Exhibitor/Sponsorship Sales Manager

Hybrid working: 1-2 days in office

High-value sponsorship and exhibitor packages, C-suite relationships across premium automotive and luxury lifestyle brands, and the UK's largest event of its kind in your portfolio. The Exhibitor/Sponsorship Sales Manager seat inside a small, high-calibre team where every pound you bring in is rewarded and commercial instinct shapes the event itself.

- UK's largest event of its kind for your portfolio

- High-value sponsorship and exhibitor packages to win

- C-suite relationships across premium automotive and luxury brands

- Commission on new and incremental revenue

- Largely remote working with ad hoc office attendance

- Small, high-calibre team where your instincts shape the event

The Company

This is a luxury automotive lifestyle events business operating at the top end of the market. Built around a reputation for detail, aesthetic and atmosphere, taking inspiration from the likes of Soho Farmhouse and Daylesford Farm in quality and attention to detail. Its headline event attracts fans of a prestigious automotive brand alongside a wider audience drawn by street food vendors, DJ sets and over 60 lifestyle brands in an idyllic countryside setting, with a 100-acre estate and over 50,000sq.ft of lettable premises dedicated to automotive and hospitality events.

The Role

The Event Sponsorship & Exhibitor Sales Manager is a commercially focused, relationship-led position responsible for developing and growing sponsorship and exhibitor revenue, securing new brand partners, deepening existing accounts and being present on-site during build and live delivery.

- Developing sponsorship and exhibitor packages, creating assets in collaboration with the wider team

- Attracting new clients through the development and sales of sponsorship and exhibitor packages

- Strategise and collaborate with the wider team to ensure the offer is feasible and attractive

- Grow existing accounts beyond agreed revenue thresholds

- Prospect new brands across automotive, finance and lifestyle categories

- Build and manage relationships at C-suite level throughout the sales cycle

- Host and liaise with sponsors and exhibitors on-site during the event

- Identify additional commercial opportunities as the business grows

The Candidate

The right candidate brings a proven track record selling large sponsorship or exhibitor packages in the automotive events space, with contacts spanning high-end automotive and luxury brands. Presenting and negotiating at C-suite level should come naturally, as well as genuine passion for the delivery of a prestigious automotive event.

The ideal candidate will hold working relationships across financial institutions, automotive financing companies, car clubs, insurance brokers, manufacturers, automotive brands, luxury lifestyle brands and luxury members clubs. On-site hosting experience at major automotive events is beneficial but not essential. What matters most is the quality of your contacts, your commercial instinct and your ability to open and close at the highest level.

In return you will find autonomy, a commission structure that rewards every pound you bring in, and the freedom to shape commercial strategy. Few roles at this level offer all three together. This opportunity is live now, so apply without delay.

Live specialises in all disciplines (and at all levels) across events, experiential and exhibitions. If this position isn't quite what you're looking for please visit live-recruitment.co.uk to view all of the opportunities we are recruiting.

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Vacancy Ref: CC18569