Event Sales Executive - Leading B2B Global Events Organiser

Media IQ Recruitment Ltd; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the events sector is looking for high-achieving graduates to join their team as Delegate Sales Executives. This role offers significant earning potential with a structured training program, growth opportunities across sales, management, and other sectors, all while engaging with key industry players.

Benefits

Intense sales academy training program

Rapid career progression

Amazing work culture

Qualifications

• Achieved a 2:1 degree or above.
• Ambition to exceed sales targets.
• Eagerness to learn and develop professionally.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate the value of conferences and sell delegate places.
• Contact senior decision-makers and discuss challenges.
• Curate the right audience for events based on market feedback.

Skills

Hard-working nature

Confidence when speaking to C-Level executives

Ability to think quickly under pressure

Commercial awareness

Education

2:1 degree or above

Job description

Job Sector

Contract Type

Permanent

Location

2 days a week (London Victoria), 3 days from Home

Job Reference

MediaIQ-Gradint1023

Do you have a 2:1 or 1st degree grade?

Looking to develop a professional sales career?

Like the idea of working for one of the leading b2b conference organisers in the UK, selling access to their exclusive events?

If yes, please read on....

The Company

This amazing company is a large but still fast-growing business intelligence provider and established events organiser. They work across the Life Sciences, HR, and Construction sectors, providing over 300 world-class events each year. Their mission is to support the industry through their extensive event portfolios and data products.

As such, they are looking for high-achieving graduates who want to build a professional sales career within events. You would benefit from great earning potential, rapid career progression, a amazing work culture and a 1st class training and development programme.

The Role of Delegate Sales Executive

In this dynamic sales role, you’ll be responsible for demonstrating the value of their conferences, selling delegate places for a broad range of conferences, most of which are in the life sciences sector. You’ll be contacting senior decision makers in the industry to discuss their current challenges and objectives and helping them to evaluate how attending these events can accelerate their business & personal goals. Working in a project team, your role will be vital in curating the right audience for each event and providing market feedback based on the conversations you have.

The harder you work, the bigger the rewards. You can expect to earn £38k in your first year. The on-target earnings (OTE) is uncapped, so the sky really is the limit, with many exceeding the OTE within their first 12 months in Delegate Sales.

Success in the Delegate Sales Executive role can lead to progression opportunities into senior sales, management, sponsorship sales, SaaS or Production in the first 12 months of your career.

You’ll join a 2-week intense sales academy combining both classroom theory and on-the-job learning where you’ll master the latest sales techniques from the best trainers in the industry.

Requirements for this Delegate Sales Executive role

• You’ll have achieved a 2:1 degree or above
• You’ll aim to beat any target set and want to develop yourself professionally
• Hard-working nature and ambition
• You’ll thrive in a commercial environment
• Ability to think quickly under pressure
• You’ll be eager to learn
• Confidence when speaking to C-Level executives
• Eligibility to Work in the UK

If you tick the above requirements and would like to be considered, please apply.