Business Development & Agency Growth Manager Sunshine & Bourbon | Charleston, SC (Preferred) Full-Time | Base Salary + Performance-Based BonusesBUILT ON GRIT. DESIGNED TO STIR SOULS.At Sunshine & Bourbon, we believe great creative should make life sunnier, bolder, and a littlemore intoxicating. We're an independent, woman-owned creative shop blending sharp strategywith barrel-proof creative. Our team was built on service, instinct, and hard-earned taste. The foundation of Sunshine &Bourbon was born from the roots and ethos it rose from. In restaurants, back roads, andneighborhood bars. In cities and towns around the world, where the underlying stories are justwaiting to be told. You just have to go find them. We've learned to trust our instincts, ask better questions, work hard, and take chances. Tonever mistake the easy road for the right one. Curiosity finds the story. Courage brings it to life. Craft makes it unforgettable. Today, we bring that same grit and creative ambition to brands across the country, from traveland tourism to higher education, retail, healthcare, and beyond. Our clients span across thecountry, from California and Montana to Texas and Virginia. Now we're looking for someone who can help us grow. We're hungry for what's next.
The opportunity:
We're looking for a Business Development & Agency Growth Manager who understands theadvertising industry, loves connecting with people, and gets excited about turning a goodconversation into a great opportunity. Because great business, like great creative, doesn'thappen by accident. We're focused on expanding our national client base, particularly across the South, Southwest, and Mountain West in the tourism, retail, higher education, and healthcare industries. You'llwork directly with agency leadership to identify opportunities, develop relationships, and helpwin new business. At Sunshine & Bourbon, our client relationships are one of our greatest strengths. Our clientscount on us to know their businesses inside and out, think alongside them, and bring ideas theyhaven't considered. That trust, combined with exceptional creative work, is what has helped usbuild lasting partnerships across the country. We're looking for someone who believes the bestcreative work starts long before the first idea. It starts with understanding a client's business, their challenges, their customers, and what they're trying to accomplish. We're especially interested in someone based in Charleston, South Carolina, where we'reexploring the possibility of establishing an agency presence. For the right person, it's a chanceto help shape our growth locally and nationally.
What you'll do: Find opportunities and build relationships.
- Research prospective clients, industries, and markets, identifying opportunities for both project work and ongoing agency partnerships.
- Connect with marketing leaders and decision-makers through networking, referrals, events, and targeted outreach.
- Build and manage a pipeline of qualified prospects, developing relationships that lead to new business.
- Develop industry expertise to better understand prospective clients' challenges and identify opportunities. Help us win new business.
- Collaborate with agency leadership to qualify opportunities and develop compelling approaches.
- Participate in discovery conversations, pitches, proposals, and presentations.
- Manage prospect communications and follow-ups, helping turn individual projects into lasting client relationships. Help tell our story.
- Collaborate with our creative team to increase awareness of Sunshine & Bourbon.
- Identify opportunities for thought leadership, industry events, partnerships, and agency visibility.
- Manage marketing and sales strategies including LinkedIn, case studies, email outreach, and other agency marketing initiatives. Who we're looking for You might currently work in agency business development, account management, marketing, orconsultative sales. What matters most is that you understand the advertising business, connectnaturally with people, and have the initiative to create opportunities. Ideally, you bring:
- 3 - 5+ years of relevant experience in advertising, marketing, agency business development, or account management.
- An understanding of creative agency services and how to recognize opportunities for both project and AOR relationships.
- Strong communication, relationship-building, and presentation skills.
- Experience developing outreach strategies, managing prospects, and using LinkedIn and CRM tools.
- Curiosity about different industries and the business challenges they face. Agency experience and relationships in our target industries are especially valuable.
What's in it for you?
A chance to build something. We're an established agency with a national client base andambitious plans for what's next. You'll help shape where and how we grow. A seat at the table. You'll work directly with agency leadership, contribute ideas, and have ameaningful voice in our growth strategy. Work that keeps you curious. From travel destinations and universities to retail brands andhealthcare organizations, you'll discover new industries, meet interesting people, and tackledifferent business challenges. A direct connection between your success and your compensation. You'll earn a basesalary plus performance-based bonuses tied to new business wins, with meaningful earningpotential as you help grow the agency. The opportunity to make an impact. We're intentionally independent, collaborative, andentrepreneurial. Your contributions will be visible, your ideas will be heard, and you'll see theresults of your work.
Compensation:
This is a full-time, salaried position with performance-based bonuses tied to new business wins.
Sound like you?
You're curious by nature, comfortable starting conversations, and persistent enough to turn aclosed door into an open one. You believe relationships are earned, good instincts aresharpened by experience, and there's always another story worth uncovering.
If you've got the grit to help us grow, the curiosity to discover what's next, and the ambition to share in what we build, we'd love to meet you.
