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.