Sales Development Executive

Lipton Media; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media events business in London seeks a Sales Development Executive to join their dynamic sales team. This role involves making outreach to potential conference attendees through phone, email, and LinkedIn. Ideal candidates will possess some phone-based sales experience and excellent communication skills. This is a fantastic opportunity to enter the exciting world of B2B events sales, with a focus on research and relationship building rather than immediate revenue generation.

Benefits

Uncapped commission

Excellent benefits

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Some phone-based outreach / sales experience is required.
• Candidates should ideally be degree educated.
• Excellent communication skills are a must.
• Strong desire to succeed and earn commission.
• Positivity and enthusiasm are essential.

Responsibilities

• Make outreach to potential attendees for conferences.
• Research and initiate conversations with senior executives.
• Pass initial conversations to the key account team.

Skills

Phone-based sales experience

Excellent communication skills

Positive attitude

Desire to close deals

Resilience

Education

Degree educated

Job description

Overview

Sales Development Executive – London. £28,000 - £35,000 + Uncapped Commission + Excellent Benefits. Flexible working.

Award-winning media events business seeks a highly ambitious, driven degree educated individual to join their fast-growing events sales team in the role of Sales Development Executive. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has a few months phone-based sales experience and is looking to join a leading media business and enter into the exciting, fast paced world of b2b events. A key component of this role is making outreach to potential attendees (for our client’s conferences). Through a variety of outreach channels including phone, email and LinkedIn, the main objective of the role is to conduct research and explore conversations with senior level execs who could fit the client profile our client is keen to bring onboard. Once initial discussions have taken place this will then be passed over to the key account team to progress. This role is a fantastic opportunity for an individual keen on pursuing a sales career but rather than being in a revenue generating role this position doesn\'t have a revenue focus, it\'s a foot in the door with scope to develop into core selling further down the line.

Responsibilities

• Make outreach to potential attendees for conferences using phone, email and LinkedIn.
• Research and initiate conversations with senior-level executives who fit the client profile.
• Pass initial conversations to the key account team to progress.

Profile / Qualifications

• Some phone-based outreach / sales experience.
• Ideally degree educated.
• Highly polished with excellent communication skills.
• Positive attitude with a strong desire to earn money.
• Strong desire to close deals and earn commission.
• Relish a challenge, resilient and have a desire to succeed.
• Excellent communication skills are a must along with bags of enthusiasm.

About Lipton Media

Lipton Media is a specialist media recruitment agency based in London. We specialise in all forms of b2b media sales including conferences, exhibitions, awards, summits, publishing, digital, outdoor, TV, radio and business intelligence.

Our clients range from small startup companies to FTSE 100 and 250 businesses. We work with people at every stage of their career from undergraduates looking for their first entry point into sales to senior managers and directors looking for their next challenge.