Business Development Executive

At VWV, we're passionate about building long-lasting relationships with our clients and helping them succeed. As a full-service law firm, we work with organisations across a wide range of sectors, including education, commercial, healthcare, charities and public services.

We're looking for a Business Development Executive to join our friendly and collaborative Business Development and Marketing team in Bristol.

If you're naturally curious, enjoy analysing information, spotting opportunities and building relationships, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

Is This Your Next Career Move?

This is a varied role where you'll combine market research, data analysis and relationship building to help drive business growth across the firm.

Working closely with our Business Development Manager, marketing team and legal colleagues, you'll identify opportunities with both existing and prospective clients, helping us understand where we can grow and how we can engage with the right organisations.

You'll also support the growth of our products, eLearning offering and VWV Approach network, working with colleagues to develop campaigns and business development activity that creates meaningful conversations and long-term relationships.

No two days are the same, but you'll spend your time:

Analysing market, client and sector information to identify new opportunities.

Developing target lists and helping shape business development plans.

Working with marketing to deliver campaigns that engage the right audiences.

Building relationships with prospective clients, intermediaries and key contacts.

Supporting pitches, proposals and wider business development initiatives.

Tracking activity, maintaining pipelines and reporting on progress.

Keeping up to date with market trends, competitor activity and networking opportunities.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys combining commercial thinking with analytical insight and wants to make a real impact on the firm's growth.

Who Are We Hoping Will Apply?

We're looking for someone who's commercially minded, enjoys working with data and genuinely likes building relationships.

You might already be working in a Business Development Executive, Business Development Coordinator or Sales role, or perhaps you've gained similar experience within another professional services environment.

We're particularly interested in someone who can demonstrate:

Experience in business development, sales or client relationship management.

Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn data into meaningful insights.

Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Confidence managing pipelines, reporting and business development activity.

A collaborative approach and the ability to build strong working relationships across different teams.

Experience within legal or professional services would be an advantage, but it's certainly not essential. If you have the right commercial mindset, enjoy working with people and are excited by the opportunity to help grow a business, we'd love to hear from you.

For more details of the essential and desirable experience we're looking for, please click on the attached job description link.

Why Choose Us?

There are so many reasons to stop and explore VWV further. We're known for our friendly and welcoming culture where teamwork and collaboration are key. There's no pigeon-holing or glass ceilings here, just a professional yet relaxed culture where you can finally be yourself. We invite you to watch this short video on the right-hand side to see what our own people have to say about us.

We're striving to be an inclusive employer, to create a workplace and environment that promotes and values diversity, where everyone, regardless of background, can reach their full potential. Contact our recruiter to discuss any adjustments needed so we can make this the best possible candidate experience for you.

Where Will I Be Working?

At VWV we have a truly unique and engaging culture that we hold dear. We work hard but we also love to have fun and we recognise that it's the social interaction between us that really shapes our culture.

Whilst we work to a hybrid model, for this role we would like you to work from our Bristol office for a minimum of 2 days of the week, with the willingness to attend out of hours networking events. In this way, you'll benefit first-hand from our warm and friendly culture as well as facilitate cross referral opportunities from your colleagues in other teams. We are of course happy to discuss any specific requirements of hybrid working with candidates on an individual basis.

How To Apply?

Please see closing date above.

Polite Note to Recruitment Agencies:

We're in a period of exclusive direct sourcing for this role and are not accepting applications from agencies. We politely request therefore that you do not send candidates through. Any named or anonymised profile or CV sent to us will be deemed an unsolicited approach and treated as a gift.