The Savage Humans is looking for a people-first, proactive, and research-driven Business Development Executive who can build meaningful relationships and convert conversations into opportunities.

This is not just a traditional sales role.

The person will work closely with individuals, organisations, agencies, brands, NGOs, founders, and companies to identify stories, collaborations, partnerships, and business opportunities for The Savage Humans.

A major part of the role involves listening carefully, understanding people and organisations, identifying the right opportunity, and presenting how The Savage Humans can create value through storytelling, content, visibility, and partnerships.

The role will involve working on both inbound and outbound opportunities, from responding to people who approach us to actively researching and reaching out to potential clients and partners.

Key Responsibilities

- Handle and convert inbound leads coming through The Savage Humans' platforms, referrals, campaigns, and business enquiries.
- Research and approach outbound prospects, including brands, companies, NGOs, institutions, founders, agencies, and other organisations.
- Connect with individuals and organisations who have impactful or compelling stories that can be featured on The Savage Humans.
- Speak with prospective clients, understand their journey, work, objectives, and communication requirements before suggesting the right solution.
- Build B2B agency partnerships and tie-ups for storytelling, video production, branded content, campaigns, and visibility opportunities.
- Connect directly with companies and organisations for content, storytelling, campaign, and media collaborations.
- Conduct discovery calls and meetings with prospects and ask the right questions to understand their actual requirements.




- Maintain consistent follow-ups with prospects and move qualified opportunities through the sales pipeline.
- Prepare professional proposals, presentations, quotations, and customised pitches based on client requirements.
- Maintain lead databases, follow-up records, client information, and sales tracking using Excel / Google Sheets.
- Conduct detailed research on potential clients, organisations, campaigns, industries, people, and partnership opportunities before outreach.
- Use tools such as ChatGPT and Claude for research, proposal development, communication, idea generation, and improving productivity.
- Coordinate internally with the content, production, storytelling, and creative teams to ensure that proposed solutions are practical and aligned with client expectations.
- Build long-term relationships instead of focusing only on one-time transactions.
- Work towards business development, partnership, lead conversion, and revenue targets.

Who We Are Looking ForWe are looking for someone who is naturally good with people and genuinely interested in understanding their stories. The ideal candidate should be:
- A people person who enjoys meeting and speaking with new people.
- Strong in communication, relationship building, negotiation, and convincing.
- Comfortable speaking with founders, business owners, senior professionals, NGOs, agencies, and corporate teams.




- Excellent at online research and prospect identification.
- Able to personalise outreach instead of using generic sales messages.
- Comfortable with both inbound lead conversion and outbound business development.
- Capable of preparing professional proposals and presentations.
- Comfortable working with Excel / Google Sheets for lead tracking and reporting.
- Familiar with ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI productivity tools.
- Organised with strong follow-up skills and attention to detail.
- Curious about people, businesses, social impact, brands, and stories.
- Able to independently identify new business and storytelling opportunities.

Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or MBA in Business Administration, Marketing, Sales, Communications, or a related field.
- 2+ years of experience in Sales, Business Development, Partnerships, Client Servicing, or a related industry.
- Experience working with B2B clients, agencies, brands, NGOs, or corporate clients will be an added advantage.
- Strong communication, negotiation, research, relationship-building, and client-handling skills.
- Proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets and proposal creation.
- Familiarity with ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI productivity tools.

What Makes Someone a Good Fit for This Role?Someone who can enter a conversation without immediately trying to sell. Someone who can listen, understand the story or business need, identify the opportunity, and then build the right pitch around it.

- At The Savage Humans, business development is not only about closing deals. It is about finding people worth telling stories about, organisations worth collaborating with, and partnerships that can create meaningful impact and visibility.

📌 Business Development Executive (BDE) (Indore)
🏢 THE SAVAGE HUMANS
📍 Indore