Commercial Manager - Fluent German

Commercial Manager - German / English

£42,000 - £45,000 + Commission + Excellent Benefits

6 month contract - likely to go perm

Leading media events business seeks a highly talented Commercial Manager (fluent in German) to join their rapidly growing sales team.

This is an exciting opportunity and sists within their luxury hospitality team, you will be tasked with selling exhibition and sponsorship opportunities to leading brands.

Their central London office (dog friendly in case you wondered) is situated close to Oxford Street.

This role reports directly to the Event Director and will focus on selling across three key events, all leading exhibitions. This position is a real mix of new and existing business including the management of some key accounts.

Key Responsibilities:

• To be a commercial leader for the division; exceeding revenue targets across all revenue lines through exhibition sales and sponsorship sales.
• Develop sales strategies by forecasting future trends and analysis of market conditions.
• Securing business through multi-channel approach, including; cold calling, social media, email, face-to-face, attending events and networking events.
• Identify, qualify and deliver new business through gap analysis of current customers
• Utilising upselling techniques to provide additional solutions to existing clients, leveraging your in-depth knowledge of their business.
• Ensure that monthly sales KPI’s are achieved.

Profile of Candidate:

• Ideally 3 years + in exhibition / sponsorship sales If not within events then a similar sales background in media
• Be entrepreneurial and highly organized, with the ability to prioritize and manage own time effectively.
• Have high emotional levels of intelligence and be skilled in the art of relationship building.
• Personable, Enthusiastic with a can do, will do attitude - a real team player.

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.