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Commercial Manager (Sponsorship & Exhibition Sales)
Loughton, Essex | Full time, office based | Up to £60,000 + uncapped commission
One of the UK's most decorated events and publishing businesses is launching a brand new edition of a genuinely iconic consumer exhibition, and they need a Commercial Manager to lead the sales charge on it.
This is the kind of brief that doesn't come round often. The show is the longest running consumer exhibition in the world, and this new Midlands edition is a blank floorplan waiting for someone commercial and entrepreneurial to fill it with the right brands. You'd be shaping how the next chapter of this brand looks.
What You'll Be Doing
- Take full responsibility for sponsorship and stand revenue, from high profile activations and experiential deals through to filling the floor with brands worthy of a historic launch.
- Lead, coach and mentor the commercial sales team, running one to ones, pipeline reviews and performance meetings.
- Lead from the front by personally converting the key strategic opportunities.
- Build and forecast the pipeline, shape proposals that actually land.
- Work closely with content, marketing and operations to create innovative commercial products.
- Report sales performance and pipeline analysis into the Commercial Director.
- Be out at industry events building relationships too.
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What They're Looking For
- A proven track record in senior sponsorship and/or exhibition sales.
- Experience growing revenue across complex, large scale events.
- Strong across the full cycle, cold call to close, with the confidence to pitch at senior level.
- Experience building tailored proposals and managing high value clients.
- Someone who genuinely wants to lead and develop a team, not just hit their own number.
- A flair for lifestyle, interiors or consumer facing sectors is a nice to have, not a must.
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The package
- Up to £60,000 basic, depending on experience.
- Uncapped commission.
- Discretionary bonus.
- 25 days holiday plus your birthday off, with a gift and cake.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
- Workplace pension.
- Two proper parties a year, summer and Christmas.
- A social, vibrant team who like what they do.
The detail worth knowing upfront: this role is based full time in the Loughton office, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.15pm. There's no hybrid option on this one, so please only apply if a five day office week works for you.
They're moving quickly on this, so if it's of interest, get in touch today.
Nicky 07935 007349
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