Sales Manager – Exhibitions

Marylebone High Street
11 months ago
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Sales Manager – Hospitality Exhibitions

£45,000 - £53,000 + Commission + Excellent Benefits

Hybrid

Leading media events business seeks a highly talented senior Exhibition Sales Manager to join their sales team both selling across an industry leading hospitality expo as well as managing a junior sales exec. This role will focus on developing a tech focused area of an industry leading show.

This position involves a large mix of key accounts and new business with regular face to face meetings at industry events and international travel 5-6 times a year.

You will lead and support part of the sales team, providing guidance, training, and development to enhance team members’ performance and professional growth.

This role has fast-track progression, within 12 months the plan is for this role to move into leadership with strategic and organisational responsibilities. We are looking for a highly drive, ambitious sales person who is results focused and has a strong interest in tech/events.

Candidate Profile:

  • Minimum of 3 years of exhibition sales experience and a proven track record of driving sales results.

  • Demonstrated success in achieving results within exhibitions and sponsorship sales, consistently meeting and exceeding targets.

  • Highly organised, with the ability to effectively prioritise and manage time to maximize productivity and achieve goals.

  • High emotional intelligence, skilled in building and sustaining strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

  • Personable and enthusiastic, with a proactive, solutions-oriented approach—a true team player committed to collective success.

  • 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

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