About the Role

We are building a design-as-a-service studio providing ongoing graphic design and UI/UX support to startups, growing businesses, and organizations through a predictable monthly subscription model.

We are looking for a proactive and results-driven Business Development Executive to help us build our client base from the ground up.

This is a hands-on role focused on identifying potential clients, connecting with decision-makers, qualifying opportunities, booking discovery calls, managing follow-ups, and converting prospects into long-term clients.

Key Responsibilities

Lead Generation & Outbound Sales

- Research and identify potential B2B clients across startups, SMEs, SaaS companies, D2C brands, agencies, and other relevant segments.
- Build and maintain a qualified prospect database.
- Identify founders, marketing heads, product heads, and other decision-makers.
- Conduct personalized outreach through email, LinkedIn, phone, and other relevant channels.
- Clearly communicate the value of our design subscription and generate qualified opportunities.

Lead Qualification & Appointment Setting

- Understand prospects' business, design requirements, budget, timeline, and decision-making process.
- Qualify and prioritize suitable opportunities.
- Schedule and coordinate discovery calls with qualified prospects.
- Maintain an accurate and healthy sales pipeline.

Sales Follow-up & Support

- Consistently follow up with prospects after outreach, meetings, and proposals.
- Track all activities and follow-ups in the CRM.
- Identify objections and communicate insights to the founder/sales lead.
- Prepare proposal drafts using established templates and support proposal discussions and negotiations.
- Follow approved pricing and commercial guidelines.

Partnerships & Market Development

- Identify and develop referral and strategic partnerships with marketing agencies, web development companies, consultants,



and other complementary businesses.
- Monitor competitor positioning, pricing, market trends, and customer needs.
- Provide regular feedback on common objections, market response, and potential opportunities.

Reporting & CRM

- Maintain accurate CRM records.
- Track outreach, responses, meetings, proposals, conversions, and pipeline value.
- Provide regular sales reports and actionable insights.

Key Performance Indicators

- Qualified prospects generated
- Quality outbound activity
- Meaningful conversations
- Discovery meetings booked
- Proposals generated
- Current clients acquired
- New monthly recurring revenue (MRR)
- Proposal-to-client conversion
- Pipeline value
- Follow-up and CRM discipline

Requirements

- 1–3 years of experience in B2B business development, sales development, inside sales, or a similar role.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong English communication skills.
- Comfortable with cold outreach, prospecting, and follow-ups.
- Strong research, organizational, and negotiation skills.
- Comfortable using CRM and productivity tools.
- Ability to understand client problems and communicate business value.
- Comfortable working independently in an early-stage company.

Preferred Experience Experience selling any of the following is a plus:

- Creative/design services
- Branding or UI/UX
- Digital marketing
- Web development
- SaaS or IT services
- Agency services
- Monthly retainers or subscription-based services

Basic understanding of branding, graphic design, UI/UX, and digital products is an advantage, but a design background is not required.

Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who is:

- Proactive and self-driven
- Persistent without being pushy
- Organized and disciplined
- Curious about businesses and customers
- Comfortable with rejection
- Strong at building relationships
- Commercially minded
- Honest and professional
- Focused on outcomes rather than just activities

📌 Business Development Executive (Gujarat)
🏢 Provoked Pixels
📍 Gujarat