Delegate Sales Executive - fast growing b2b events business

Media IQ Recruitment Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing B2B events business is seeking a Delegate Sales Executive to sell delegate opportunities for niche conferences. The role offers a basic salary of up to £30k plus uncapped commission, along with strong training and career development. The ideal candidate has 1-3 years of sales experience and is outgoing, hardworking, and articulate. Initially, the position requires working from the West London office full-time, with flexibility allowed once trained.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years delegate sales, classified advertising sales or corporate membership sales experience.
• Highly articulate, confident, and eager to learn and develop.
• Outgoing, hardworking, and trustworthy.

Responsibilities

• Sell delegate opportunities for conferences spanning various sectors.
• Achieve around 2 hours of call time per day.
• Work from the office full time initially, with flexibility after training.

Skills

Delegate sales experience

Articulate communication

Outgoing personality

Hardworking

Education

Well educated

Job description

Delegate Sales Executive - fast growing b2b events business

Job Sector

Contract Type

Permanent

Location

West London

Up to 30k basic plus uncapped commission

Job Reference

Do you have 1-3 years delegate sales, membership sales or classified sales experience?

Want to work for a fast growing, ambitious and highly respected conference business?

Are you a sales person who embraces training and development?

If yes, please read on...

The Company

A fast growing, entrepreneurial b2b events business which is restructuring for growth. You will be working for a friendly, highly experienced and intelligence leader who believes in training and developing new talent, so you will have a clear progression plan in place to help you work towards a more senior delegate sales or sponsorship sales position. they always promote from within first.

The Role of Delegate Sales Executive

You will be selling delegate opportunities for conferences spanning the education, charity and social healthcare sectors. Delegate prices range from £250 up to £1k and the events tend to be extremely well produced and niche conferences which attract a 200 person delegation. The company has the plans and investment to really focus on growing their larger events and therefore, whilst you will initially join a small delegate sales team, that team will grow in correlation with the growth of the event portfolio.

You will be given plenty of leads, both cold and hot, and will be expected to achieve around 2 hours of call time per day. Ultimately however you will be judged on your results, more than your output.

To begin with, the company expects you to work from their West London offices full time so that they can train and develop you. However, once you are up and running, there will be some flexibility around working from home (should you wish to).

Requirements for this Delegate Sales Executive role

• 1-3 years delegate sales, classified advertising sales or corporate membership sales experience
• Highly articulate, confident and eager to learn and develop
• Outgoing, hardworking and trustworthy
• Well educated
• Stable career history

If you think that you would be the Delegate Sales Executive that we are looking for, please apply, and a consultant will be in touch should you make the initial shortlist.