Sales Director in London

We’re hiring a Sales Director to take ownership of a high-volume business portfolio—and grow it even further. This is not your typical "manage and coast" role. You’ll be on the front lines driving revenue and building a team beneath you. We’re looking for someone hungry, strategic, and ready to make their mark. Must have Commercial Real Estate industry experience. If you thrive in high-energy environments, love closing deals, and want to coach others to success, this could be your next big move. This is a hybrid role based out of our London office at 3 Waterhouse Sq London EC1N 2SW, UK. You’ll be in-office 4 days per week and part of a team that’s shaping the future of commercial real estate media and events.

BISNOW OVERVIEW

Bisnow is the commercial real estate industry's leading, vertically integrated B2B media platform, covering North America, Canada, the UK and Ireland. We serve the CRE industry through award-winning news and publications, renowned events, wide-ranging marketing services, specialized recruitment solutions, and intelligent sales enablement tools. Our platform enables our audience to do more business by engaging more than 1.5M subscribers and convening more than 100K commercial real estate professionals every year. We host hundreds of events, publish thousands of thought-provoking stories, drive qualified leads, and create opportunities that make deals happen. At Bisnow, we love to think globally, but connect and inform our audience hyper-locally.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain relationships with marketing executives within all asset classes and sectors of our targeted markets.
• Drive event sponsorship sales by conducting in-depth research to source & confirm participation of sponsors for our commercial real estate conferences.
• Assist event production department in an effort to build sponsor-friendly programs that ultimately align with the interest of Bisnow’s client base.
• Constantly brainstorm fresh and relevant topic ideas to adapt to trends within the industry.
• Understand both individual and larger team KPIs and position yourself to hit, if not exceed said KPIs on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Document daily activities in Salesforce CRM.
• Work closely with the sales team to accelerate our sales cycle and to extend reach into target accounts.
• Work with a positive, cross functional team on an everyday basis to make certain of successful sponsorship, marketing and financial performance of these events.
• Participate with enthusiasm in all events, activities and training sessions that are asked of you by your DOJO (office) leader.
• Attend and emcee all events in your market.
• Develop a deep understanding of what is happening in the marketplace at all times and how to deliver value to our partners.
• Become an expert on the Bisnow platform so to be able to best advise our partners on which products will deliver the most value.
• Investigate and resolve client concerns.
• Prospect potential strategic partners (advertisers and sponsors), for both Bisnow’s online and offline Platforms.
• Manage and own strategic sales cycles while continually focusing on client goals and company success metrics.

What are we looking for?

• 5 - 15 years of outside B2B sales experience in Commercial Real Estate is a must.
• Innate hustle, raw intelligence and infectious enthusiasm.
• Ability to demonstrate an entrepreneurial yet disciplined mindset, creative yet organized work-ethic and an ambitious yet humble attitude.
• Demonstrated experience excelling in a group or team environment of any sort.
• A strong interest in growing into an externally facing sales role or similar position working closely with clients.
• A strong interest in the commercial real estate industry.
• Ability to remain receptive to feedback and open, constructive criticism.
• Capability to work in a high-energy, fast-paced, frequently-changing sales environment.
• A “never give up attitude”, positive mental state of mind and strong desire to be challenged on a daily basis.
• Strong intellectual curiosity.
• Problem-solving skills, specifically the ability to assess situations, evaluate options, make decisions, draw conclusions, and exercise judgment.
• A natural relationship builder and hunter who loves closing deals.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive compensation structure - This role offers a strong base salary plus uncapped commission and bonuses.
• Unlimited Vacation Days.
• 9 paid bank Holidays.
• 7 days paid sick leave.
• Nest Pension Scheme.
• AXA private health insurance.
• Cycle to Work program.
• Referral Bonus Program.
• You’ll get to work with incredibly smart, passionate, driven, ambitious, kind, caring and mindful people.

Before applying, please read our values below. Our values describe and give insight into our culture. If you do not share the same values, this role will not be a mutually beneficial fit. If you do share these values and want to apply, we encourage you to do so. Our values demand that we be curious, self-aware, fearless, consistent. We say yes to seemingly insurmountable challenges because we dare ourselves to push further. And we go the distance because we are individually and collectively entrepreneurial, always asking: Why can’t it be done? We find a way because we care more than the competition. We embrace team and disown ego. We are ruthlessly disciplined and unabashedly kind. We unreservedly challenge the status quo and vigorously fight for new levels of excellence. We believe the difference between good and great is exceptional communication. We obsess over creating value for our team and our customers. We push ourselves and our industry to be more inclusive, to champion diversity and to fight racism, gender bias and all forms of inequality. We never peak. We never quit. We never have excuses. We own our failures and we commit to being smarter and stronger because of them. We give our best today and even better tomorrow.