Business Development Manager

Business Development Manager – Events

£40,000 - £48,000 + Uncapped Commission + Excellent Benefits

London

Leading media events business seeks a highly driven, results focused Business Development Manager to join their sales team.

Our client’s events bring together senior leaders from companies including Barclays, Shell, Unilever, Tesco and GSK to share insights and benchmark strategies.

Technology vendors, consultancies and law firms partner with them to connect with this audience and build meaningful business relationships.

Partnership revenue is the commercial engine of our events, and we are looking for a Business Development Executive to help grow their partnerships across the portfolio.

This is a high-impact commercial role focused on building relationships with senior decision-makers and selling partnership opportunities to companies looking to connect with their executive audience.

Key skills

• 1–3 years’ experience in sponsorship sales

• Strong interest in business, technology and industry trends

• Confidence speaking with senior decision-makers

• Strong research and prospecting skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication

• High levels of organisation and attention to detail

• The ability to work in a fast-paced, target-driven environment

• A collaborative mindset and positive attitude

Lipton Media is a specialist media recruitment agency based in London. We specialise in all forms of b2b media sales including conferences, exhibitions, awards, summits, publishing, digital, outdoor, TV, radio and business intelligence.

Our clients range from small start-up companies to FTSE 100 and 250 businesses.

We work with people at every stage of their career from undergraduates looking for their first entry point into sales to senior managers and directors looking for their next challenge.