Director of Sales & Marketing

DNA Recruit; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent experiential production agency in Manchester is seeking a Director of Sales & Marketing to lead their commercial function. This strategic role involves driving revenue growth, developing teams, and overseeing marketing strategies across immersive events. The ideal candidate has senior leadership experience in sales or marketing within the experiential sector and a proven track record of building high-performing teams. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the commercial success of innovative production projects.

Benefits

Referral program with up to £250 in vouchers

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Senior commercial, sales, or marketing leadership experience within experiential or events sectors.
• Strong track record in revenue growth and pipeline leadership.
• Excellent communication skills for stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver the commercial and sales strategy.
• Lead and develop teams in sales, business development, and marketing.
• Oversee the full sales pipeline from lead generation to closing.
• Build relationships with brands and partners.
• Own and execute the marketing strategy across digital and traditional channels.

Skills

Sales leadership

Marketing strategy

Relationship building

Revenue growth

Team mentoring

Job description

DirectorofSales&Marketing–Experiential,Immersive&CreativeProduction

We're working with a well-established experiential and immersive production agency as they hire a Director of Sales & Marketing to lead their full commercial function. This is a senior strategic role overseeing sales, business development, marketing, sponsorship, and the commercial success of their immersive events portfolio.

You’ll be responsible for driving revenue growth, elevating market presence, and ensuring all commercial teams operate as one cohesive engine. This includes leading the sales strategy, shaping marketing direction, and connecting the dots between Business Development, Marketing, Account Management, and the wider creative and production departments.

Responsibilities:

• Shape and deliver the company’s commercial and sales strategy, driving revenue growth across experiential builds, installations, and immersive events.
• Lead, mentor, and develop teams across sales, BD, and marketing, ensuring they work collaboratively toward shared commercial goals.
• Oversee the full sales pipeline – lead generation, pitching, proposals, negotiation, and closing – ensuring strong conversion rates at every stage.
• Build and maintain relationships with brands, agencies, venues, sponsors, tourism bodies, and cultural partners.
• Develop commercial packages for immersive experiences, including sponsorship models, pricing structures, group sales, and corporate hire opportunities.
• Work closely with creative and production teams to shape sellable concepts, ensure feasibility, and align commercial expectations with delivery.
• Own the marketing strategy, overseeing digital campaigns, social content, PR, paid activity, and CRM to support both brand awareness and revenue targets.
• Ensure marketing, BD, and account management are aligned, with clear handovers and a unified approach to client acquisition and retention.
• Use data, forecasting, and market insight to refine targeting, pricing, and campaign strategies.

About you:

• Senior commercial, sales, or marketing leadership experience within experiential, events, creative production, or related sector.
• Strong track record of revenue growth, pipeline leadership, and building high-performing teams.
• Excellent communicator and relationship builder with experience working across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Strategic, commercially sharp, and able to translate creative ideas into clear, sellable offerings.
• Comfortable in a fast‑paced, hands‑on, creative environment.

DNA is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community and welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds. Although we try to respond to all applications, unfortunately, due to the high number we receive, we are unable to respond to all of those who are unsuccessful.

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