Events Sales And Business Development Officer
- Employer
- ESP Recruitment
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £30000 - 35000 per annum
- Closing date
- 9 Dec 2018
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- Function
- Event Sales
- Sector
- Venues
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Job Role
- Business Development Manager
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Job Details
An award winning unique venue and visitor attraction is seeking a Business Development Manager to grow the venue sales business through proactive sales campaigns. Joining a well established team within the commercial events department, this role will take an active role in developing sales within the corporate and private hire markets.
Key Responsibilities:
Skills and Experience:
Essential:
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage promotional events to showcase the venues and drive sales
- Work with the Head of Events to develop and deliver the Events Sales and Marketing strategy; identifying and evaluating opportunities to develop new business, new products and increase repeat business.
- Deliver targeted sales campaigns to identified markets
- Represent the venue at Unique Venues of London meetings, trade shows (national/international) and other networking events
- Develop partnerships with other organizations and key media players in order to promote the venues.
Skills and Experience:
Essential:
- Proven track record of delivering sales targets within an events venue
- Good understanding of the market for corporate and private events in London
- Sound business instinct and highly motivated
- Strong client and supplier contacts within the event industry
- Strong negotiation and networking skills
- High level communication skills both oral and written
- Commitment to delivering the best possible customer service to clients
- Well organized and calm under pressure
- Experience of managing venue bookings diary and client database
- Experienced user of MS Excel, Word and Outlook
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
- http://www.esprecruitment.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 020 7299 2960
- Location
-
Ground Floor
36 Manchester Street
London
W1U 7LH
GB
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