Sales Executive

VIP Relationship Executive - Global B2B Events

£27,000 - £32,000 + Excellent Benefits

London

Award winning full stack marketing services, digital media and events business seeks an outstanding VIP Executive to drive leading start-up businesses and VIP, C-Suite execs, to their flagship events.

The VIP Executive will help develop and manage the network through the recruitment of Investors and VIPs to their community.

This role is sales focused but is not revenue generating. These VIP's are sit within a highly exclusive circle and therefore do not pay to attend the events, however, their attendance is critical in driving other must have parties to these events.

The position is best-suited to a self-motivated and confident individual who is happy to work individually and as part of a team, and is keen to build high level relationships with senior executives via the phone, email and Linkedin.

Key responsibilities:

-Contact selected individuals by email and by telephone to discuss attendance and securing their participation in various structured networking / social formats.

-Meet and greet the VIPs onsite at the events, ensure they are looked after and participate in the proposed networking/social programme.

-Plan and execute iron-clad attendee acquisition plans on an account basis

-Be creative in finding new and effective ways to recruit European retailers to the events

-Identify key attendee personas to target for attendance

-Build strong relationships with these key VIPs to create brand commitment and loyalty.

Profile of Candidate

* Excellent academic background

* Excellent interpersonal skills and phone manner.

* Outstanding relationship management skills

* Ability to work under pressure and deliver to timescales.

* Hardworking and diligent.

* Proven ability to use initiative when required and to go 'above and beyond' in order to deliver excellent customer service.

Lipton Media is a dynamic, proactive and progressive media recruitment agency solely dedicated to the media industry. We are leaders across media sales and creative opportunities. We cover: media sales, digital media sales, print sales, exhibition sales, event sales, conference sales, outdoor sales, radio sales, marketing, conference production and editorial jobs.

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.