Business Development Manager - Media & Sponsorships
CDM Media operates at the intersection of global enterprise transformation and the technology leaders driving it.
We partner with the world’s most recognized technology brands — including AWS, IBM, Google, Dell, Microsoft, Okta, and Salesforce — to deliver high-impact executive engagement platforms. Through curated Live & Virtual Events, VIP Executive Dinners, Digital Marketing Services, Custom Experiences, and Advisory Services, we connect senior enterprise decision-makers with innovative technology partners.
Our focus is quality over volume — strategic conversations with senior executives inside large-scale enterprises.
Our live events/summits, virtual gatherings, digital marketing services, VIP dinners, and other custom marketing services let C-Level executives cut through the noise and get down to business. If you want to be a part of the fastest-growing sector of the global economy, on the cutting edge of the next wave of game-changing technologies and spend your days speaking to the most successful and brilliant executive in their fields, let’s have a chat.
Key Tasks & Responsibilities
- Selling Sponsorship opportunities across a wide range of Media offerings
- Opportunity to become a product specialist and own direction and development of events in the portfolio
- Create and manage a pipeline of prospects to grow the sponsorship client base and ensure target attainment
- Achieve both new and repeat business revenue targets for each event you work on
- Establishing and nurturing of key accounts and new business within the technology market
- Attendance and delivery of events across the EMEA region
- Sourcing and developing sales leads to prospect
- Preparing sales proposals for sponsorship investments
- Identify and propose custom-marketing solutions to CEOs and VPs
- Develop new business clients into key accounts across CDM Media's portfolio of products
- Implement efficient key account management strategies to maximize client relationship value
Knowledge & Skills Requirements
- 2 years + of sales experience
- Excellent communication skills
- A strong prospecting mindset
- A can-do and will-do attitude
- Enthusiastic, energetic and passionate about personal success
- A true determination to succeed in a business development role
- Self-motivated, with real passion and fire in the belly
- Fast learner with an outgoing personality
- Strong presentation skills
CDM Media offers you:
- A very competitive salary based on experience
- Fantastic commission & bonus structure
- 20 days’ holidays, plus bank holidays
- an additional day of holiday for your birthday when it falls on a weekday
- Sales incentives & prizes throughout the year
- Opportunity for both Europe and USA travel
- Ongoing Training & Development
- Promotion opportunities outlined from day one