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Job Description

We’re looking for a tenacious, dynamic and creative new team member to join our growing company as Head of New Business, beginning 2-3 days a week on a freelance basis, with a view to the applicant coming on board permanently.

About Us

The Futz Butler . London is an award-winning creative Music & Sound studio based in Central London, specialising in original Music & Sound-Design for Film, TV & Advertising. Our work is as varied as it is innovative - from full feature film score to three note audio branding, and everything in between. Previous clients include Mercedes-Benz, Disney, Nike, Audi, Miramax Films, Endemol, MTV and the BBC, to name but a very, very small handful, amassing broadcast credits in each corner of the globe. 

The Role 

In this exciting role, you will be responsible for inventive marketing of the company’s showreel, skills and facilities, alongside more traditional methods of business development and lead generation (e-mail, telephone, social media). It will involve reaching out to new prospective media clients including directors, producers, advertising agency creatives and Heads of TV / Music, with the aim of securing new briefed music composition and sound-design work for our roster of writers. Similarly, you’ll be managing and increasing our online presence across various platforms and monitoring and updating our social media. 

This position offers an exciting way into a number of dynamic industries spanning TV, Film, Advertising, Radio and Online, handling an ever varied portfolio and dealing with new clients and challenges from one week to the next. The role is for someone who loves music, film and the collaboration of the two. It’s for someone willing to go the extra mile to build relationships and help shape the company’s future, to continue producing amazing, creative work. 

Skills Needed

- Can-do attitude

- Well presented and with a solid phone manner

- Excellent spelling / grammar 

- Attention to detail

- Creativity / Imagination / ability to find new ways to solve existing problems

- Ambition / Drive 

- Experience in media business development welcome, but not essential 

Time Frame 

Initial Trial Period: 3 months 

Hours per week: 2-3 days, flexible working hours (between Monday and Friday). 

Location 

Work will be carried out from home mainly, with regular scheduled updates / meetings at our studios in Clerkenwell, Central London. Applicants must be London / South-East based. 

Pay

Basic salary + 15% performance related pay on any fee created from leads you exclusively bring to the company (this would include demo fees and mechanical synchronisation fees). 

To Apply

Send your CV and a cover letter which in no more than 200 words, explains why you feel you would be a suitable candidate. In addition, please include in your cover letter, your answers to the following 3 questions: 

1/. Tell us 3 things we don’t know about you. 

2/. In no more than 20 words, how would you describe the Beatles to somebody who is deaf? 

3/. When is it OK to break the rules? 

Send your application via e-mail to jobs@thefutzbutler.com. Good luck - we look forward to hearing from you!