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Events Sales and Business Development Officer

Employer
ESP Recruitment
Location
London
Salary
£27000 - 30000 per annum
Closing date
27 Sep 2018

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Function
Event Sales
Sector
Venues
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent
Job Role
Event Manager

Job Details

This award winning venue and visitor attraction with stunning indoor and outdoor events spaces, has a brand new role available for an Events Business Development Officer to join their commercial events team. Working in a supportive team, the role will focus on the development and growth of the venue sales business through proactive selling and product development. You will also account manage client and supplier relationships to deliver sales growth and maximise profit whilst delivering exceptional customer service.

Job Purpose:

Key Responsibilities

Client management
  • Respond to and proactively build client relationships to secure event sales and future repeat client business.
  • Ensure excellent service levels through effective client account management.
  • Develop excellent product knowledge of the venue to enable the management of complex and or bespoke client event requirements.


Financial and Reporting
  • Ensure excellent systems knowledge.
  • Produce monthly data and financial reports.
  • Contribute to marketing, business development and bench-marking by analysing national industry and marketing trends.
  • Bench-mark against industry competitors bi-annually to keep us in line with growing market


Business development and Marketing
  • Identify new products to develop and promote the venue.
  • Develop business relationships with events suppliers in particular for wedding enquiries.
  • Write and collate content for monthly e-newsletters and internal Staff briefs
  • Work with the Events Business Development Manager to develop marketing campaigns.
  • Organise and deliver promotional venue events and track leads generated, sales converted from these activities and press coverage
  • Actively seek promotions from suppliers to boost sales in quiet and key periods of the calendar


Skills and experience:

Essential
  • Experience of working in a sales environment, ideally within a unique venue.
  • Passion and desire to work in the sales, hospitality and events industry.
  • Excellent customer service skills.
  • Marketing and social media skills.
  • Ability to work under pressure and prioritise workload according to changing business demands and deadlines.
  • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, as well as good interpersonal skills
  • Experienced user of events systems and databases.
  • Confident and experienced user of the following IT software - MS Excel, Word and Outlook.
  • Self-motivated and a team player

Company

As specialists in our market, we offer integrity, honesty and confidentiality. As we concentrate on doing one thing and doing it really well, we have built up an extensive network of candidates at all levels and some of the most highly regarded clients in the events industry.

Offering the widest range of jobs in events worldwide, esp work on permanent, contract and freelance recruitment solutions at all levels from graduate to managing director, across the UK and internationally.

esprecruitment recruit for the following sectors:

  • Event Management Agencies 
  • Production Companies
  • Experiential Agencies
  • C&I Agencies
  • Corporate in-house
  • Venues
  • Hotels
  • Associations
  • Charities
  • Public Sector
  • Commercial Conference Companies
  • Exhibitions
  • Exhibition & Event Services
Company info
Website
Telephone
020 7299 2960
Location
Ground Floor
36 Manchester Street
London
W1U 7LH
GB

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