Job Description

Business Development Manager - Sponsorship Sales

B2B TECH Conferences & Events

Central London Office - Hybrid Working -Travel

Base salary up to \xc2\xa345K + Uncapped Generous Commission + Company Benefits

We\'re hiring an experienced Sponsorship Sales professional to join an established TECH publishing and events organisation as a Business Development Manager. You will take the lead on selling high-value sponsorship packages to corporate companies for their USA based conferences and exhibitions.

These events are large in scale and provide opportunities to learn, develop new business, network with industry leaders and experts and provide access to one of the most influential Global Tech content platforms in the world through the conference, exhibition, round tables, awards, digital platform & content and social meetups! These are really impressive and quality B2B events.

What will you be doing as a Business Development Manager?

• Selling high-value sponsorship and marketing solutions to new and existing blue-chip clients.
• Conversing and negotiating confidently and successfully with senior decision makers over the phone and face-to-face.
• Working with the wider events team to launch exciting new projects and formats
• Research new prospects, follow up on leads and data shared by the marketing and content team and utilise the database (Salesforce) to identify lapsed clients.
• Manage your sales pipeline and keep the database updated
• Working to agreed targets for each event
• Attending USA events and client meetings

Who are you?

• Experienced working in b2b conference Sponsorship Sales within a commercial events environment - this direct experience is essential
• An excellent communicator who is confident talking and presenting to peers and senior decision makers over the phone and in-person.
• Ability to persuade and influence decision makers
• Excellent research and writing skills
• Able to manage the responsibility of meeting targets and deadlines and managing your time effectively
• Attention to detail and organised
• Positive, enthusiastic and ambitious sales professional
• Confident using IT including such as Teams, Microsoft and CRM

For this Sponsorship Sales position, you need to be able to live & work in the UK without employer sponsorship.

A bit about the company

• An international organisation with offices around the world
• Fabulous central London office with approx. 100 people, surrounded by caf\xc3\xa9\'s, bars and restaurants.
• Friendly and sociable team
• Skills-based training programme
• Lots of opportunities for career progression
• A generous and market leading uncapped commission structure
• Excellent & long-term training, support, and guidance to further your career
• International travel
• Working with a supportive team who are social, ambitious & professional
• Giving to the Community days
• Overseas company socials plus lots of other opportunities to come together and have fun
• Good company benefits package

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Please contact at Jackson Barnes Recruitment for more information on this Business Development Manager - Sponsorship Sales job opportunity.

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Jackson Barnes Recruitment delivers international recruitment solutions within the events, media, and publishing sectors. Jackson Barnes recruits from Graduate up to MD level in the following positions:

• Researchers

• Conference producers

• Event Marketing professionals

• Sales professionals - delegate, sponsorship & Business Development

• Event Managers

• Editors

We recruit for organisations in the UK and overseas with success in London, Dubai, New York, Singapore and Australia

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