Sponsorship Sales Executive

If you thrive on making your mark in a great team environment whilst also being able to knuckle down and focus. You are passionate about getting results - and that means for your clients as much as for yourself. Then a Sponsorship Sales Executive, for cutting edge business conferences is the perfect role for you.

The Role:

We'll offer a competitive basic to reflect your experience and an uncapped commission structure which will realistically bring your earnings to between GBP40K-GBP45K in year one. Earning potential will grow year on year.

You'll be responsible for selling sponsorship packages to C-Level within pharma, legal/compliance, construction, and oil and gas events. Drawing on your rounded business ability to generate new business, you'll reach out to international, senior decision makers using a consultative sell approach, offering opportunities to grow their business.

Targeted at circa GBP30K per month with orders that range from GBP4K-30K, an average order size will be around GBP10K. You'll be an integral part of the team working closely with marketing, operations and production to ensure high quality delivery of your events. In addition to your sales responsibilities, you will attend your own events across Europe and USA.

The successful candidate will be:

• Degree educated with B2B sales experience
• Constantly out performing targets and hungry to gain further professional sales training and development
• Extremely professional with a quick thinking, commercial mind
• Genuinely passionate about business and sales - proud to attract new clients and closing creative deals
• Highly motivated and driven to succeed in the world of business
• A fast learner who's driven by continuously developing your own knowledge and skills
• Motivated by targets and always aiming to smash them
• Creative and high energy in everything you do

The person we have in mind will share our belief that:

• Sales ability is the number one business skill
• A great sales professional provides genuine business insights to prospects and clients
• It is vital to surround yourself with the right people who inspire you
• Likewise, each of us must be a source of inspiration to our colleagues and clients
• There is opportunity everywhere

Why Choose Us?

• Hanson Wade is one of the top 100 fastest growing SMEs in the UK and our culture is truly phenomenal
• We offer a high performing positive culture where we want to constantly learn, improve and take on feedback to make us better.
• We specialise in bringing people together through outstanding business conferences and year round community contact.
• Established in 2008 we're experiencing year on year high growth and have a very clear strategy for the next phases of building a world class conference business
• With a very strong sales team already in place, we're looking for one more exceptional sales manager to join us.