About the Role
Beano Brain is seeking a Sales Support Assistant to enhance commercial discipline, data quality, and campaign effectiveness. This role will ensure the sales team focuses on high-value opportunities and measurable outcomes, driving consistent pipeline growth and commercial conversion through prospect generation, CRM data maintenance, and targeted outreach.
Responsibilities
- Deliver a consistent flow of prioritised, high-quality prospects aligned to target sectors.
- Execute personalised, insight-led outreach campaigns to increase engagement and generate qualified leads.
- Maintain complete, accurate, and timely CRM records for reliable pipeline visibility and reporting.
- Plan and support execution of events and trade shows to expand reach and strengthen client relationships.
- Utilise CRM tools, automation, and AI-assisted research and outreach techniques to improve targeting and scale activity.
- Implement ad-hoc improvements to commercial processes and collateral as needed.
Requirements
- Applies established analytical techniques to extract insight from CRM and campaign data.
- Produces clear reports on pipeline activity, engagement trends, and performance.
- Builds effective working relationships with internal teams and external contacts.
- Communicates clearly and supports engagement activities that strengthen commercial outcomes.
- Executes targeted digital outreach campaigns, applying segmentation and personalisation.
- Uses CRM systems (e.g. HubSpot) to manage data, track activity, and ensure process compliance.
- Maintains system accuracy and supports reporting needs.
- Creates clear, concise, and tailored outreach content aligned to audience needs and commercial objectives.
- Identifies and applies AI and automation tools to improve research, outreach, and campaign efficiency.
- Experience with reporting on Hubspot CRM is desirable.
- Some use or awareness of AI tools for development (e.g., Apollo, Claude, Copilot) is desirable.
- Background or previous exposure to Insights or Business Services is desirable.
- Previous experience or interest in Kid-oriented industries is desirable.
- Actively researches sectors, clients, and trends to improve targeting quality.
- Seeks data and insight to refine outreach and engagement approaches.
- Tests and iterates outreach methods, messaging, and tools.
- Uses data to evaluate effectiveness and scale what works.
- Takes accountability for lead quality, data accuracy, and activity delivery.
- Tracks performance and acts quickly to address gaps or underperformance.
- Works closely with sales, marketing, and insight teams to align activity.
- Shares learning, best practice, and insights to improve collective performance.
Skills
- Data Analytics
- Stakeholder Relationship Management
- Digital Marketing
- IT Operations / CRM Utilisation
- Information Content Authoring
- Emerging Technology Monitoring
- Hubspot CRM reporting
- AI tools for development (Apollo, Claude, Copilot)
- Research
- Data analysis
- Outreach
- Campaign execution
- CRM management
- Content creation
- Automation
Location
- Dundee, UK
- London, UK
Work Type
- Occasional travel to London, UK
Experience Level
- Upskill in sales from an experienced Commercial Director
About the Company
- Beano Brain is a leading kid, youth and family insights agency.
- Beano Brain is part of the DC Thomson media and publishing company.
- Beano Brain is a team of collaborators who balance being supportive and transparent with rebel thinking.
- Beano Brain fosters a non-hierarchical environment where team members take initiative and aren’t afraid to challenge each other’s thinking.
- Beano Brain gives everyone on the team a voice.
