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Events Sales Executive Croydon, England

Emap

Full Time Croydon, England 25000 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

· Business: emap

· Brand: Property Week

· Base Location: Croydon/Hybrid ( 3 days from home, 2 days in the office)

· Employment Type: Full time, Permanent

· Salary: £ 25,000 DOE + 30% Bonus + Benefits

emap is a progressive media, content, events, subscription, and networking business. We connect influential people and organisations to a high-value network of decision-makers, data, and ideas through our industry-leading business to business portfolio of brands.

We unlock growth opportunities for our customers. Our unrivalled relationships with key decision makers give our customers essential access, insight, and recognition. We deliver this professional advantage through award winning digital content, live events, intelligence services and learning tools.

Property Week has a long history in the commercial property sector and includes a printed magazine, digital insight and a variety of events over the year, notably the Property Awards and the RESi360. Over the last few years, the events portfolio has seen significant growth and is a critical revenue source for the brand. Looking to 2023 we want to launch new products such in the energy sector, revitalise existing events and maximise the growth of some of our established events.

Although our current event portfolio is predominantly in commercial property, we are extending our event programme across a number of markets. The Decarbonisation Technology Summit series is an exciting development in the event portfolio.

Overall Purpose of the Role:

This is an ideal role for someone who wants to work on highly influential industry events, enhance their knowledge and progress their career in the events space. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining, developing, and growing relationships to generate conference and awards delegate sales, exceed targets and secure repeat business. You will generate revenue from a portfolio of different conferences and awards brands.

Key responsibilities:

To raise and maintain brand profile

Identify and develop new business leads and develop new business accounts

Ensure maximum delivery against sales targets across portfolio of events

Retain and develop current accounts and strengthen relationships

Monitoring, prioritizing, and reporting sales and opportunities to ensure that targets are being met and business opportunities are being exposed

Quarterly and annual revenue targets to benefit from a lucrative commission scheme and other incentives (both team and individual)

Attend events and meet clients

Skills and Experience:

Sales orientated with a consultative style

Ability to communicate at a senior executive level.

Well-organised and able to deliver when under pressure and to deadlines

Ability to pay attention to detail and ensure all communications are of high quality

Good IT skills, including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Zoom

Commitment to a high standard of customer service

Previous commercial telephone experience is desirable

Core competencies:

Fluency in English is essential

Quick to gain knowledge and understanding of new market sectors

Ability to build, maintain and grow client relationships

Excellent organization and time-management skills

Personal Attributes:

Target-driven, money-motivated individual with a positive can-do attitude

Confident, articulate, and professional with an excellent telephone manner

An active team player with a competitive edge

Benefits: emap is part of Metropolis Group, together we are committed to providing a happy and healthy place to work, so we offer fantastic benefits and perks to our employees.

25 days of holiday per year (with the option to buy or sell)
Health plan
Life insurance cover
Cycle to work scheme
Discounted gym memberships
Retail discount vouchers
Rail season ticket loans
Continuous learning & Development opportunities
Volunteer day
Private virtual GP access
Seasonal flu jabs on site
Pension scheme
Income Protection and more

Equipment: Due to hybrid working laptops are provided.

Place of work: This exciting position is a full-time hybrid role. 2 days in the office, 3 days from home. This could change over time depending on business needs.

Privacy: Metropolis Group respects the privacy of every person for whom we have personal data. We comply with data protection legislation such as the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation which regulates the processing of data and ensures that your data is processed fairly and lawfully, is kept secure and only that data necessary for any processing is kept. You can see our privacy policy at www.metropolis.co.uk/privacy.

Diversity and Inclusion: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.

How to apply: Please send your CV, covering letter with notice and salary expectations. Due to the volume of applications, we receive, we are unable to give individual feedback at the application stage, however if you are successfully shortlisted you will be contacted within 10 working days of the closing date.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £25,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Additional leave
Company events
Company pension
Cycle to work scheme
Free parking
Gym membership
Life insurance
On-site parking
Referral programme
Sick pay
Wellness programme
Work from home

Schedule:

Day shift
Monday to Friday
No weekends

Supplemental pay types:

Bonus scheme
Commission pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

Croydon: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

Thanks for your interest in our Events Sales Executive position. We are looking forward to meeting you soon during the interview. In the meantime, we’d appreciate if you can share your cover letter with us.

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