Sales Executive at United Media at United Media in London, United Kingdom

Job description

• Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where you can take on responsibility from day one? Do you want to be part of an ambitious, entrepreneurial team? And are you excited about building a successful career in sales?

Responsibilities

• Your mission will be to drive revenue by selling delegate passes to senior professionals attending our international conferences.
• Drive new business: Proactively reach out to prospective delegates and convert them into paying attendees.
• Own your targets: Take responsibility for ambitious monthly revenue goals and work towards exceeding them.
• Execute high-volume outreach: Proactively engage with prospective delegates, generating qualified sales opportunities and proposals.
• Manage your pipeline: Own prospects from first conversation through follow-up, proposal and close.
• Become an expert: Build a strong understanding of our conferences, audiences and industries so you can sell with confidence.

Requirements

• Most importantly, you want to sell. You enjoy speaking with people, working towards ambitious targets and the feeling of turning an opportunity into a closed deal.
• At least 1 year of B2B sales experience, ideally involving outbound prospecting, new business or a high-volume sales environment.
• Drive & ambition: You are highly motivated, competitive and want to perform at a high level.
• Commercial mindset: You are energised by targets, revenue and the opportunity to directly influence your earnings.
• Resilience: You are comfortable with outbound activity and have the persistence to keep going when you hear "no".
• Strong communication skills: You are confident speaking with new people and can build rapport quickly.
• Ownership: You take responsibility for your targets, pipeline and follow-ups.
• Growth mindset: You actively seek feedback and continuously look for ways to improve.
• We welcome applications from recent graduates and early-career professionals, provided you have at least one year of B2B sales experience and can demonstrate the drive, communication skills and competitive mindset needed to succeed in a high-performance sales environment.

Skills

Required

• At least 1 year of B2B sales experience
• Outbound prospecting
• New business development
• High-volume sales environment
• Drive and ambition
• Commercial mindset
• Resilience
• Strong communication skills
• Ownership
• Growth mindset

Benefits

• This is an opportunity to build exceptional sales skills while helping us grow some of the world's leading business conferences.
• You’ll join our London team and receive the training, coaching and responsibility to accelerate your development from day one.
• Training & Coaching: Ongoing feedback and support from our leadership team.
• Uncapped earning potential: Competitive base salary plus an attractive commission structure where your results directly impact your earnings.
• International exposure: Speak with senior executives, investors and business leaders from around the world and attend our international conferences.
• Fast career progression: We promote internally and give high performers significant responsibility early in their careers.
• 25 days' holiday plus a company pension contribution.
• Great team culture: Regular team socials, lunches and events.