Event Sales Executive
Location: GB, , 
Department: Commercial
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Entry level
Required education: High School or equivalent
Industry: Events Services
Function: Sales
Company profile: The Beans Group is a media company that exists to empower young people to thrive.  We have been on an exponential growth spurt since our inception as #URL_8d1ca4faf2d2518ce9ec21b3fbe5c63e4b47f383d6bb1f0a681ff6cc801b4550# in 2005 and in 2013 we won Digital Business of the Year. The Beans Group owns two brands: Student Beans, our youth media brand, strives to make life a little more awesome; and Voxburner, our youth insights consultancy, helps young people to be understood.We have created a business we are passionate about and really proud of. To continue to grow we need brilliant people who inspire and deliver change all around them - that's why we're looking for talented, ambitious and creative folks to come and join us.
Description: Award winning London based Youth Marketing Strategists are looking for a delegate sales executive to help expand their growing international portfolio of Youth Marketing conferences, exhibitions and awards, focussing on this summer's YMS: New York event. This is also available as an internship and is for immediate start.---The Role---You will be a confident, articulate professional able to present and sell Voxburner’s growing portfolio of international events. This role will be specifically selling delegate places for our YMS: New York event though following the summer you will be concentrating on a wide variety of other conferences, exhibitions and awards events.Success in the position requires boundless enthusiasm and a razor sharp focus on achieving revenue targets. Great written and verbal communication skills are also key, as well as a strong customer oriented attitude. You will be making calls, generating leads and working with clients,  considering and accommodating their needs whilst always closing business time after time!Due to the nature of the role as delegate sales for a summer conference, though this is a permanent role, we would also consider internship candidates. ---The Company---The Beans Group, and our start-up-within-a-start-up, Voxburner, have been on an exponential growth spurt since our inception as #URL_8d1ca4faf2d2518ce9ec21b3fbe5c63e4b47f383d6bb1f0a681ff6cc801b4550# in 2005, adding More Beans and Voxburner as well as standalone campaigns like Freshers Fields and events like Youth Marketing Strategy and the Youth 100, to the stable since then. We’re now looking at taking our award-winning products global, from YMS New York to our refactored local offering in 2014.---Apply Now!---If you are looking for a challenging sales role that will give you great international exposure to sales, events and marketing, and you have buckets of drive to succeed, what are you waiting for? Apply now with your CV and a cover letter.
Requirements: ---Experience & Skills Requirements---Highly energetic with the desire to make 80+ calls a day, many of which will be cold callsAbility to generate your own qualified leadsAbility to apply a consultative sales approach Ability to work independently and be self-driven within a team structureExcel at managing multiple tasks at once and perform in a high energy, fast paced environmentYou will be a go-getter with the ability to work in a highly autonomous environmentWillingness to work New York business hours (approximately 11am-7.30pm or 1pm-9.30pm)Good university degree or equivalent - school leavers will also be considered
Benefits: Multiple Award-Winning Company and Brands; Established Fan Base; Entrepreneurial Startup Culture with Security of being Fully-Self-Funded; Major Growth Plans; Awesome Team; Competitive Salary; In-House Training and Development; International Opportunities; Childcare Vouchers and On-Site Childcare Facilities; Discounted Gym Membership; ad hoc Partnership Discounts (e.g. Tastecard, Local Dining Establishments).
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