Conservative Campaign Headquarters is restructuring the management of its 2015 Party Conference and an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Conference Business Development Manager.

The role:

• The successful applicant will work on all commercial aspects of the Party Conference including exhibition, sponsorship, branding, and advertising.
• They will be responsible for developing new client relationships to deliver sales revenue and increase opportunities for advertising, sponsorship income and exhibition sales.
• They will deliver results and bring new ideas and innovation to this annual, high-profile event.

Competencies:

• Relevant and recent experience in meeting and exceeding financial targets and working to deadlines.
• Ambition and tenacity. A self-starter, with strong negotiation and most importantly, excellent sales skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as they will be required to communicate to internal and external senior decision-makers and report on progress and activity.
• Drive - able to manage their own workload and have the ability to work as part of the Conservative Conference and Commercial teams.
• A full UK driving licence and be able to travel nationally as required.

Experience of working in the events or conference industry would be an advantage but not essential.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community. We value diversity and appoint on merit.

We regret we can only accept applications from persons authorized to work within the UK.