Exhibition Sales Director at Mark Allen | England, GB | Rezi

Exhibition Sales Director at Mark Allen

Exhibition Sales Director

Mark Allen · England, GB

4 weeks ago

Exhibition Sales Director

Mark Allen · England, GB

a month ago
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About the Role

This is a senior, revenue-owner role for an ambitious sales professional who thrives on winning business personally and is motivated to maximise earnings through exceptional performance. This role exists to make a tangible difference to how we serve our audiences and grow our business.

Responsibilities

  • Own and deliver revenue performance for the exhibition, consistently exceeding personal monthly and show targets through proactive outreach, strategic selling, and face-to-face relationship building.
  • Take ownership of high-value accounts, personally securing major deals that materially impact event performance, and developing a key account strategy that drives long-term revenue.
  • Identify and convert new business opportunities, expanding market share and strengthening the exhibition’s presence in the sector.
  • Own pipeline health, KPIs, and performance, intervening decisively to keep trading on track and ensure targets are met or exceeded.
  • Create and implement robust sales plans that deliver consistent year-on-year growth in revenue and customer volumes.
  • Coordinate forecasting, budgeting, and sales planning, providing accurate weekly trading and pipeline reports, and improving sales efficiency through data-led decision making.

Requirements

  • Proven senior sales performer with a strong record of personally delivering significant revenue.
  • Exceptional closing skills across telephone, virtual, and face-to-face environments.
  • Gravitas and confidence to operate at a senior level, influencing high-profile stakeholders and key accounts.
  • Strong understanding of event or media sales environments and how to drive growth across revenue and customer volumes.
  • Experience building and executing key account strategies that increase long-term value.
  • A track record of improving sales effectiveness through forecasting, reporting, and data-led decision-making.
  • Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK. We do not offer visa sponsorship.

Skills

  • Outbound prospecting
  • Closing deals
  • Pipeline management
  • Sales planning
  • Forecasting
  • Budgeting
  • Data-led decision making
  • Strategic selling
  • Relationship building
  • Key account strategy
  • Commercial awareness
  • Audience insight
  • Collaboration
  • Strategic thinking
  • Resilience
  • Energy
  • Self-motivation

Location

  • Herne Hill
  • Remote

Work Type

  • Hybrid
  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • Senior

Benefits

  • Tailored development
  • Mentoring
  • Hands-on experience

About the Company

  • For over 40 years, Mark Allen Group has built and grown specialist media brands that inform, connect and support professional communities.
  • We operate across healthcare, education, agriculture, business, finance, travel retail, exhibitions and critical communications, combining trusted content, data, events and insight.
  • We are a commercial media owner with a long-term mindset, balancing strong legacy brands with innovation and evolution.
  • Our people play a central role in shaping how our audiences engage with us today and how we grow for the future.