Commercial Partnerships & Trade Manager

The Social Kitchen; Greater London; On-site; GBP 34,200 - 41,800; Full time

Job summary

The Social Kitchen in London is seeking a commercially driven relationship-builder to enhance partnerships and sales. You’ll manage sales inquiries, develop business opportunities, and grow client relationships in a dynamic environment. Ideal candidates will possess strong networking skills and experience in events, hospitality, or luxury brands. This full-time role offers a competitive salary of around £38k, reflecting experience, and requires agile collaboration with various industry stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong relationship-building and networking skills.
• Experience in sales, partnerships, business development.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop new business opportunities and inbound leads.
• Manage sales enquiries and convert bookings.
• Build and maintain CRM and client pipeline.
• Grow long-term client and trade relationships.
• Support revenue growth across various projects.

Skills

Strong relationship-building and networking skills

Experience in sales, partnerships, business development

Existing industry relationships within PR and hospitality

Excellent communication and negotiation skills

Job description

Based at The Social Kitchen HQ, London NW2

We’re looking for someone who already understands the events world we operate in. Someone naturally connected across events, hospitality, PR, luxury brands, agencies, and creative industries, and excited by building relationships that turn into long-term commercial partnerships and repeat business.

This is a commercially focused role centered around sales, client relationships, developing our CRM pipeline, and converting opportunities into confirmed bookings and long-term accounts.

You’ll play a key role in growing The Social Kitchen’s presence across:

• Luxury and lifestyle brands
• Hospitality groups
• Event planners and caterers
• Experiential and creative production companies

The role will focus on:

• Developing new business opportunities and inbound leads
• Managing sales enquiries and converting bookings
• Building and maintaining our CRM and client pipeline
• Growing long-term client and trade relationshipsDeveloping strategic partnerships and commercial accounts
• Identifying opportunities across events, styling, hospitality, and creative production
• Representing The Social Kitchen within the industry and at events
• Supporting revenue growth across hire, styling, partnerships, and production projects

We’re looking for someone commercially confident, highly personable, organised, and proactive. Someone who enjoys being in the room, building relationships, opening doors, managing client conversations, and helping grow a premium creative business with ambitious plans.

Qualifications

• Strong relationship-building and networking skills
• Experience in sales, partnerships, business development, events, hospitality, luxury brands, or creative industries
• Existing industry relationships within PR, events, hospitality, luxury, or creative sectors strongly preferred
• Experience managing client pipelines or CRM systems
• Commercially proactive with confidence managing premium clients and partnerships
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Comfortable working within a fast-moving founder-led environment
• Experience in brand activations, experiential events, hospitality, or creative production is highly desirable

Full-time: Mon–Fri, 9:00am – 5:30pm

Salary: Approx. £38k depending on experience

About Us

The Social Kitchen is a premium event styling, creative production and tableware hire business working across luxury events, brand activations, PR launches, hospitality, and experiential experiences.

We collaborate with some of London’s leading brands, agencies, planners, caterers, and creative teams to create beautifully executed event environments, statement tablescapes, and memorable guest experiences.

As we continue to grow, we’re looking for a commercially driven relationship-builder with strong industry connections to help expand our partnerships, client network, sales pipeline, and commercial opportunities.