Sponsorship Sales Manager - AI conference portfolio (extremely fast growing events business)

Sponsorship Sales Manager - AI conference portfolio (extremely fast growing events business)
Job Sector
Contract Type
Permanent
Location
London
Up to £60k basic plus high uncapped comms (£85k-90k realistic OTE)
Job Reference
Media IQ - SPEX9-AI
Do you have 7+ years conference sponsorship sales experience?
Are you highly articulate with a good educational background?
Do you have a proven track-record of delivering high sponsorship revenues (£500k+) across a portfolio of conferences?
Have you taken ownership of the sponsorship revenues for a porfolio of conferences?
Have you got experience of selling to tech clients?
If yes, please read on....
The Company
A mid-sized and extremely fast growing conference business operating across a variety of sectors including AI, Tech, consumer health and lifestyle and pharma. They have a dynamic, professional and entrepreneurial culture and feel.
The Role of Conference Sponsorship Manager
As Conference Sponsorship Manager you will take ownership of the revenue for a growing portfolio of AI conferences (which are a mix of 1 and 2 day events). You will be selling all manner of opportunity from speaking slots, exhibition space, pitching sessions, 1-2-1 meetings, marketing and advertising through to private spin-off events, sponsored hospitality/breakfasts etc.
Your portfolio will include both existing conferences (some with an 80% retention rate) as well as a number of launch events and you will be primarily selling to tech clients, including the likes of Microsoft, NVidia, ARM, Intel and similar.
Since there are a high number of launch events planned in the next 12 months you will likely spend 70% of your time focused on winning new business v rebookings.
Requirements for this Conference Sponsorship Manager position
5+ years conference sponsorship sales experience (speaking slots, exhibition space, bespoke client events, sponsored breakfasts etc)
Ideally experience of having sold sponsorship for launch conferences
Experience of having sold to tech clients would be beneficial
Demonstrable experience of delivering £500k annual sponsorship revenues across multiple conferences
Experience of having sold bigger ticket sponsorship solutions (eg £25k+ packages)
High level of articulation, confidence and professionalism
High work ethic, positive can-do attitude
Strong attention to detail
Stable career history
If you tick the above boxes and you are interested in the position, please apply with your CV and covering note.
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