Overview
Client Growth & Partnerships, Premium Visual Practice Jobs in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India at The Refinery (India)
Title: Client Growth & Partnerships, Premium Visual Practice
Company: The Refinery (India)
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
We are looking for a commercially sharp, relationship-led person to help grow a premium visual practice built around product, tabletop, food, watches, jewellery, liquids, and visual-engineering-led image making.
This is a specialist role for someone who understands that premium visual work is not sold through volume outreach alone. It is sold through taste, positioning, trust, persistence, and the ability to connect the right work to the right people.
The practice sits at the intersection of cinematography, photography, tabletop craft, technical problem-solving, and high-precision execution. We are looking for someone who can understand that value, represent it with clarity, and help create meaningful business opportunities around it.
This is not a generic sales role, and it is not designed for someone who needs a large corporate structure to function well. It is better suited to someone who is thoughtful, self-driven, articulate, and comfortable operating in a lean, founder-led environment.
The role
- Build and maintain relationships with agencies, brands, directors, producers, and creative decision-makers
- Identify relevant opportunities across stills, motion, tabletop, food, product, jewellery, and engineering-led assignments
- Write thoughtful, well-judged outreach rather than generic sales messages
- Follow up with consistency, tact, and good instinct
- Coordinate meetings, decks, introductions, and next steps
- Help position the work appropriately for different kinds of clients and briefs
- Keep a live pipeline of conversations and opportunities active and organised
You may be a strong fit if you
- are commercially aware and relationship-oriented
- write and speak with clarity and confidence
- understand how premium creative work is positioned and sold
- are comfortable with agencies, brands, producers, and creative teams
- can operate with maturity in a small, evolving setup
- are self-starting, organised, and persistent without being pushy
- are interested in helping build something meaningful, not simply managing a role
This role is unlikely to suit you if you
- need heavy structure, supervision, or layers to operate effectively
- are only comfortable inside large-agency systems
- dislike outreach, follow-through, or relationship-building
- are looking for a conventional corporate sales position
- do not have genuine interest in visual craft, production, and premium execution
To apply:
Please apply with your profile and send thoughtful responses to the questions below.
- Why do you believe you would be suited to helping grow a small, founder-led premium creative practice rather than a large agency or corporate setup?
- Describe one instance where you opened a new relationship or opportunity from scratch. What exactly did you do?
- How do you operate when there is no heavy internal structure, ready-made process, or brand machinery behind you?
- What makes premium visual work commercially compelling beyond simply looking good?
- Write a short outreach message introducing a specialist tabletop / product / visual practice to an agency or brand.
- What kind of working environment brings out your best work, and what kind does not?
Only thoughtful applications will be considered.
Location: Lower Parel, Mumbai (Hybrid)
