Job Description
“Eleven Sports Media are firmly established across the English Premier League, EFL Championship and Major League Soccer (MLS), you’ll find us at many of the world’s most iconic sporting venues.
The role is working alongside our U.S partnership sales team, operating within the hours of 14:00 - 22:00 or 13:00 - 21:00
A technology first company that operates Sports Partnership sales on behalf of Elite Sporting Rights Holders. With an industry leading reputation forged over a decade of working with some of the most recognisable names across the Sporting landscape, Eleven Sports Media are undergoing a rapid period of growth and are looking to add an experienced business development manager to add to our U.S Sports division to work alongside rights holders across North America.
What we offer?
- Basic salary £40,000 - £60,000
- OTE - £85,000 - £130,000
- Unrivalled commission structure
- Generous employee share schemes
- High pension contribution
- Personal development courses
- Referral programme
- On site gym
- Wellness programmes
- Hybrid working
Required experience:
- A minimum of 3 years within a direct B2B selling environment
- End to end sales experience in sitting own appointments with C-Suite level directors
- Proficient in using modern CRM systems
- Experience in lead generation
- The ability to present and sell over the phone, via Teams/Zoom
- The desire to hunt new business
- Experience as a business development manager or regional sales manager
- OR experience within face-to-face sales with a phone-based background / business development
Key responsibilities:
- Working on behalf of Sports Rights Holders (clubs)
- Prospecting your own data, gathering all key business information and contact details
- Generating your own appointments with c-suite and director level decision makers
- Arranging video conferencing meetings via Teams and/or Zoom with a view to completing sales with a fast turnaround time.
- Generating new business by selling and explaining the benefits of becoming a Community Partner with our associated football clubs
- Selling the portfolio of Eleven Sports Media Community Partnerships and products to new customers
As a business development manager, you will be responsible for the end-to-end sales of our community partnerships on behalf of specific clubs within the Premier League, EFL and other sports leagues.
Our modern offices situated in Ancoats, Manchester, offer an in-house gym, coffee shop and business lounge to accommodate our team. Easily accessible with nearby metro links and located within a 10-minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria stations.
Please send over an up to date CV and we will arrange a time to discuss the position in more detail
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £30,000.00-£100,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Gym membership
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
- Commission pay
- Loyalty bonus
- Performance bonus
- Quarterly bonus
- Yearly bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Manchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: US11