Business Development Manager - Events

Business Development Manager - Events

£38,000 - £45,000 + Uncapped Commission + Excellent Benefits

Hybrid Working

• Interested in working for a growth media events company?
• Clear career paths and professional development opportunities?
• Lots of face to face meetings with clients and scope to travel?

Our client is a market leading global events business which prides itself on their fun, relaxed culture with genuine care for the well-being of their employees.

This is a fantastic opportunity to sell sponsorship opportunities to clients within their most successful division..

The successful candidate will have 2 years + b2b sales experience, likely in a media sales or ideally within b2b sponsorship /exhibition sales.

You will be working with a number of existing clients but there will be a key emphasis to bring in new business too.

What you’ll do:

• Source and identify new companies that could be as a leading sponsor and possibility exhibitor
• Engage new companies by telephone and face to face to assess whether they are a good for the company
• Work within a team of senior sales executive to hit and exceed revenue targets
• Network with existing and prospective clients at events
• Lots of face to face meetings

What we’re looking for:

• At least 2 years sales experience in a B2B sales setting, ideally sponsorship sales.
• Ideally degree educated
• Hard working and committed with an excellent phone work ethic
• Pro-active, persuasive & confident
• An ability to understand client’s needs and adopt a tailored approach
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

What our client can offer you:

• Excellent commission structure!
• Market leader, winner of numerous awards
• First-rate training, support and guidance with daily exposure to management
• Flat structure with excellent career progression - promotion is invariably internal
• Prospect of travel

Lipton Media is a dynamic, proactive and progressive media recruitment agency solely dedicated to the media industry. We are leaders across media sales and creative opportunities. We cover: media sales, digital media sales, print sales, exhibition sales, event sales, conference sales, outdoor sales, radio sales, marketing, conference production and editorial jobs.

Our clients range from small start-up companies to FTSE 100 and 250 businesses. We work with people at every stage of their career from undergraduates looking for their first entry point into sales to senior managers and directors looking for their next challenge.