Our client, an industry-leading Cinema/Entertainment business, are looking to recruit a personable, enthusiastic Event Sales Executive to join their ever-growing business. Working on an incredibly flexible basis (one day a week in the Nottingham HQ, with the remainder working from home / conducting events at different locations across the UK), this is an incredible opportunity for the right candidate.

Our client have been established for a number of years and, as a global business, have over 800 movie screens across the UK, US and South America. Due to their consistent growth, they are now seeing an Event Sales Executive to help to sell the company’s screen time to both B2C (parties, weddings, etc) and B2B 9 (corporate event) clients. In a nutshell, your responsibilities will include:

- Responding to warm leads and booking private screen hire across the company’s 20 UK cinemas
- Creating and developing a sales/marketing strategy to increase private group bookings across the cinema portfolio
- Overseeing all event planning, managing clients’ expectations and coordinating with internal teams to ensure flawless execution of events
- Proactively identifying new sales leads and arranging virtual/face-to-face meetings with interested clients
- Managing full sales cycle from initial client contact through to the event day/aftersales
- Exceeding annual sales targets
- Travelling to UK-based cinemas to ensure smooth running of events (when required)

In order to be considered for this position, it is ESSENTIAL that you have the following:

- Experience of liaising with external clients (preferably B2B) in either a Sales or Customer Service capacity
- Articulate, professional telephone manner
- Fun, sociable personality
- Love of films!
- Full UK driving licence (and own car)

In addition to a very competitive basic salary of £35,000, our client are also offering the following:

- 30% annual bonus
- 1 day a week in the Nottingham HQ (remainder visiting other cinemas/working from home)
- Amazing working hours (Monday - Friday: 10.00am - 6.00pm)
- Unlimited access to all UK cinemas in company portfolio
- Amazing progression opportunities!

Our client are looking to move very quickly on this, so any interested candidate(s) are urged to apply at their earliest convenience!


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