Sales Executive - Sports Hospitality and Event Sales

Job description

Sales Executive – Sports Hospitality and Event Sales
Wembley
26-30k base, 40-42k OTE + Excellent Benefits

Our client is a sports, fashion, media and events business with operations around the globe. Through their innovative and cost effective event, exhibition and hospitality packages they offer clients direct access to world class events at the very best venues. Due to growth, they now have an immediate opening for a Sales Executive to be based in Wembley.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a fast growing sports hospitality business that is looking for a Wembley based Sales Executive. As a sports hospitality sales professional, your principle goal will be to bring in new business and manage accounts on all events based at a world famous sporting venue. More specifically, you will generate new business through cold calling, maximise revenue by effectively managing an existing database, source leads and initiate contact with corporate buyers. You may also be required to attend networking events and exhibitions throughout the region. A full and detailed specification is available through contacting Certus Sales Recruitment.

Applications are invited from degree educated candidates who have a minimum of 12-18 months sports based event, hospitality or media sales experience gained in both an internal and client facing capacity. You will be a highly organised self starter who is able to work on your own initiative, possess first class communication and presentation skills, and the ability to liaise at every level of the business community. It is expected that you will be tenacious, innovative and dynamic in both approach and personality.

The successful candidate will be offered a base salary circa 26-30k with a realistic OTE of 40-42k in the first year plus additional and generous benefits.

Certus is an established and experienced specialist Sales, Graduate and Digital Recruitment Consultancy, providing sales, digital and graduate recruitment services to the business community throughout the UK. We are experts in the recruitment of internal and external (field sales) sales professionals from Graduate & Sales Trainee through to Sales Manager and Sales Director levels. With specialist divisions covering: Commercial Sales, FMCG, Information, Finance, IT / Technology (Software, Hardware, Telco and Services), Media and Digital Marketing.

Our dedicated Graduate division covers every vertical for entry level and second jobber positions and is well positioned to deliver cost effective recruitment solutions in a timely manner. Certus Digital delivers sales, technical and creative solutions covering PR, Ad Tech, eCommerce, Social Media, Mobile and Creative Design.

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