Business Development Executive

Location: North Oxfordshire, with travel to venues and events
Role Type: Full-time, office-based
 
Business Development Executive
 
JM&Co. is supporting a specialist in premium event branding in their search for a Business Development Executive.
 
This established business delivers high-impact branding solutions for major sporting events, from large-scale signage and bespoke installations to full venue branding. Their work features across some of the best-known events in the sporting calendar.
 
This is a more commercially focused opportunity suited to someone with solid business development experience, particularly in generating new opportunities, opening doors, visiting prospects and building long-term client relationships.
 
The role

• Proactively generating new business opportunities across sporting events, venues and brand partners 
• Cold calling, prospecting and arranging meetings with potential clients 
• Visiting prospects and building strong commercial relationships 
• Developing and managing a healthy sales pipeline 
• Preparing proposals, quotations and presentations 
• Maintaining accurate CRM records and sales activity updates 
• Representing the business at venues, trade shows and industry events 
   

Experience and skills
 

• Previous experience in business development, sales or a similar commercial role 
• Confident with cold outreach, lead generation and face-to-face meetings 
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills 
• Commercially minded, proactive and self-motivated 
• Organised, professional and comfortable using CRM systems 
• Experience within events, branding, signage, print or a related sector would be helpful 
   

What’s on offer
 

• Basic salary up to c. £40,000, depending on experience (OTE UNCAPPED!)
• 28 days’ holiday (inc. Bank Holidays), increasing with service 
• Life assurance 
• Contributory pension scheme 
• Professional training and development within the wider group 
• Wellbeing support, including access to 24/7 GP and counselling services 
• Extra perks including birthday leave, employee rewards, discount vouchers and regular social events