Commercial team sales - maternity cover

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 - 17:30, on site plus match days

Salary: £28K plus commission with an OTE of £45K

We are looking for a commercial sales executive to join our team.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join the Exeter Chiefs and support their commercial team at Sandy Park. As someone with an interest in professional sport and excellent communication skills, you will have the opportunity to gain experience in a highly dynamic environment working alongside an ambitious and hardworking team. You will support with all aspects of day-to-day tasks, including prospecting, sales calls, benchmarking, sponsor analysis, and commercial reporting working under the supervision of the head of corporate sales.

This role is providing maternity cover with full-time hours over a 12-month period. Your hours will be 9:00 to 17:30 Mon-Fri plus some weekend work on match days which will accrue time off in lieu.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Helping to source new business leads for Exeter Rugby Club through networking, prospecting and sales calls.
• Work during matchdays where required
• Assisting the commercial team in activating sponsorship agreements - this could include arranging player appearances
• Creating and updating social stats for all players to be used as part of the sales proposition
• Assisting in the renewal of existing sponsors and hospitality guests
• Making sure you keep up to date with commercial deals in sport, especially in the South West
• Supporting the commercial team with any business/sponsor events
• Helping with the corporate hospitality bookings
• Assisting with the production of any matchday documents

You may need to undertake other duties as they arise.

Person specification

You will have:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in-person, and over the phone
• A desire to forge a commercial career in professional sport
• Able to build good professional relationships and work well as a key member of the team
• Experience working under pressure and the ability to prioritise during busy periods
• Confident using Microsoft Office 365
• The drive to work towards continuous improvement in your working environment
  

The benefits:

You will have access to a wide range of benefits including:

• Contributary pension
• 25-day holiday allowance
• On-site free parking
• Staff tickets to selected matches and events.
• 20% discount in the Club Shop
• Discounts from our partners, including Chatham Shoes, Crew Clothing, David Lloyd and various restaurants in Exeter

If this sounds like something you could be interested in, please send a covering letter and CV to colinwoods@exeterchiefs.co.uk