Sponsorship Sales Director

OverviewIndependent dynamic events business with grand ambitions to double the size of the business in three years. Operating in four rapidly evolving vertical sectors, their event brands are well-recognised and synonymous with high quality. They run 13 large-scale events a year in the UK, mainland Europe and the US as well as offering marketing services designed to create leads.

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Independent dynamic events business with grand ambitions to double the size of the business in three years. Operating in four rapidly evolving vertical sectors, their event brands are well-recognised and synonymous with high quality. They run 13 large-scale events a year in the UK, mainland Europe and the US as well as offering marketing services designed to create leads.

Employing 65 people based in London and throughout the UK, the company is looking for an experienced sales leader to design and execute strategies to increase the spend of existing clients and find new clients.

Responsibilities

Manage the Sponsorship Team

Provide strong leadership to the sponsorship team, fostering a high performance culture

Conduct weekly 1-2-1 meetings with all members of the team to assess progress, assist on campaigns, grow their accounts and solve any issues that may arise

Set weekly, monthly and quarterly performance goals for the team collectively and individually

Identify training needs and put in place training for the team

Coordinate the onboarding and training of new staff members

Perform quarterly performance reviews in conjunction with each report and the MD

Ensure that the team are consistent in their processes and the sponsorship handbook is regularly updated

Ensure the use of Salesforce is meticulous and consistent within the team

Keep individual Salesforce dashboards up to date for the team to show performance against quarterly targets

The candidate must have:

Qualifications

Serious experience growing large-scale events globally

Proven high level achievement in event sponsorship

Demonstrate they can grow account revenue and new business

Experience of selling marketing services

Strong background in running large sales teams

Excellent team player and must show an ability to work with the other SLT members to reach overall company goals

Knowledge and experience of rebook approaches

Experience of using CRM and sales tech, metrics driven

Strong academic record

Excellent communication skills

Lipton Media is a specialist media recruitment agency based in London. We specialise in all forms of b2b media sales including conferences, exhibitions, awards, summits, publishing, digital, outdoor, TV, radio and business intelligence.

Our clients range from small start-up companies to FTSE 100 and 250 businesses. We work with people at every stage of their career from undergraduates looking for their first entry point into sales to senior managers and directors looking for their next challenge.

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Company Address : 13 Carmen Court, 35 Toye Avenue, London, N20 0FN

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