Business Development Manager

Account Manager

£32k plus £3k Bonus

Stockport

Hybrid

International Travel

Are you looking for a job that involves all expenses paid international travel? Do you have a full UK driving licence?

The company was established in 1984 and creates beautiful industry magazines. Everything they do is driven by the passion for the industries they work in.

The Account Manager position sits with the luxury hotel industry magazine that is distributed to interior designer internationally.

The ideal person will have a background in sales.

• Attending 6 international trade shows per year in USA and Singapore
• Introducing the magazine to food and drink manufacturers and collecting leads
• Emailing all new leads and sending media packs
• Using Linked In to connect with all new leads

• Meeting & exceeding sales targets for the magazine
• Generating & developing new business/managing existing database
• Liaising externally with clients, over email/telephone/Social and face-to-face meetings, at international industry events

Reporting to the Advertising Manager, the candidate will be responsible for developing relationships with clients, both existing and new, to maximize magazine sales revenue.

• Excellent communication skills - email/telephone/Social and face-to-face meetings
• Excellent people skills
• The ability to work as part of a closely knit team
• The ability to work alone and use own initiative
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent sales letter & proposal writing skills
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office and a good level of computer literacy
• Basic numeracy and literacy skills, educated to GCSE level or above

• Extensive, all expenses-paid worldwide travel (approx. 6-8 trips per year)
• 22 days holiday (plus statutory), increasing to 25 after 3 years and an additional 2 weeks off at Xmas on top!
• Hybrid working Home/Office
• Flexihours 8am-10am start with corresponding finish between 4pm-6pm
• Half-day summer hours every Friday through July/August school holidays
• Relaxed, friendly working environment
• Casual dress code
• Newly-refurbished offices with on-site parking
• Autonomy and creative freedom encouraged
• Fantastic Christmas and Summer parties
• Away Days
• NEST Pension scheme

Send your CV to Annalee at Aspire Recruitment today.

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