Event Coordinator
Event Sales, Event Assistant, Events Planning, Sales Implementation and Marketing Communications experience is an advantage.
Purpose of the Event Coordinator :
To maximize the effectiveness of the events sales team by producing high quality customers for our clients and working as part of a team to support and have personal accountability for driving successful sales and marketing goals.
The role provides a high level of sales support to customers by ensuring all queries are responded to in an efficient, professional and timely manner. You will help develop new and existing opportunities and commercial sales relations for our clients.
Major Tasks and Responsibilities as an Event Coordinator :
- Follow up with customers to drive uptake of promotional initiatives across all private and public sector event channels
- Identify opportunities and implement sales strategies
- Proactively follow up leads generated from events
- Use of initiative to identify and follow up opportunities with customers
- Generate new business for our clients
- Work closely with the sales and marketing teams to achieve sales objectives
- Discuss commercial terms or promotional details to potential customers
- Contribute to the team performance by sharing information and implementing best practices
Job Requirements
Event Coordinator Requirements
Knowledge, skills and experienceComputer literate / keyboard skillsHighly desirable : 1-2 years working within a sales environment preferablyExcellent interpersonal skillsHigh degree of accuracyDemonstrated ability to prioritize issuesPrevious experience with customer databases ( ideally)Additional Requirements :
Must be able to deal with technical product informationAbility to adapt procedures to a new and more effective way of working (in relation primarily to customer management and promotional activity support)Ability to build strong working relationships (internal / external)Excellent communication skills - verbal and writtenAbility to persuade, influence and negotiate effectively at all levelsCandidate Qualities :
DeterminedProfessional communicatorTeam workerReliableSelf-motivatedAchievement orientatedAbility to use own initiativeAbility to perform effectively when there are pressure peaksSets high standards and consistently achieves themGeography
Must be within comfortable commuting distance to our Midtown Manhattan locationPlease submit your résumé or LinkedIn profile to apply today!