Business Development Manager

 Sponsorship Sales Manager – Events

£45,000 – £50,000 Base Salary + £40k Year 1 (Uncapped Commission) + Excellent Benefits

Hybrid (1 Day in the office)

Award winning, global media events business seeks a highly talented Sponsorship Sales Manager to sell across their flagship Tech events portfolio. 

They are looking to hire an outstanding sponsorship sales person to generate new business and managing some existing key accounts too.

Our client will pay a flat 8% on all deals – considerably above the market rate of 5%.

This portfolio has been the flagship brand within the business for a number of years so this offers a genuinely fantastic opportunity for someone with 2-3 years experience looking to transition on to a market leading event brand.

Role: Business Development Manager – Sponsorship Sales

Generating new business, increasing pipeline and bringing on new prospects
Manage a number of existing accounts
Sell high-value sponsorship opportunities
Pitch clients over the phone and through face-to-face meetings
International travel
Attend competitor events
Consultative selling is a key part of this role, the right candidate should be able to sell creatively, through solution led selling. 
Profile of Candidate: Senior Business Development Manager – Sponsorship Sales

2-5 years + in b2b sponsorship /exhibition sales
Strong desire to sell
Ideally degree educated
Excellent communication skills
Successful track record achieving revenue targets
Someone with a consultative sales approach is a necessity here
Outgoing and sociable individual  
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.