Junior Business Development Manager - Localisation

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London, Greater London, England
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Junior
Digital Media • Information Technology
The Role
As a Junior Business Development Manager, you will support business lead identification, outreach, relationship-building, and preparation of pitch materials in the media and entertainment sectors.
Summary Generated by Built In

Want to join a global company that brings the world together by producing premium media content in over 80 languages worldwide?

VSI provides language localisation and media services to the biggest brands in streaming and media entertainment. Headquartered in London, VSI consists of a global network of state-of-the-art studio facilities that use the world's best voice acting talent to tell the stories of our most watched movies and television series. VSI works across a wide range of media sectors from streaming platforms, traditional broadcast television, theatrical releases and gaming. 

Summary

Our Marketing Localisation team works with leading entertainment brands to adapt trailers, promos, teasers, key art, and other marketing materials for international markets. We are now expanding the team and seeking a Junior Business Development Manager. This position suits someone early in their commercial career who enjoys prospecting, building relationships, and supporting senior colleagues across the sales cycle.

You will help identify new opportunities, support outreach, prepare materials for pitches, and coordinate closely with production teams to ensure smooth onboarding of new clients.

Key responsibilities

  • Support the identification of new business leads across entertainment, media, gaming, and agency sectors
  • Assist with outreach, initial conversations, quoting and relationship-building activities
  • Prepare research, background notes, and pitch materials for meetings and proposals
  • Maintain accurate records in CRM tools and monitor progress of active leads
  • Join senior team members during client calls, presentations, and industry events
  • Help coordinate the sales handover process with project managers and operational teams
  • Contribute to simple sales plans and activity reports, including monthly summaries
  • Support cross-selling efforts by understanding the range of marketing localisation services offered by VSI
  • Monitor market trends and competitor activity and share relevant insights with the team

Essential Skills and Experience

  • Experience in business development, sales support, or account coordination, ideally within localisation or a related creative field
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Comfortable speaking with clients and representing the team professionally
  • Good organisational habits and attention to detail
  • Familiarity with CRM tools or a willingness to learn (e.g., Pipedrive, Sales Navigator)
  • Interest in marketing localisation and an understanding of cultural and linguistic considerations
  • A proactive working style, with the confidence to take initiative when needed

Desirable skills

  • Exposure to entertainment, gaming, media, or agency environments
  • Understanding of transcreation, creative translation, or multimedia localisation
  • Experience supporting pitch preparation or proposal writing

What else is on offer?

  • Private medical insurance
  • Enrolment to company salary sacrifice pension scheme
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Cycle-to-work scheme
  • Travel card loan
  • Regular social activities

Top Skills

Crm Tools
Pipedrive
Sales Navigator
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The Company
London
732 Employees
Year Founded: 1989

What We Do

Founded in 1989, VSI - Voice & Script International - has over 35 years of unrivalled expertise and success in all aspects of language versioning. More than 720 people work for VSI in 28 offices worldwide, localising more than 200,000 programme hours into over 80 languages every year.

As one of the world's premier localisation companies, VSI offers all the services, facilities and expertise needed to reversion any format of media content for the international market. VSI is proud of its reputation for outstanding customer service and satisfaction. Dedicated project managers ensure all projects run smoothly.

VSI has a huge pool of excellent translators, subtitlers, voice-over and dubbing artists, sound engineers, editors, typesetters and project managers. All our local studios are equipped with state-of-the-art technology and are fully integrated into the group network

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