Business Director, Evolve

As Business Director, you will be responsible for leading a team of direct reports to deliver best in class OOH planning for our international clients and agencies; while fostering strong relationships with senior agency and client contacts to deliver billings growth targets, innovative work, and commercial objectives. You will proactively identify, win and build new business opportunities and influence the strategic direction of Evolve OOH.

With proven leadership and team management credentials, you will also lead, motivate, and nurture a high performing team.

At Talon, our mission is to unlock the full potential of out of home, making it more effective, creative, measurable and sustainable than ever.

We’re passionate about OOH and are on a mission to drive the growth of this sector within the media industry . In just over a decade , our desire to offer intelligent, creative, technology-led OOH solutions and a full-service OOH offering saw us grow into a team of over 4 50+ people located in key cities across the globe. In that time, we have been awarded for our approach to our people, our clients and our industry .

We hire the finest talent to help us unlock the full potential of the Out of Home (OOH) environment for our clients ; and pride ourselves on the individuals who represent our business.

Evolve OOH is part of the Talon Group and is a global outdoor media agency whose vision is to evolve the OOH medium through pioneering, results driven tools, team experience on a global scale, and a passion for creativity.

As Business Director, you will:

• Have ultimate responsibility for the servicing of a portfolio of international clients across a group of agency/clients, working with Heads of Clients/Senior Management to set their individual KPIs/ strategies and ensuring these are met.
• Oversee multiple plans in multiple markets concurrently.
• Find, build and develop new OOH relationships with clients, agencies and suppliers: always producing proposals/presentations to secure new accounts
• Lead and motivate your team; coaching client teams where required.
• Support relevant team members in resolving all major client servicing issues within teams to the mutual benefit of all parties.
• Take responsibility for compiling and implementing an annual agency programme across the group agencies. You will work with relevant team members to create a bespoke programme of engagement in line with the strategy/objectives; continually demonstrating Evolve’s value-adding capabilities and its wider offerings. (i.e. Production, Innovations, Research etc)
• Put in place clear strategies for key clients, that are exciting and different.
• Work with HoCs/Senior Management and other relevant Business Directors in maintaining senior client and agency relationships at Marketing Director, Communications Director, Managing Director level and above.
• Manage and develop international network partnership relations
• Work with HoC/Senior Management on implementing a hospitality plan for key clients.
• Take responsibility for compiling accurate quarterly forecasting for your group of agencies/clients.
• Have overall responsibility for driving commercial priorities and hitting given targets across your group of agencies/clients.
• Be responsible for communicating and driving commercial priorities with relevant team members.
• Work with Senior Management to drive/implement specific initiatives to ensure commercial targets are met.
• Work with Evolve/Talon offices around the world to grow their International OOH spend.
• Proactively assess when and where travel is necessary to drive business and strengthen relationships in-person; and execute on this travel regularly.
• Continually evolve international process to drive operational excellence.
• Support the team to drive discussions with agencies at a senior level to highlight commercial advantages to their business.
• Work with HoCs/Senior Management to drive Evolve/Talon business initiatives, taking the lead on specific projects when required.
• Explore potential new income opportunities and work with HoCs/Senior Management to implement.
• Work with HoC/Senior management on New Business, taking the lead on…