Event Sales Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Provide guidance to clients on organizing meetings, offsite events, and conferences.

• Comprehend event goals and devise options that align with the occasion, participants, and budget.

• Prepare pricing proposals and clarify the available options.

• Address inquiries, follow up on qualified inbound leads, and convert them into confirmed bookings.

• Identify venues, hotels, and suppliers while comparing their proposals.

• Utilize framework agreements and negotiate rates, terms, and commissions on behalf of clients.

• Confirm services and timelines with suppliers and oversee the delivery process.

• Evaluate cost and schedule implications when changes occur and determine the next steps.

• Monitor expenses against budgets up to the final invoice stage.

• Foster client relationships and discuss planning for future events.

• Utilize feedback from events to enhance planning procedures.

• Provide product-support examples to the product team.

• Take ownership of revenue and meet agreed quarterly objectives.

• Assist in defining how eventfirst supports and advises clients in the UK.

⛳️ Requirements

• Some experience in sales, particularly in advising clients, clarifying proposals, or following up during the decision-making process.

• Proven experience in event coordination and collaboration with venues or other suppliers.

• Proficient in spoken and written English at a native level.

• Capacity to advise clients, articulate proposals, and negotiate complex terms with confidence.

• Eagerness to learn new software and evaluate whether its outcomes meet client needs.

• Competence in using proposal and event budget figures to guide decision-making.

• Ability to integrate feedback into future client discussions or events.

• Capability to operate under a freelance contract as eventfirst lacks a legal entity in the UK.

• Proficiency in German, experience in purchasing, familiarity with event or CRM software, and sales experience in a hotel, venue, catering, event agency, or in-house events team are advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary with performance-based bonuses.

• Remote working opportunity within the United Kingdom.

• Receive qualified inbound inquiries, eliminating the need for cold calling.

• Access to platforms and AI tools that facilitate research, proposals, and planning.

• Opportunity to influence the growth of the UK business and enhance the platform.