Event Sales Manager

Event Sales Manager focuses on · ensure that event organisers comply with the terms of their contract and that venue licensing conditions are met.

What the role involves

• · Ensure that event organisers comply with the terms of their contract and that venue licensing conditions are met.
• Create bespoke, high-end food and beverage proposals that reflect current market trends, seasonality, and profitability.
• Proactively sell "stand catering" packages to individual exhibiting companies.
• Partner with event organisers to design the retail "food court" strategy, ensuring the food & beverage offering aligns with the event’s demographic.
• Host product tastings and perform product demonstrations to encourage upselling and cross-selling.
• Actively support Olympia’s sustainability programme, ‘The Grand Plan’.

Candidate fit

• Event management experience, or a degree (or equivalent) in Event Management.
• Exhibition industry knowledge and experience desirable.
• Understanding of and empathy with the needs of event organisers.

Additional role context

• In 2017, the venue was bought by a consortium led by Yoo Capital and Deutsche Finance international.
• Once complete, the estate will include a new theatre, music venue, two hotels, over 30 eateries, world-class office space and over two acres of public realm.