Business Development Manager – Digital Marketingn

n? Kochi | Full-time | ₹25,000 – ₹35,000 + Monthly Incentives

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What we're looking forMust haven

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- 2–4 years of experience in a digital marketing agency, marketing agency or advertising services environment
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- A good understanding of digital marketing fundamentals
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- Strong communication and presentation skills in English and Malayalam
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- Ability to understand a client's business and marketing requirements
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- Ability to independently research markets, competitors and opportunities
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- Ability to create structured proposals, marketing plans and presentations
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- Strong ownership of the sales process
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- Comfortable speaking with business owners, founders and senior decision-makers
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- Willingness to travel for client meetings when required
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You don't need to be a digital marketing expert.nYou should understand the basics of Digital Marketing Strategy and Performance Marketing.

nYou don't need to be an expert in everything. Our friendly team can teach you the specifics.

nWhat matters more is your ability to understand the bigger picture and connect marketing activities to business objectives.

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About Equal Storiesn

nEqual Stories is a digital-first marketing agency built around one simple belief:

nCollaboration is the future.

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nWe work with businesses to solve marketing and growth problems through marketing strategy, performance marketing, content creation and marketing automation systems.

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nWe’re looking for a Business Development Manager to join our team in Kochi.

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nThis isn't a conventional sales role. Your job is not simply to make calls and chase cold leads.

nWe’re looking for someone who understands marketing, business and clients — someone who can take a business problem, identify the opportunity, work with our strategy, campaigns and creative teams, and turn it into a compelling marketing proposal.

nAnd then, importantly, take that opportunity all the way to closing.

What will you be doing?n

n? Understand the Client & Find the OpportunitynWork with prospects to understand their business, objectives and current marketing activities, and identify how Equal Stories can help them grow.

nYou should be comfortable doing independent research and identifying where we can create real value for the prospect.

? Build Marketing Plans & ProposalsnThis is a key part of the role.





nYou’ll work closely with the founders, along with our Campaigns and Creative teams, to develop marketing solutions for prospects.

nYou’ll conduct market and competitor research, develop marketing approaches, gather inputs from our internal teams, and turn them into structured marketing plans, proposals and pitch decks that genuinely add value to the client.

nYou don't need to know everything on day one.

nWhat matters is that you can understand a marketing problem, ask the right questions, connect the dots and turn ideas into a clear proposal.

? Manage the Sales ProcessnWe already have a strong ecosystem of leads coming through our networks, referrals and marketing activities.

nYou’ll take ownership of these opportunities from the initial conversation through to closure.

nFor larger and strategic opportunities, you’ll work closely with the founders to develop the proposal, pitch and commercial approach and take the opportunity forward together.

nFor smaller opportunities, you should be capable of independently managing the complete process:

nLead → Discovery → Proposal → Presentation → Negotiation → Closing → Handover to Client Servicing

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nYou should be comfortable sitting across the table from a business owner or marketing head and explaining:

n“This is what we understand about your business, this is the opportunity we see, and this is how we can help.”

nYou’ll independently present proposals for smaller clients and progressively take ownership of larger pitches as you grow into the role.

? Build Recent OpportunitiesnA significant part of your pipeline will come through our existing network, referrals and inbound marketing. At the same time, we expect you to identify relevant businesses and create opportunities independently.

nYou should be naturally curious about businesses, brands and markets — and able to spot where a company may have a marketing or growth opportunity that Equal Stories can help solve

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What you can expect at Equal Storiesn





? Work directly with the foundersn

nYou'll work closely with the founders — two 90s kids with 14+ years of experience in the industry.

nYou'll get direct exposure to how we approach clients, build strategies, price projects, pitch businesses and close deals.

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?? A vibrant teamnYou'll be working with a young, energetic team of Gen Zs.

nIf you're one of them, you'll probably fit right in.

nIf you're not, don't worry — you can always hang out with the founders. ?

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? A strong pipeline to work withnYou won't be starting from zero.

nBetween our founder network, referrals, BNI and inbound marketing campaigns, we already have a steady flow of opportunities.

nMost of our clients come through referrals and relationships — so you're not walking into a room and trying to convince strangers that we exist.

nMore often, we're being invited in because someone believes we can solve a problem.

nYour job is to understand those opportunities, build the right solution and convert them into clients.

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? Learn marketing while doing business developmentnYou'll work alongside our Campaigns, Creative, Client Servicing and Strategy teams, giving you hands-on exposure to how real marketing strategies are built and executed.

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? Incentives for ownershipnAlong with the fixed salary, we offer generous monthly incentives based on successful closures.

nThere is also additional incentive potential for independently identifying and closing new business opportunities.

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Compensation & Locationn

nSalary: ₹25,000 – ₹35,000 per month

nIncentives: Monthly incentives based on closures + additional incentives for independently sourced business

nLocation: Kochi

nWork model: Office-based

nWorking hours: 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM, Monday to Friday

nTravel: Willingness to travel for client meetings is required

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One important thing before you applyn

nThis is not a conventional sales role.

nIf your experience is primarily in selling unrelated products or services and you don't have a connection to marketing, advertising or digital marketing, this role probably isn't for you.

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nWe're looking for someone who already understands the language of marketing and wants to take the next step into marketing-led business development and client strategy.

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nIf you like business, marketing, people, strategy and closing deals, we'd love to hear from you.

📌 Business Development Manager (Kochi)
🏢 Equal Stories Marketing
📍 Kochi