Sales Executive - Rydges South Bank

EVT - Entertainment | Ventures | Travel; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dining discount

Movie tickets

Seasonal perks

Career growth

Parental leave

Job summary

EVT – Entertainment | Ventures | Travel is seeking a Sales Executive for Rydges South Bank. You’ll develop new sales opportunities and manage your account base to drive revenue, with a focus on conferences and events, reporting to the Director of Sales.

You’ll build relationships with decision makers, procurements contacts, and prospects, conduct cold and warm calls, and work with events teams to deliver on sales commitments while contributing to monthly forecasts and budgets.

Qualifications

• Ability to build relationships with decision makers, meeting planners and procurement contacts.
• Strong prospecting and pipeline development capabilities for conference and events clients.
• Good administrative and organisational skills, with database/file tracking.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with decision makers and procurement contacts.
• Prospect for new conference and events clients through cold and warm calling.
• Identify peak periods and develop strategies to grow business within them.
• Support sales initiatives such as site inspections, client entertainment and gifting.
• Collaborate with the Conference and Events Coordinator and operations teams to deliver on sales commitments.
• Assist with monthly reports, forecasts and budgets, to achieve and exceed targets.

Skills

Relationship building

Cold calling

Prospecting

Negotiation

Job description

About EVT:

Rydges South Bank is part of EVT, one of Australasia’s market-leading experience creators offering careers that can take you wherever you want to go across entertainment, ventures, and travel. In a world of cookie cutter experiences, here at EVT we believe in changing the game. It’s why we all call ourselves Daymakers: each day is a chance to add the wow factor for our customers and continually grow in our own careers.

Proudly owned and operated in Australia and New Zealand, Rydges offers refreshingly local stays in city, regional and resort-style hotels. We’re not just in the neighbourhood, we’re part of it. Every hotel is designed for ease, connection and quality. From check-in to check-out, our local heroes bring a can-do attitude and “too easy” service. Whether it’s for work or a well-earned break, our place feels like home with the charm of somewhere new. Join us to help make every moment memorable.

EVT has an endless range of roles and career paths to explore across over 140 entertainment experiences like Event Cinemas and Moonlight Cinemas, 150 award winning restaurants and bars, and 80+ hotels, including QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo, Independent Collection and Australia’s most loved year round alpine resort, Thredbo. Our ventures include a ~$2.3B property portfolio and hotel management, just to name a few. Once you’re in, there are no limits on where your career could take you.

About the Role

As Sales Executive, you’ll develop new sales opportunities and manage your account base to drive revenue, with a focus on conference and events. Reporting to the Director of Sales, you’ll work to the hotel’s annual business and sales revenue plan.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with decision makers, meeting planners and procurement contacts within your managed accounts.
• Prospect for new conference and events clients through cold and warm calling to build a strong pipeline.
• Identify need periods and develop strategies to drive business within them.
• Support sales initiatives such as site inspections, client entertainment, familiarisations and client gifting.
• Work with the Conference and Events Coordinator and operations teams to make sure sales commitments are delivered.
• Assist with monthly reports, forecasts and budgets, working to achieve and exceed targets.

What You’ll Bring

• Confidence building relationships with decision makers, meeting planners and procurement contacts.
• Comfort with cold and warm calling to generate new business.
• Strong research skills to understand clients and managed accounts.
• Good administration and organisation, including database input and client file tracking.
• A working knowledge of budget targets and a drive to exceed them.
• A positive, professional attitude and respect for business confidentiality.
• Willingness to attend business, social and industry events.

How You Work

• Daymaker ethos: no one’s too big for the small things.
• Owner’s mindset: acts on data and feedback; ships improvements.
• Resilient and solutions-focused: stays calm, moves fast.
• Growth mindset: learns, shares, and levels up others.

Perks from Day One

As part of EVT, you unlock Elevate Perks from your first day. Parity for all levels, no ivory towers.

• 50% off dining and stays across EVT hotels, including QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo and more.
• $2 movie tickets plus discounts on Gold Class, Moonlight Cinema and Candy Bar.
• Seasonal perks at Thredbo.
• Rapid career growth across our hotel and entertainment network.
• Paid parental leave; community and volunteering opportunities.

Join Rydges South Bank and become an EVT experience creator, opportunity taker, the ultimate Daymaker.

Join and make a positive impact on our people, communities, and environment every day.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and review applications as they come in, so don’t wait! We can’t wait to see the places your career will go with EVT.