims.
- Experience in building, training, motivating and managing sales teams.
- Develop significant additional sales revenues by setting up strategic re-selling schemes.
- Trained in a variety of sales skills and methodologies with the ability to change and adapt methods to suit a variety of different situations.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree – History of Art/Graphic design
- DBS (Diploma in Marketing & Business studies)
- Member of the Institute of Directors.
- Fully trained and accredited civil celebrant and member of the IoCF.
