Responsibilities

• Researching and sourcing new event opportunities across the UK
• Working collaboratively with the Head of Events to strategically build the annual event calendar
• Cold calling event organisers and proactively creating new opportunities
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with organisers and venues
• Completing event applications and managing bookings from enquiry through to confirmation
• Tracking event data, historic performance and commercial KPIs
• Taking greater ownership over the final sales performance generated from the events you book
• Managing event budgets and ensuring opportunities make commercial sense
• Solving problems quickly when things don’t go to plan
• Using performance data to improve future event selection

Requirements

• Experience in sales, events, business development, account management or a similar commercially focused role.
• Sales hungry and commercially driven
• Confident, personable and full of energy
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
• Comfortable cold calling and building relationships from scratch
• Resilient and able to handle rejection
• An excellent communicator with strong people skills
• Naturally curious and willing to search for new opportunities
• A creative thinker who can adapt quickly
• A natural problem solver

Benefits

• 3% employer pension contribution
• Work phone provided
• Wellbeing benefits package
• Company socials
• Hybrid working and work-from-home flexibility
• Discounted Bella & Duke dog food
• 33–35 days holiday including bank holidays
• Genuine career and salary progression opportunities