Graduate Sales & Partnerships Executive

Prodrive; St. Mawes; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Prodrive in St Mawes is seeking a Graduate Sales & Business Development Executive with energy and ambition to drive growth across our hotels, restaurants, spa and experiences.

The role focuses on identifying new business, developing partnerships, and generating demand. You will work near the General Manager to win new customers and expand revenue through creative outreach and collaborative campaigns.

Qualifications

• Recent graduate or early career in sales, marketing, hospitality, travel, events or customer-focused environments.

Responsibilities

• Identify and approach new businesses, organisations, groups and individuals who could become valuable customers.
• Research potential markets and create targeted outreach campaigns.
• Develop new corporate, leisure, group and partnership opportunities.
• Follow up leads proactively and turn conversations into bookings and business.
• Build a strong network of contacts across Cornwall, the South West and relevant UK markets.
• Find businesses, brands, creators and organisations that could help us reach new audiences.
• Develop creative partnerships that benefit both sides.
• Build relationships with local businesses, tourism partners, event organisers, travel companies and other relevant contacts.
• Look for opportunities to collaborate, cross-promote and create new reasons for people to visit St Mawes.
• Help grow weddings, private events, corporate events, celebrations and other group business.
• Proactively identify potential event customers and organisations.
• Develop relationships with event planners, local businesses and relevant partners.
• Help turn our hotels, restaurants and spaces into destinations for more than overnight stays.
• Help create content that gets people talking about our hotels.
• Support our social media, email marketing and PR activity.
• Come up with creative campaigns, stories and ideas that generate awareness and bookings.
• Build relationships with local and relevant media, influencers and content creators.
• Bring fresh ideas and a strong sense of style to how the hotels present themselves.
• Understand what drives revenue across rooms, F&B, spa, events and experiences.
• Track results and understand which activities are generating business.
• Work with the team to turn successful ideas into repeatable commercial opportunities.
• Be comfortable with targets, numbers and measuring whether an idea has actually worked.

Job description

Prodrive in St Mawes is seeking a Graduate Sales & Business Development Executive with energy and ambition to drive growth across our hotels, restaurants, spa and experiences.

The role focuses on identifying new business, developing partnerships, and generating demand. You will work near the General Manager to win new customers and expand revenue through creative outreach and collaborative campaigns.