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Business Development Manager

Lipton Media
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 3 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Salary

£45,000 - £50,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Sponsorship Sales Manager position offers a base salary of £45,000 - £50,000 plus uncapped commission, potentially reaching £40,000 in the first year, along with excellent benefits.
  • The role is hybrid, requiring one day in the office, and involves selling across a flagship Tech events portfolio for an award-winning global media events business.
  • Candidates should have 2-5 years of experience in B2B sponsorship or exhibition sales and possess a strong desire to sell.
  • Key responsibilities include generating new business, managing existing accounts, and pitching high-value sponsorship opportunities both over the phone and in person.
  • The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, a consultative sales approach, and a successful track record of achieving revenue targets.

Sponsorship Sales Manager - Events

£45,000 - £50,000 Base Salary + £40k Year 1 (Uncapped Commission) + Excellent Benefits

Hybrid (1 Day in the office)

Award winning, global media events business seeks a highly talented Sponsorship Sales Manager to sell across their flagship Tech events portfolio.

They are looking to hire an outstanding sponsorship sales person to generate new business and managing some existing key accounts too.

Our client will pay a flat 8% on all deals, this will be paid on both existing and new business.

This portfolio has been the flagship brand within the business for a number of years so this offers a genuinely fantastic opportunity for someone with 2-3 years experience looking to transition on to a market leading event brand.

Role: Business Development Manager - Sponsorship Sales

  • Generating new business, increasing pipeline and bringing on new prospects
  • Manage a number of existing accounts
  • Sell high-value sponsorship opportunities
  • Pitch clients over the phone and through face-to-face meetings
  • International travel
  • 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: Senior Business Development Manager - Sponsorship Sales

  • 2-5 years + in b2b sponsorship /exhibition sales
  • Strong desire to sell
  • Ideally degree educated
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Successful track record achieving revenue targets
  • Someone with a consultative sales approach is a necessity here
  • Outgoing and sociable individual

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.