Job Description
About Us
Creative Lives in Progress is a social enterprise and inclusive creative careers resource, on a mission to transform the way emerging talent access, understand and connect with the industry.
We encourage greater transparency and representation within the creative working world by sharing advice and insight, highlighting entry-level opportunities, as well as hosting events that bring talent and industry together.
We were founded 8 years ago by the team behind It’s Nice That; aiming to make a lasting impact on the creative industry.
The Role
This role is the key driver of new leads and commercial opportunities at Creative Lives in Progress. This role works closely with the co-founder to bring in new partners who want to recruit from our community and support emerging creative talent.
We’re at a key moment in the growth of the platform, having launched in the US in 2025 and with ambitious impact goals for the years ahead, and need someone to help us realise those ambitions. You’ll lead the charge in bringing in new commercial partners, help shape our collateral, set-up and organise our sales pipeline and drive growth in the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute sales strategies for bringing on new company partners to the platform – suggesting improvements and builds on our approach when necessary
- Strategically identify, source and contact new sales leads - both through proactive outbound outreach and incoming opportunities
- Set-up and manage a CRM of potential leads and opportunities day in, day out
- Maintaining the prospects and opportunities for CLIP in the relevant databases, and supporting the Co-Founder on company forecasting and reporting
- Keep sales collateral up to date and relevant
- Report regularly on pipeline value and lead progress
- Meet and develop relationships with potential leads
- Developing and delivering partnership decks and formal client proposals
- Pitching to clients and agencies at a high level
- Feeding into development of annual new business strategy, lead by the Managing Director and Co-Founder
What We’re Looking For
Skills:
- Brings a proactive and dedicated approach to finding and bringing in new opportunities for the business
- Well organised and a good prioritiser; making sure outreach is beneficial and valuable for the organisation
- Excellent relationship builder and communicator both orally and in writing
- Good negotiator and empathic ear to our clients; understanding their needs, and desires to build suitable offers to benefit them
- Adept at data and trend analysis to focus strategies and approach to new business
- Good relationship manager; able to be a confident representative of Creative Lives in Progress, as well as empathic to the needs of potential clients
- Excellent communicator and presenter
- Good collaborator and able to work with different internal departments successfully
Experience Level:
- Suitable experience driving B2B sales in a creative led organisation.
- Proven track record in selling directly to creative companies / agencies is preferred
- Experience managing a pipeline of UK leads, ideally with some US experience too.
- Deep understanding of the workings and roles in the creative industry
- A black book of existing contacts to open new doors for CLIP partnerships is preferred
Behaviours and Mindsets:
- Proactive with the ability to prioritise and progress work without supervision, and manage a pipeline of opportunities.
- Good people skills that builds strong relationships with both clients and internal team
- Ability to bring ideas forward in a collaborative team setting
- Excellent written and verbal communicator
- A passion for making social and community impact in the creative industry
- Willingness and desire to learn, improve and develop personally and professionally
Benefits
- 23 days annual leave
- Flexi-time hours
- Enhanced sick leave
- 20 days Remote Work from Anywhere
- Mental health support via our EAP
- Health cash plan
- 5 week paid sabbatical after 5 years
- Christmas shutdown period (5 days off)
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Learning and Development programmes
Key Details
- Salary: £46,000
- Contract: Full Time & Permanent
- Seniority Level: Senior
- Reports to: Co-Founder
- Application deadline: 20th February (though we do review applications on a rolling basis and may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of strong candidates. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible)
- Interviews from: w/c 23rd February
- Start date: ASAP
- Hours: 9am to 5.30pm (flexible hours between 8am - 6pm)
- Location: Hybrid - 2 days based in our London studio on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with the rest of the week at home
How to apply
It's Nice That's award-winning website, where over the years, we have championed tens of thousands of creatives. 
We reach over 2 million people each month across It's Nice That's platforms, speaking to a global creative audience. 
Our team work in a hybrid environment, coming together in person in our studio space in London. 
We write and commission new features, including this piece entitled 'What your favourite WordArt says about you?'. 
We explore design trends such as this piece on 'Swiping, Prompts and The Ick: Has design changed how we date forever?' 
Our annual Forward Thinking series explores visual and creative trends for the coming year. 
On the first Tuesday of every month, It’s Nice That hosts an evening of creative talks hearing from speakers from across the creative sphere. 
It's Nice that partnered with the LEGO Group on a interactive experiential event called The LEGO® Piece Garden. 
We explore the value of play in design through a collaboration between Figma and It’s Nice That