Commercial Executive – Events

Lipton Media; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading exhibition business in London seeks a Commercial Executive to sell exhibition space. The role involves supporting the Event Manager, engaging with customers, and attending networking events. Ideal candidates are driven, organized, and possess excellent communication skills. This position offers hybrid work with attractive compensation.

Benefits

Excellent benefits

Uncapped commission

Qualifications

• Ambitious and driven to hit targets – ideally some phone sales experience.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to prioritise tasks and manage workload.

Responsibilities

• Sell exhibition space and sponsorship to customers.
• Support the Event Manager with floorplan management.
• Attend networking events to identify commercial opportunities.

Skills

Sales driven

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Self-motivated

Personable

Job description

Overview

Commercial Executive – Events. Hybrid. London.

Are you sales driven? Excited by the thought of working on a fast-paced large-scale exhibition within the food/drink or luxury hotel space? Our client is an industry leading exhibition business and proudly boasts a portfolio of some of the most successful large-scale exhibitions in the UK.

Responsibilities

• You will be integrated into a fun-loving team selling exhibition space and sponsorship to both previous and new customers/partners over the telephone and face to face.
• Supporting the Event Manager with accurate floorplan management and ensuring that the CRM is always up to date.
• Your close relationship with the show team, including Operations, Marketing and project co-ordinators will develop the event for the relevant industry.
• By attending industry networking events and competitor events you will be able to identify commercial opportunities, gain industry feedback as well as increasing your sector knowledge.
• If you are super outgoing, love meeting new people and are passionate about hitting targets and making money then this is a fantastic opportunity!

Experience / Requirements

• Ambitious and driven to hit targets – ideally some phone sales experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills, with an ability to prioritise tasks and manage workload
• Performance driven: a desire to achieve goals and attain commercial success
• Self-motivated
• Great communication, both written and verbal
• Personable, enthusiastic with a can do will do attitude – a real team player
• Sociable person, who is happy to attend industry networking events with the team representing the company
• 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.

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Company Address : 13 Carmen Court, 35 Toye Avenue, London, N20 0FN

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