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JONATHAN R. SAMPSON

Frome,WIL

Summary

Accomplished sales and business development professional with extensive experience in driving revenue growth, managing sales teams, and developing go-to-market strategies for SaaS and tech businesses. Proven track record of achieving significant results, including generating £1 million in revenue in the last year, leading a team to 25% annual net sales growth, and bringing multiple SaaS products to market. Expertise includes sales team management, client relationship building, GTM strategy development, and implementing revenue growth strategies across diverse industries such as media, publishing, and technology. Career focus is on leveraging leadership skills to drive sustainable growth and deliver innovative solutions in competitive markets.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Account Director

Gridimp ltd
Wells
06.2024 - 06.2025

Key achievements

  • 250k New business delivered for new SaaS product
  • Built GTM strategy for new SaaS offering.
  • Launch 2 new SaaS products to market.


General achievements

  • Monitored costs, competition and supply and demand to establish and adjust selling prices.
  • Develop Sales Strategy
  • Analysed market and competitor trends to make informed business decisions.
  • Delivered creative tactics to convert warm and cold prospects into leads.
  • Collaborated with management team to exchange information on sales issues impacting other departments.

Business Development Manager

Clearpoint Recycling
10.2023 - 06.2024

Key achievements

  • Opened up a new international market- Portugal
  • Hit 100K quarterly target of new business revenue

General achievements

  • Responsible for driving sales within the recycling sectors of paper, glass, plastics, and steel.
  • I manage the end to end sales cycle from prospecting leads to closing leads.
  • Focus on developing an International client base.
  • Monitored competitor activities and developed strategies to gain market advantage.
  • Oversaw the process of identifying customer needs and providing customer solutions.

CRO

Facets CC
03.2023 - 10.2023

Key achievements

  • Develop GTM strategy for a variety of SME agencies.
  • 500k new business revenue delivered in 6 months.


General achievements

  • I work with a variety of different SAAS and tech businesses who employ me as a Sales Director.
  • I lead an end to end sales cycle where I have a responsibility for setting the sales strategy and making sure it is implemented across the various businesses I work with.
  • Managed a BDM team of 2 reps.

Group Sales Director

Audience Collective
11.2020 - 02.2023

Key achievements

  • Led a team of 6 Senior Account Managers achieving a 25% annual growth in net sales, exceeding targets.
  • Designed and implemented the Sales Strategy for the Audience Collective Group.
  • 1 million in revenue generated during 2022.

General achievements

  • Strengthened profit opportunities through targeted customer relationship development, continually meeting sales objectives.
  • Monitored and analysed market trends and competitive offerings to identify opportunities for segment expansion.
  • Created and managed client contracts, negotiating positive, profitable terms to aid target revenue attainment.

Senior Business Development Consultant

Revcontent LLC
01.2019 - 11.2020

Key achievements

  • Over 2 million in revenue delivered in 2020
  • Onboarded 60 new publishers in 2020
  • Opened a new market with Portuguese publishers


General achievements

  • My responsibilities are to manage the full sales cycle from sourcing leads to account management.
  • Fostered long-term business relationships with clients through meetings and follow-ups.

Corporate Sales Consultant

Ink Publishing
03.2014 - 12.2018
  • Publisher sales representative onboarding new publishers to the Revcontent content recommendation platform.
  • Over 2 million in new business revenue sold in a year.
  • I was responsible for bringing on new clients and maintaining their yields.
  • Working in a management capacity as well as finding and generating my own sales.
  • Annually exceeded revenue targets leading to top UK salesman in the last year.
  • Brought in 3 million of business in the last year.

Marketing Consultant

LivingSocial
11.2013 - 02.2014
  • My duties included sourcing clients for the Liverpool and Manchester markets to feature on the daily deals platform.

Senior Sales Executive - Team Leader

Haymarket Publishing
02.2008 - 09.2012
  • My role consisted of dealing with a specific client base and booking display and bespoke package revenue into Planning magazine.
  • My priority focus was dealing with business to business sales and working with agencies.
  • I attended face to face sales meetings with all of my priority clients.
  • Meeting target of 20 meetings in three months met.
  • KPI's of 60 calls a day and 13 effectives met consistently.

Forum Sales Delegate

Haymarket Publishing
02.2008 - 01.2010
  • Sold delegate spaces for various forums for Haymarket Publishing.
  • Identified key individuals to target.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - African Studies

University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
09.2023 - 06.2028

International Baccaluareate -

St Dominics International School Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal

Skills

  • Business development and sales strategies
  • Staff management
  • Competitor analysis
  • KPI tracking
  • Sales pipeline management
  • Networking and relationship building
  • Client relations and stakeholder engagement
  • GTM Strategy
  • Multidimensional leadership

Languages

Portuguese

Custom

References available upon request.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Account Director

Gridimp ltd
06.2024 - 06.2025

Business Development Manager

Clearpoint Recycling
10.2023 - 06.2024

Bachelor of Arts - African Studies

University of Birmingham
09.2023 - 06.2028

CRO

Facets CC
03.2023 - 10.2023

Group Sales Director

Audience Collective
11.2020 - 02.2023

Senior Business Development Consultant

Revcontent LLC
01.2019 - 11.2020

Corporate Sales Consultant

Ink Publishing
03.2014 - 12.2018

Marketing Consultant

LivingSocial
11.2013 - 02.2014

Senior Sales Executive - Team Leader

Haymarket Publishing
02.2008 - 09.2012

Forum Sales Delegate

Haymarket Publishing
02.2008 - 01.2010

International Baccaluareate -

St Dominics International School Lisbon
JONATHAN R. SAMPSON