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    Academy Trainee · Business Development

    Learn to open doors at pace. Feed the group's growth from day one.

    Location
    Manchester, UK · In-office
    Type
    Full-time · Associate
    Compensation
    £24k base + meeting and revenue bonuses

    Part of Trainee recruitment consultant jobs at EQ Group.

    The role

    The BD track inside EQ Academy trains you to run outbound at group standard, across every brand in the house. You will master modern outbound, smart tooling, and the group's target account playbook. In six months you will graduate into a Consultant or Client Partner seat inside a brand you choose.

    What you will do

    • Run outbound across LinkedIn, email and phone into target accounts for group brands.
    • Book qualified discovery calls for Senior and Principal Consultants.
    • Own a target account list end-to-end: research, mapping, sequencing, follow-up.
    • Feed market intelligence back into the group's data layer.

    What we are looking for

    • 18 to 21 years old. Ambitious and coachable.
    • Comfortable on the phone and on video.
    • Willingness to be in-office five days a week during the programme.

    Nice to have

    • Any prior sales, retail or hospitality experience.

    What you get

    • £24k base with meeting and revenue bonuses stacked on top.
    • Six month pathway to Consultant or Client Partner.
    • Direct exposure to every founder in the group.

    Before you apply

    EQ Group

    An elite group for ambitious recruitment founders, building high-performance brands across the US and UK.

    US & UK · Founder-led