Partnership executive – tailor-made travel

Gradsouthwest; Exeter; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Expressions Holidays is a luxury tour operator recruiting a Partnership executive to manage third‑party commercial partnerships, including travel agents and closed user groups. The role offers ownership of projects, independence within a team, and opportunities to contribute to company wellbeing.

Key duties include reviewing agents, maintaining the partner database, onboarding new partners, negotiating deals, and coordinating marketing communications.

Qualifications

• UK degree level, ideally from a Russell Group university.
• Very good Microsoft Office skills.
• Foreign language ability (French, Italian, Spanish or German) is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Review the performance of travel agents and partners.
• Maintain and update the agent database.
• Identify and engage new agent partners.
• On-board new agents and manage agency contracts.
• Negotiate special offers and incentives for partners.
• Coordinate partnership marketing communications and events.
• Represent the company at UK and overseas events.

Job description

Introduction

Expressions Holidays is a specialist, luxury tour operator, in business since 1989, arranging tailor‑made holidays to selected destinations in Europe and further afield.

We are looking to recruit a Partnership executive who will be responsible for our commercial partnerships with third parties such as travel agents and closed user groups.

This is an extremely exciting opportunity for a graduate to gain experience of the travel industry, to take ownership of projects, to work independently within a team and to contribute to the well‑being of the company.

The focus of the role is on liaising with our travel agent partners and others such as closed user groups to achieve our business targets. There will be an element of servicing existing relationships but also a requirement to target new partners.

The role involves:

• Reviewing the performance of travel agents
• Maintaining the agent database
• Identifying new agent partners
• Engaging new agent partners
• On-boarding new agents
• Managing agency contracts
• Negotiating special offers and incentives for partners
• Partnership marketing communications – print and digital
• Attending agency events
• Arranging agent educationals
• Creating and implementing monthly newsletters for agents
• Identify closed user groups
• Implementing a marketing strategy for closed user groups
• Negotiating deals with closed user groups
• Up-dating our sales team about new partners, incentives and targets

Skills and requirements:

• Commercial understanding
• Desire to win and get a deal
• Focused on achieving goals and targets
• Clever and personable negotiating skills
• Able to approach new contacts and communicate fluently
• Combine a drive for success with inter-personal skills
• Good organisational skills
• Accurate with numbers and use of English

You will be educated to UK degree level, ideally from a Russell Group university. You should have very good Microsoft Office skills and experience. Any foreign language is an advantage (the company uses French, Italian, Spanish and German regularly) as we are an international business. Previous experience is not a requirement although some knowledge of the travel industry may be.

You will be joining a team of other graduates, some from Exeter, others from other UK universities, who work across the company in holiday sales, marketing, product, admin and accounts, based in our attractive offices in Exeter. Training will be provided on the job, in‑house and externally.

On occasion you will be required to represent the company at events, both in the UK and overseas.

Please note: this is a full‑time, not a part‑time role.

Starting salary - £30,000 per annum