Sustainability Events Sponsorship Lead

GBR020 Reuters News & Media Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Mental Health Days

Two company-wide Mental Health Days

Job summary

Thomson Reuters Corp. invites you to join Reuters Events as Business Development Manager, Sustainability Events, responsible for selling high-value sponsorships across the Sustainability portfolio.

You'll engage global brands, craft tailored partnerships, and leverage AI-enabled tools to identify audiences and opportunities, while working with our specialist sustainability team to maximize sponsorship revenue. Hybrid work arrangements support flexible collaboration.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in event, digital media or content marketing sales, including selling high-value sponsorship packages, tailored partnerships or B2B advertising solutions.
• Demonstrable experience developing new business through proactive outreach and converting new prospects into revenue-generating customers.
• The ability to use technology and AI-enabled tools effectively in your day‑to‑day work, including prospecting, research, account planning and sales productivity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to represent the Reuters brand when engaging with senior leaders and C-level executives.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with specialists across our Sustainability portfolio to sell tailored, high-value sponsorship packages to global brands.
• Engage with senior leaders across sustainability, energy, climate, technology, finance and transformation, introducing them to strategic partnership opportunities across our flagship global events.
• Use your strong written communication skills to craft compelling outreach and articulate value propositions to a wide range of global clients.
• Take a consultative approach with clients, understanding their commercial priorities and connecting them with the right audiences, content opportunities and sponsorship solutions.
• Immerse yourself in the trends shaping the sustainability agenda, including decarbonisation, the energy transition, climate strategy, sustainable supply chains, reporting and disclosure, clean technology and sustainable finance.
• Develop an understanding of how AI, data and emerging technologies are transforming sustainability, from optimising energy and resource use to improving climate intelligence, supply-chain visibility and decarbonisation strategies.
• Partner closely with the Conference Production team to shape event audiences, identify high-value executive segments and maximise the commercial success of our sustainability events.

Skills

Event sales

New business development

AI tools proficiency

Excellent communication

Job description

Thomson Reuters Corp. invites you to join Reuters Events as Business Development Manager, Sustainability Events, responsible for selling high-value sponsorships across the Sustainability portfolio.

You'll engage global brands, craft tailored partnerships, and leverage AI-enabled tools to identify audiences and opportunities, while working with our specialist sustainability team to maximize sponsorship revenue. Hybrid work arrangements support flexible collaboration.