Events Business Development Executive

1 day in office per week, 4 from home - a truly unique opportunity to join a thriving business with an amazing ethos, work environment, benefits package and portfolio of international events!

THE COMPANY

This business was established in 2015 and have quickly grown a strong reputation for running high quality, informative and market leading events - with their flagship event being a benchmark in the industry. Events are global, spanning the US, Europe and Asia with further expansion planned in the near future!

The business stand head and shoulders above their competitors due to the fantastic benefits, culture and flexibility offered to all staff across the business. The company only ask employees to come into the office 1 day a week, offer flexible hours for working parents for when life gets in the way, have a no KPI policy, full health care and offer 35 days holiday!

THE ROLE

The Events Business Development Executive, you will combine client management and client success with new business development and plan your own activity. With close support, you will be reaching out to the Community and understanding what their key needs are.

A broad role, the Events Business Development Executive responsibilities will include:

• Pitching and selling of Exhibition Stands and Sponsorship, both from established clients and new leads
• Possibility of selling other products and brands in future
• Telesales activity, nurture prospects via email
• Research contacts, update and populate in HubSpot CRM
• Meet monthly sales targets as agreed with manager
• Attending industry conferences and meetings to generate new business leads
• Process team's sales administration, use of Hubspot, Microsoft, and Trello for client organization, record keeping, emailing, data gathering, and list management
• Event file management, updates, and organisation
• Support Customer Success Executive administration, Hubspot management, Trello and client management systems and processes

THE CANDIDATE

Candidates should come with experience of sales and account management, ideally from within an events setting. The ideal Events Business Development Executive will be confident on the phone and via video calls, with a skill in building solid relationships. Relationship building is key to this business, and their sales strategy very much represents this and their non pushy culture.

In return this event business is giving you the opportunity to take your career to the next level, working with some of the best in the business and offering an unrivalled benefits package and culture- this is an opportunity not to be missed!

Live specialises in all disciplines (and at all levels) across events, experiential and exhibitions. If this position isn't quite what you're looking for please visit live-recruitment.co.uk to view all of the opportunities we are recruiting.

As a specialist events recruitment agency we help our clients build the most talented and diverse teams in the UK. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, embracing diversity across all intersecting dimensions, including ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, well-being, abilities, and neurodiversity.

We are dedicated to ensuring a supportive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations for any reason, please do not hesitate to let us know.

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