Senior Business Development Manager - Events
Senior Business Development Manager - Events
£38,000 - £45,000 Base Salary + (Uncapped Commission) + Excellent Benefits
Hybrid
Niche media events business seeks a highly talented Business Development Manager to join their growing sales team. This family run business has been in operation for over 27 years and is widely seen as an expert leader in the markets they operate within.
They are looking for a seasoned sponsorship person to help mentor the junior members of the sales team and also lead from the front generating new business and managing existing key accounts too.
We are keen to hear from candidates with 3-5 years in b2b sponsorship sales who are keen to join a small, fun, family run events business.
Role: Senior Business Development Manager - Sponsorship Sales- Generating new business, increasing pipeline and bringing on new prospects
- Manage a number of existing accounts
- Sell high-value sponsorship opportunities
- Pitch clients over the phone and through face-to-face meetings
- Mentor junior members of the sales team
- Attend competitor events
- Consultative selling is a key part of this role, the right candidate should be able to sell creatively, through solution led selling
- 3-5 years + in b2b sponsorship sales
- Strong desire to sell
- Excellent communication skills
- Successful track record achieving revenue targets
- Someone with a consultative sales approach is a necessity here
- Outgoing and sociable individual
Lipton Media is a specialist media recruitment agency based in London. We specialise in all forms of b2b media sales including conferences, exhibitions, awards, summits, publishing, digital, outdoor, TV, radio and business intelligence.
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.