Event Sales Executive

Job Title: Event Sales Executive
Location: Based at the Hertford Office
Reporting to: Sales Manager
Responsible for: The overall role will include selling supplier places at Forums and Summits;working collaboratively with a team of sales representatives
Contractual Status: Full Time
Salary / Commission: OTE £40k+ (DoE)

Role Summary: The overall role of an Event Sales Executive is to sell supplier places, ensuring that the events they are assigned to are successful and reach or exceed sales revenue. This includes obtaining quality suppliers and working collaboratively with a Delegate Sales Executive to ensure that confirmed delegates are of the highest calibre. The Event Sales Executive will encourage and maintain the highest standard of professionalism in the office at all times.

Key Responsibilities:

• To contact potential suppliers from our CRM system and sell the event via the telephone or if required, face to face
• To sell additional sponsorship and identify other commercial opportunities
• To cross sell on all forums and summits, ensuring that your clients have product knowledge on the Forum brand and all events that they are relevant to attend.
• To attend industry related exhibitions and events and meet with suppliers face to face
• To ensure all data in the CRM system is up to date and correct
• Keeping up to date with products and competitors
• To maintain regular updated event information to your existing suppliers and delegates
• To manage all event administration
• To act in a professional manner at all time and ensure that you deliver a good quality event to your suppliers and delegates.
• Rebook your suppliers and maintain a good working relationship at all times

Skills required:

• Proven track record and a strong background in event / exhibition sales
• Strong leadership skills with a hands on approach
• Self-motivation with the ability to motivate others

Salary: DOE, OTE £40K+