sales and marketing executive

The Company:

Go.Konnect LTD is an international event management company with a proven track record of delivering powerful business conferences. Passionate and client focused, Go.Konnect’s services can be used as a single service or complete solution, we offer the full range of event and venue management services including event production, venue finding, event management, corporate travel and event software.

The company culture is supportive, professional and ambitious. Go.Konnect’s ability to provide career progression, real development and lucrative commission structures has built a positive and creative culture. It's the kind of environment that is very open to new ideas - going forward there is the potential for you to grow the team further. It's a great opportunity for someone who enjoys conference and exhibition sales, but wants to work for a reputable company that offers a whole lot more.

We are looking for delegate sales and marketing executive to join our growing team. This is a new role, the successful candidate will be responsible for delegate sales and new business development, identifying and building relationships with potential clients across Go.Konnect’s portfolio of events.

The Role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Sales and Marketing Executive to join our new office in Cluj-Napoca. We are looking for ambitious, self-motivated people who can inspire those around them and be responsible for their own performance, whilst always wanting to grow and achieve more.

The Sales & Marketing Executive will be responsible for delegate acquisition of our international events. You will be selling on multiple events over the course of the year with an expectation to grow revenue from a base of existing clients, but we also need someone who has the ability and drive to source new business for themselves.

Responsibilities:

• Delegate acquisition of senior level decision makers from fortune 1000 organisations

• Identifying and qualifying prospects

• Predominantly phone based position- delivering well researched, managing the sales from initial contact with an executive through to delivery of product

• Maintain close liaison with the marketing, production and operations teams in order to ensure the delivery of successful customer focused events

• Conduct monthly revenue forecasts, sales reports and manage a sales pipeline

• Taking ownership of the delegate sales process, including building and managing a pipeline and reporting on all activities

• Working with marketing to grow databases for our portfolio of events

• Working with the marketing team to coordinate and manage VIP programmes for selected events

Desired Skills and Experience

Essential

• A desire to have complete control over your earning potential

• Personal drive, highly motivated, sales driven, tenacious and energetic

• Strong communication skills with the ability to converse at Director/CEO level (both verbally and in writing)

• You should be proficient in Word, Excel, Powerpoint and CRM systems

• You should have a basic understanding of digital marketing: SEO, social media and PR

• Have excellent written and spoken English

• Ability to travel internationally for different events

Desirable

• Experience in B2B conference delegate sales

• Highly effective at managing a number of projects at the same time

• Experience of researching and building a database of new contacts

• 1 years + proven track-record in sales

• Experience in an outbound, phone-based sales environment

Our benefits package consists of:

• A competitive basic salary

• A lucrativeuncappedcommission structure with a very achievable commission scheme

• Incentivised bonuses and prizes

• 20 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays

• Regular training sessions focused upon professional development

• The opportunity for you to evolve your career within a fantastic company culture

• 1 day holiday for your birthday

What Next

Send us your CV with a cover letter or a video, telling us why you are right for Go.Konnect. Look at the responsibilities and requirements listed above and tell us why you would make a great addition to our team. This is a full time, permanent position. No recruitment agencies please, we got this one!