Tradeshow Event Sales Associate

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Does this sound like you?

We are looking for a highly motivated sales associate to support the consumer-facing events within our LeftField Media business. This person should be very well organized, self-motivated and focused on driving business for comic con and anime con events throughout the year. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment who enjoys working with a team to close business quickly. This is an individual contributor role and will have no direct reports.

If the answer is yes, we’d love to meet you!

How you’ll make an impact:

• Work closely and collaborate with the sales team to generate revenue selling booth space and sponsorships by phone, face-to-face and other channels
• Attend related and appropriate competitive comic con and anime events with the goal of generating leads, establishing contacts and supporting existing customers for the sales team
• Weekly reporting on sales results, plans and activities
• Help meet or exceed established weekly team revenue targets
• Document outreach to prospects using Salesforce (our customer relationship management tool) in a timely manner – whether it be calls or sales demonstrations of the product
• Daily support to existing sales team, to include answering questions and providing information to existing vendors
• Continuously developing market and product knowledge to assist with business development
• Maintain professional internal and external relationships that meet company core values

The skills and experience you’ll need:

• 2+ years sales experience
• Very well organized
• Proficient at microsoft word, excel and powerpoint
• Experience with Salesforce or other CRM
• Excellent communication and project management skills
• Willingness to travel
• Customer focused
• Demonstrate ability to take ownership of tasks and to problem-solve quickly

What’s in it for me?

• Highly competitive total salary plus commission dependent upon experience
• 100% remote position option (some travel expected depending on role)
• Generous 15 days PTO & 20 Company-paid Holidays: this includes a day off for your birthday every year, and in 2024 our employees will receive the entire week of July 4th AND the entire last week of the year off.
• A full benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, voluntary life insurance, HSA (plus employer contrition), and FSA.
• Basic life, long term disability & short-term disability are covered at 100%.
• 401(k) Plan with employer match.
• Opportunity to travel across the country to attend our shows and meet people from a multitude of different industries.

Who is Clarion?

Clarion Events North America, which is the US division of Clarion Events UK, and backed by The Blackstone Group has become one of the fastest growing event companies in the United States, with aggressive growth through both acquisition and launch. We excel in managing and producing trade and consumer events across the United States in 12 diverse sectors such as pop culture (anime), energy, technology, and fire and rescue.

What’s it like working here?

We strive to provide a culture of transparency, support, and collaboration through clear communication of ideas, processes, and goals. From the top down, we promote:

• Work life balance – we are flexible with you to allow you to be at your best on the job
• Leading by example and taking full responsibility for ideas, actions and problem solving
• Ensuring our employees have all the necessary tools to effectively perform their job
• Constantly identifying training needs to grow and develop our employees
• Failing forward faster – try new things, fail & learn, repeat!

Equal Employment

Clarion Events provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Clarion Events complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has offices. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, and transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.