Sales and Marketing Co-ordinator
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £19000 - £21000 per annum + commission
- Closing date
- 20 Apr 2015
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Interim
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
SummaryA small bespoke event services company are seeking a sales & marketing co-ordinator to join their London team on a 6 month contract initially
Client Details
They have been around for over 4 years and have an office in East London and Edinburgh. They mainly specialise in weddings and private parties. However, they also work on some cool corporate events and have provided services for Elle, Vogue, FHM, Google, Virgin. The marketing director is due to go on maternity leave soon so there is the opportunity to step up in the role and take on more responsibility shortly.
Description
The responsibilities of the Sales and Marketing Co-ordinator would include:
- Increasing their year on year sales in the London and Scottish markets
- Acting as the main point of contact for wedding and private party enquiries, mainly via phone and email
- Dealing with corporate enquiries and qualifying higher value leads, establishing strong relationships
- Assisting the production manager with some event production tasks
- Attending higher profile events for blogging and social media purposes
- Making cold calls to agencies to introduce our company and products
- Writing blog posts and monthly newsletters for regular publication
- Dropping off and setting up smaller booth units
Profile
There will be lots of on the job training for this role but you will need to be able to pick things up quickly.
The ideal candidate will be:
- Graduate calibre
- Have some sales experience
- customer focused
- bubbly with a great personality
- a consultative sales person (not pushy)
- fast paced
- eager to learn and help out
- can work autonomously
Job Offer
£19000-21000 + commission
Company
Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.
Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!
Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us
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