Events Sales Executive

Events Sales Executive £29,000 – £33,000 DOE Commission Excellent Benefits Award winning, international events company is looking to hire a highly driven junior sales person to build relationships with senior suite execs within a high growth and exciting market. The successful Sales Executive will be communicating over the phone and online with senior level stakeholders so excellent communication skills are a must. There will be scope for international travel several times a year. This role demands a highly articulate, sales driven individual who enjoys building relationships and has real hunger to close high value yielding sales. Commercial Executive The Role: * Generating new business, increasing pipeline and bringing on new prospects * Grow relationships with key accounts by planning and tailoring their marketing activities using a consultative approach with the intention of growing YOY spend * Pitch clients over the phone and through face-to-face meetings * Attend competitor events – travel a key part of the role * Act as a market specialist and make sure you have the knowledge to do so via internal and external resources * Consultative selling is a key part of this role, the right candidate should be able to sell creatively, through solution led selling Commercial Executive Profile of Candidate: * Degree educated with a keen desire for a sales career * If no sales experience a clear hunger and desire to sell, hit targets and earn well. * 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 startup 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