Events and Workspaces Sales Executive

Job description

Job Description

We are New Directions, a group of companies that provide UK wide services (including recruitment, training, care provision and other support services) within education, social care, domiciliary care and the pharmaceutical sector, from a network of offices across the UK.

• Finalists for Best In-House HR Team and Excellence in HR – CIPD HR Wales Awards 2024
• Winner of Best Employer, and Finalists for Best People Services, Best Business Services and Best Sustainability – Cardiff Life Awards 2024
• Winner of Best Technology and overall, Platinum Award Winner (Checks Direct) – Cardiff Life Awards 2024
• Highly commended for Skills Development – IOD Wales Awards 2024
• Finalists for Best Temporary Recruitment Agency, Recruitment Agency of the Year 100+ employees and Most Effective Compliance Operation – Recruiter Awards 2024
• Finalists for Scale‑Up of the Year and Team of the Year (Checks Direct) – Fintech Wales Awards 2024
• Finalists for Best Technology (Checks Direct) – Entre Conf Awards 2024
• Finalists for The Employer of the Year, Mid‑Market Business of the Year Award and Family Business of the Year Award – Lloyd’s Bank British Business Excellence Awards 2024
• Finalists for Temporary Recruitment Company of the Year and Best Recruitment Company to work for (£50m to £100m) – TIARA Awards 2024
• Finalists for Employer of the Year, Financial & Professional Services Business of the Year and Technology Business of the Year – Cardiff Business Awards 2024
• Finalists for Business Services Business of the Year and Employer of the Year – South Wales Business Awards 2024

At New Directions, we deeply value our employees as the heart of our success, and we do this through our Impact Initiative. We recognise that each individual brings unique skills, perspectives, and dedication that drive our growth and innovation. We foster a culture of respect, inclusivity, and collaboration where every voice matters. By investing in professional development, well‑being, and work‑life balance, we ensure our people feel supported and empowered to thrive.

We celebrate achievements, encourage creativity, and provide opportunities for advancement. In summary, our Impact Initiative makes sure you feel valued – with celebrations, wellbeing support, and chances to give back as a team.

The Events and Work spaces Sales Executive will be responsible for generating and increasing revenue through increasing occupancy of office work spaces, generating event bookings and expanding our coworking offering. Alongside maximising sales opportunities, this role will support in delivering an effective service for the work spaces and ensuring client engagement and satisfaction.

• Being confident to talk about all areas of our businesses.
• To be responsible for driving the sales of the various work spaces available by exhausting all business opportunities for office space, coworking, event space hire and meeting rooms.
• Developing and managing client relationships to maximise sales opportunities and ensure satisfaction.
• To have a strong focus on sales and marketing and be responsible for new business streams via prospecting and new tenant enquiries.
• To be accountable for maximising the occupancy and value of the sites including the units, shared space, tenancies and commercialisation opportunities.
• To generate a constant revenue stream for the event space hire.
• To maintain current knowledge of local business centres facilities including rental information, demand, etc., to support the development of our work spaces’ strategy.
• To build relationships within the local property sector to enable networking and leads generation to turn these leads into new business within the work spaces.
• To promote the work spaces locally through business networking and generating business referrals.
• To manage the work spaces ensuring high quality business activities with maximum quality, service and profitability for the organisation.
• To build successful relationships with all tenants, in order to financially maximise on growth within these businesses, managing moves into larger spaces and offices, and providing quality customer…