Graduate Sales Executive at United Media

<p><em>Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where you gain a tremendous amount of responsibility? Do you want to be part of an exceptional entrepreneurial team with ambitious, motivated people? And are you curious or passionate about sales?</em></p> <h3>About us</h3> <p>United Media focuses on building large-scale industry media and conference products across sectors such as private equity, insurance, HR, retail and finance. As of today, we have organically launched 8 media companies and acquired one, including Private Equity Insights, Insurtech Insights, Presidents Summit, HRtechX, CFO Insights, Retail Insights and SetSales.</p> <p>We bring together thousands of executives, investors, founders and industry leaders at our conferences around the world, creating opportunities for people to learn, connect and build meaningful business relationships.</p> <h3>What we offer you</h3> <p>You will play a key role in helping us build some of the world's leading business conferences by bringing the right people into the room.</p> <p>We will give you the training, tools and responsibility to succeed while continuously challenging you to develop your commercial skills and accelerate your career.</p> <p>You’ll be based out of our HQ in London, where you will work alongside an ambitious and entrepreneurial team.</p> <ul> <li> <p><strong>Uncapped earning potential:</strong> A competitive base salary and attractive commission structure where your results directly impact your earnings.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Rapid development:</strong> An opportunity to build exceptional sales skills in a high-performance environment with continuous coaching and feedback.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>International exposure:</strong> Speak every day with senior executives, investors and business leaders from companies around the world.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>International travel:</strong> The opportunity to attend our conferences and see first-hand the events and communities you help build.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Unlimited growth potential:</strong> We strongly believe in promoting internally and have a track record of giving exceptional performers significant responsibility early in their careers.</p> </li> </ul> <h3>Your Responsibilities</h3> <p>Your mission will be to drive revenue by selling delegate passes to senior professionals attending United Media's international conferences.</p> <p>Your responsibilities will vary; however, some of them will be to:</p> <ul> <li> <p><strong>Drive new business revenue:</strong> Proactively reach out to prospective delegates and convert them into paying attendees across our portfolio of conferences.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Own your sales targets:</strong> Take responsibility for ambitious monthly revenue targets and consistently work towards exceeding them.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Execute high-volume outreach:</strong> Work within a fast-paced outbound sales environment, making 60+ calls per day and creating approximately 10 qualified sales opportunities or proposals.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Own your pipeline:</strong> Manage prospects from first conversation through follow-up, proposal and close, ensuring opportunities continue to move forward.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Become an expert:</strong> Develop a strong understanding of our conferences, audiences and industries so you can confidently communicate why the right people should be in the room.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Collaborate across teams:</strong> Work closely with our marketing, content and conference teams to continuously improve our campaigns and the experience we offer delegates.</p> </li> </ul> <h3>What we expect from you</h3> <p>You have a strong work ethic, a high sense of urgency and a genuine desire to succeed. You enjoy competing against ambitious targets, take ownership of your results and are motivated by seeing your own performance improve.</p> <p>Most importantly, you <strong>want to sell</strong>. You enjoy the chase, the conversation and the feeling of turning an opportunity into a closed deal.</p> <ul> <li> <p><strong>Drive &amp; ambition:</strong> You are highly motivated, competitive and want to be exceptional at what you do.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Commercial mindset:</strong> You are excited by targets, revenue and the opportunity to directly influence your earnings through your performance.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Resilience:</strong> You are comfortable with a high level of outbound activity and have the persistence to keep going when you hear "no".</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Communication:</strong> You are confident speaking with new people and can communicate professionally and persuasively over the phone and in writing.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Relationship building:</strong> You are genuinely curious about people and able to build rapport quickly with senior professionals.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Organisation:</strong> You can prioritise effectively and stay on top of a large number of prospects, conversations and follow-ups.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Growth mindset:</strong> You actively seek feedback and continuously look for ways to improve your performance.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Winning mentality:</strong> Whether demonstrated through sales, academics, competitive sports, entrepreneurship or another environment, you have evidence of setting ambitious goals and pushing yourself to achieve them.</p> </li> </ul> <p>Previous sales experience is an advantage but <strong>not a requirement</strong>. We are equally interested in exceptional graduates and early-career candidates who can demonstrate the drive, communication skills and competitive mindset needed to build a successful career in sales.</p> <h3>Start date: Flexible.</h3> <p>Monday–Friday we work from our office next to Sloane Square Station. Due to the collaborative nature of our work, we do not offer remote work.</p> <p>You must have a UK work permit.</p>

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