Job Description
Job Title: Delegate Sales Executive – Events
Salary: £30k – £36k + Commission
Location: Central London – Hybrid (Mondays & Fridays work from home)
A leading global events company is seeking a talented Delegate Sales Executive to join their team and play a key role in the growth of their advanced therapies-focused event portfolio, including an exciting launch event in the Middle East in April 2026.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic and innovative business that places its people at the heart of what it does.
Job Responsibilities:
- Securing buy-side and vendor attendees for key events over the phone
- Selling delegate passes to existing and new clients to meet realistic revenue targets
- Building and maintaining excellent client relationships through a consultative sales approach
- Identifying new leads and industry sub-sectors for sales, working with your sales leader to identify revenue opportunities
- Upselling additional delegate places to sponsors and exhibitors
- Staying up to date with market developments and researching new growth areas
- Providing accurate and up-to-date information for pipeline, project meetings, and weekly reporting
- Sharing market intelligence and feedback with the team in a timely manner
- Always representing the business professionally
- Attending industry events and VIP functions as needed – international travel is expected
About You
- Experience in selling delegate spaces and/or sponsorship/media sales
- Experience in high-volume media or event sales
- Evidence of achieving or exceeding sales targets
- First-class English skills (written and verbal)
- Strong understanding of the sales cycle
- Ability to generate new business leads through research and outreach
- Skilled at prioritising leads to maximise revenue
- Commercially minded with the ability to spot opportunities
- Confident building both short- and long-term client relationships
- Familiarity with Salesforce and Pardot is a plus
- Industry knowledge is preferable but not essential
What’s on Offer
- 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with an end-of-year wellbeing shutdown
- Celebration day off (e.g. birthday, Diwali, Eid, etc.)
- Summer Hours in August (3pm finish on Fridays)
- Helping Our World (HOW) Days – one paid day per quarter for charity work
- Pension Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance and Health Cash Plan
- Wellbeing Library and mentoring programme
- Subsidised café
- Season ticket loan and cycle-to-work schemes
- Free on-site gym and shower facilities
- Free eyesight tests and flu vaccinations (offered annually on-site)
If you’re a driven sales professional looking for your next challenge within a global business that values its people and invests in their growth, we’d love to hear from you!
Contact Detail:
Ark Recruitment EST Recruiting Team