Treadway Events & Entertainment LLC Hiring for Partnership Sales Executive Job at Portland, OR Full Time

The Partnership Sales Executive is responsible for assisting in the development of high-level corporate sponsorship and marketing for consumer events, concerts, and festivals produced by Treadway Events. This person will be responsible for packaging and selling sponsorships to local, national, and international brands with the goal of creating long-term, multi-year partnerships that value from $5,000 to $100,000 per year.

The Partnership Sales Executive will manage the entire conversion and implementation process from package development, prospecting, and communications to invoicing and benefit fulfillment onsite at each event.

The ideal candidate will be open to contract work to start with monthly base pay + commission for all partnership sales.

Amount of Travel

Work from own office, attend weekly production meetings via telecommunication and/or in-person meetings, travel to occasional meetings with clients and prospects, assist at event venues as needed, prospect leads at industry events, and occasional out-of-state tradeshows.

Requirements:

Experience

• 5+ years of successful sponsorship sales experience preferred

• 3+ years of event industry, festivals or live attractions experience

Personal Skills/Competencies

• Strong interpersonal communications, sales, and marketing skills

• Ability to interface with the Treadway Events team, clients, vendors prospects, and the public

• Highly self-motivated

• Event marketing knowledge preferred

• Conference or trade show management experience preferred

Computer Skills

• Highly proficient in Gsuite (Google Docs, Google Sheets, etc)

• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

• Proficient in CRM sales software

• Ability to conduct research and business transactions

Responsibilities

• Strategic development of sponsorship/exhibitor benefits packages

• Prospecting and generating new sales leads and growth

• Logging all new leads, current interactions, and past client updates in CRM database

• Find new leads and make connections within each event’s industry

• Soliciting sponsors and exhibitors for events

• Negotiating and executing contracts

• Working with Event Manager on exhibitor communication and logistics

• Working with Decorator on show floor layout

• Working with Registration Manager to coordinate complimentary sponsorship passes

• Working with Event Coordinator to hand-off exhibitor coordination

• Handling fulfillment of sponsor and exhibitor benefits on-site

• Participating in planning meetings with clients and developing marketing material content for events (e.g., sponsorship/exhibitor sales packages)

• Working with accounting to get contracts invoiced and follow-up with sponsors/exhibitors for payment

• Attending events and assisting with sponsorship fulfillment and networking

• Other responsibilities as requested

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract

Pay: $25.00 – $100.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Commission pay

COVID-19 considerations:
Work is performed remotely and all staff are currently vaccinated against COVID-19.

Experience:

• B2B sales: 5 years (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• 25% (Preferred)

Work Location: Multiple Locations