Business Development Specialist (APAC)

Job Description

"Best Place to Work" - The Business Journal

“Best Employer in Sports” - Front Office Sports

“Top Workplace” - The Tennessean

Bauer Entertainment Marketing (www.BauerEM.com) is seeking a dynamic business development professional to support its sales initiatives in the music, sports, and entertainment industries. With a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region, the Business Development Specialist (APAC)’s daily responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Crafting proposals and agreements using information obtained from client discovery meetings and RFPs

• Organizing and maintaining proposal and agreement templates

• Quickly responding to inbound leads, scheduling discovery meetings, and consistently following up

• Researching potential new business opportunities and conducting email and phone outreach

• Maintaining customer relationship management (CRM) and email list data. Producing reports upon request

• Representing BEM at industry conferences throughout Asia-Pacific

• Contributing to developing BEM’s thought-leadership content

• Providing oversight to ensure BEM’s brand effectively resonates with Asia-Pacific culture

This position reports directly to the President and operates in conjunction with the Business Development Specialist (Team based in North America). This role can be conducted remotely within Australia or from UNIFIED Music Group’s workspace in Melbourne.

Qualifications:

• Must have a bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Communication, or a related field

• Business, sales, marketing, or psychology-focused degrees preferred

• Strong interest in music, sports, entertainment, marketing, and technology industries

• Experience in startups, entertainment, and the live-event industry is required

• Must be able to travel, specifically to industry events

Hard Skills:

• Expert-level written and oral communication skills

• Experience with CRM systems

• Able to analyze data, identify actionable takeaways, plus deliver clear and concise reports

• Proficient in Google Products (e.g., Docs, Slides, Forms), Microsoft Office (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel), and Mailchimp

Soft Skills:

• Ability to work independently with minimal direction and supervision

• Excellent people skills for collaborating with colleagues and clients, in-person and remotely

• Highly organized, extremely detail-oriented, efficient, and productive while simultaneously managing multiple tasks

• Needs to be instructed only once, but not afraid to ask for clarification

• Capacity to get work done in a fast-paced environment with the ability to work flexible working hours to meet business needs

• Confident, mature problem-solver, and adept at anticipating opportunities. Handles objections with ease

• Seeks, welcomes, and uses constructive criticism to learn, improve, and grow

• Adept at anticipating the needs of colleagues and prospective clients

This job offers you:

• Unlimited Earning Potential: In addition to base salary, you can earn commission on any new business you generate

• Flexible Scheduling: Work from wherever and whenever you want as long as your duties and deadlines are met, plus communication is timely and consistent. Unlimited annual leave with approval

• Hands-on Experience: Working at a small, high-growth company means you’ll have greater access, visibility, responsibility, and accountability from day one

• Networking Opportunities: Meet, engage, and build relationships with a variety of professionals across the entertainment industry through conferences and events

• Professional & Personal Growth: BEM will pay for approved certifications, networking events, and association memberships. Receive a free annual Spotify or Apple Music membership plus “concert cash” to research events

• Team Recognition: Be acknowledged and appreciated for the impact you have on the company and its clients! Earn "Bauer Bucks" from colleagues that can be redeemed for gift cards and amazing experiences such as white-water rafting, whiskey tasting, movie tickets, etc.

• Mental Health Mornings: Up to $75 per month for uninterrupted chilling-out. This can be for visiting the spa, a meditation app, seeing a therapist, or joining a yoga class...totally up to you!

• Physical Fitness Funds: Employees can receive a wellness stipend of up to $75 per month towards a form of physical activity such as the gym, a round of golf, a 5k race, and more!

>> Please submit your resume and reasons why you're a perfect fit for this position to hr@bauerem.com
(Emails only. No calls.)

About Bauer Entertainment Marketing (BEM):

Bauer Entertainment Marketing helps share extraordinary experiences and unforgettable memories with fans via data-driven marketing. BEM is proudly the world’s top-rated entertainment marketing firm by clients (and our mums love us, too!).

As a full-service marketing agency headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, BEM provides strategic consulting and hands-on campaign management. We are leaders in removing barriers to growth and generating more conversions via leads, sales, awareness, and engagement. We’ve proudly helped grow 500+ sports, music & entertainment companies including Nitro Circus, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Country Jam, Ryman Auditorium, Live Nation, and Uber. Our clients are located all over the world including Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America.

The Nashville Business Journal recognized BEM for its "Best in Business" and “Best Place to Work” awards. Front Office Sports identified BEM as a “Top Employer in Sports,” and The Tennessean named BEM a “Top Workplace.” BEM was declared the “Best Emerging Business in Music, Sports, & Entertainment” at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center’s NEXT Awards. Additionally, we were recognized as "Best Advertising Agency" and "Top Digital Marketing Agency" in Nashville by Expertise.com and UpCity. These distinctions reflect our experience, passion, professionalism, and ability to generate quantified, documented results. Learn more atwww.BauerEM.com.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dy0nxp-216-73-216-180-42 in your application.