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Business Development Manager - Events

Lipton Media
Posted 21 days ago, valid for 6 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Salary

£48,000 - £57,600 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Business Development Manager position offers a base salary ranging from £37,000 to £50,000, along with uncapped commission and excellent benefits.
  • Candidates should have a minimum of 2 years of B2B sales experience, ideally in sponsorship sales, recruitment, or IT software sales.
  • The role involves generating new business, managing existing accounts, and selling high-value sponsorship packages and exhibition opportunities.
  • Successful candidates will have a consultative sales approach, strong communication skills, and a proven track record of achieving revenue targets.
  • The position is with an award-winning media events business focused on the high-growth tech market and offers a hybrid working model.

Business Development Manager - Event Sponsorship

£37,000 - £50,000 Base Salary + (Uncapped Commission) + Excellent Benefits

Hybrid

Award winning media events business seeks a highly ambitious Business Development Manager to join their high growth media business selling high value, bespoke sponsorship and exhibition packages to a global client base within the exciting and high growth tech market.

We are keen to hear from candidates with 2 years + b2b sales experience ideally from a sponsorship sales background. We would also consider candidates from a recruitment or IT software sales background looking to transition into event sponsorship.

Role: Business Development Manager - Sponsorship

  • Generating new business, increasing pipeline and bringing on new prospects
  • Manage a number of existing accounts
  • Sell high-value sponsorship packages and exhibition opportunities
  • Pitch clients over the phone and through face to face meetings
  • Attend competitor events
  • Consultative selling is a key part of this role, the right candidate should be able to sell creatively, through solution led selling

Profile of Candidate:

  • 2 years + in b2b sales - ideally from recruitment or IT software sales or events
  • Strong desire to sell
  • Degree educated ideally
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Successful track record achieving revenue targets
  • Someone with a consultative sales approach is a necessity here

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 start-up 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.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.