Brand Sales Manager
Required for
Licensed & Catering News Brand
Hybrid Working Environment
3 days a week office based, 2 days from home.
Now celebrating 30 years of success, Penton Media Group is Northern Ireland's leading independent magazine, exhibitions, and event company.
Join A New and Exciting Media Sales Team…
Our brand has many digital and face-to-face assets, monthly magazines, weekly e-newsletters, web, social, Gala Awards Dinners, and Exhibitions.
We are recruiting for a Brand Sales Manager for Licensed & Catering News (est. 1940), the leading business magazine for the Hospitality Industry and the authoritative voice of the trade.
This is an exciting, hands-on position with lots of room to grow and develop.
Reporting to: Managing Director
Responsible For:
1. Digital magazine
2. Online and website
3. Awards sponsorships
Purpose of job:
1. To be responsible for the annual advertising sales and sponsorship budget.
2. Generating digital, print, and sponsorship revenues.
3. To achieve agreed sales targets.
4. To identify and develop new business from the core target market as well as new business sectors.
5. To build relationships and develop existing client base.
6. To prepare high-quality proposals and client correspondence.
7. Be a creative thinker and be able to generate new business ideas.
8. To develop and deliver quality presentations to clients.
9. To have a finger on the pulse of developments in media and commercial advertising sectors plus the wider business marketplace.
10. To sell on the phone and face to face.
11. To coach, train, encourage, and motivate other members of the sales team.
Experience Required:
1. Minimum of 3 years’ experience in media sales or a similar direct sales environment.
2. Proven track record of success in a competitive sales environment.
3. Proven experience of prospecting and delivering new business.
4. Good reporting and presentation skills.
The successful candidate will be target-driven, a self-starter, proactive, creative, good at building relationships, and passionate about selling media for a leading brand with a proven track record of success over 85 years.
Development and progression within the company is a realistic goal within a short period of time for the successful candidate.
The company is committed to staff development, and there is an ongoing training and development programme in place.
Hybrid Working Environment
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