Event Sales Executive

A top London venue and high profile visitor attraction, boasting a range of beautiful and inspiring event spaces, is looking to recruit an Event Sales Executive. Events vary from dinners, receptions, conferences, fashion shows, product launches, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and private and corporate events, You would be the first point of contact for any client wishing to host an event.



Key Responsibilities:

• Responding to reactive enquiries via telephone or email and supplying the client with a bespoke proposal based on their event brief within 24 hours.
• Conducting site visits with the client and upselling accredited suppliers.
• Managing TV or film location filming as required.
• Representing the venue at tradeshows and networking events as required.
• Account managing your clients to increase repeat bookings.

• Ensuring that all financial information relating to events is recorded accurately.
• Helping the Operations Team with events as required in busy periods.
• Developing and maintaining positive relationships with suppliers and staff to ensure events run smoothly.
• Administrative tasks such as raising invoices, purchase orders and creating contracts for confirmed bookings.

The ideal candidate will be a graduate, with experience of working within the event industry, ideally within a hotel or venue in London.

The ideal candidate needs to be a personable individual with a passion for events and sales and has excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing, great attention to detail, self-motivation and who is looking for a role that really makes an impact and can really open up their career long term.