Business Development Manager Draft
Business Development Manager Draft
Business Development Manager Draft
Overview
The Business Development Manager is responsible for researching, negotiating
and leading contract negotiations with new sponsors for the Design Museum.
They are also responsible for managing the implementation of sponsorship
agreements to ensure that all contracted obligations are met and exceeded at all
times.
The Business Development Manager works across the Design Museum teams
to ensure that exhibitions, public programmes and other projects are supported
by sponsorship packages which provide the right balance of mutual benefits
between sponsors and the museum. They will work to build strong relationships
with sponsors which will lead to repeat business.
Job Description
DEVELOPMENT
• To provide excellent account management for existing sponsors
• To carry out research on target sponsors in line with the museum’s ethical
guidelines
GENERAL
• To work positively with the Director, Deputy Director and Development
Committee in order to enhance income generation
Twenty-five years ago, Terence Conran established the forerunner of the Design
Museum, the Boilerhouse, in the basement of the Victoria and Albert Museum
(V&A) in London. As planned, the Boilerhouse quickly outgrew the V&A and in
1989 it moved on to become the Design Museum, in an architecturally striking
transformation of a Thameside warehouse near Tower Bridge. Since then it has
emerged as an institution with international status and significance, playing a
vital role in making design and architecture a part of the cultural agenda.