About the job
At Clarion Events, our employees are the cornerstone of our operations. We take pride in our core values of PASSION, CARE, IMAGINATION, and TRUST, which guide our approach across all exhibitions and conferences.
If you resonate with our values and aspire to join a thriving, dynamic, and creative global organization, we invite you to connect with us.
About the Role:
The Energy Council serves as a global network that links senior energy executives with finance and investment professionals, facilitating access to capital and deal-making opportunities. This is realized through a series of award-winning conferences and tailored networking experiences in locations like London, Houston, New York, Seville, Singapore, and Rio de Janeiro.
We are excited to announce an opening for a driven and commercially savvy Sponsorship Sales Manager to join the Energy Council team. The successful candidate will be responsible for securing sponsorship for our global events portfolio, ensuring we exceed all commercial targets. Reporting directly to the head of the Energy Council, this role will focus on achieving sales KPIs and targets set in accordance with your commission structure.
We seek an enthusiastic, entrepreneurial, and data-oriented individual committed to creating, executing, and analyzing the commercial strategies for each event. This role encompasses managing client relationships, crafting sales strategies, and meeting revenue goals across our event portfolio. The Sponsorship Sales Manager will work closely with marketing and production teams to ensure alignment with sales processes and objectives.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate exceptional attention to detail, a client-focused mindset, proactive engagement, and strong teamwork abilities, with the capacity to handle multiple projects to a high standard.
This position requires three in-office days adhering to US working hours, with a later start time. Flexibility in working hours is essential due to varying event schedules.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Consultative Sales
- Possess extensive professional experience in sales, demonstrating the ability to stimulate revenue growth.
- Engage in consultative sponsorship selling to assist clients in achieving their business goals through our event offerings.
- Forecast, monitor, and assess the sales pipeline to uncover risks and opportunities.
- Ensure that the event sales plan is executed as intended – meeting targets and staying within forecasts.
- Identify new commercial opportunities and develop innovative revenue streams.
- Maintain awareness of key market drivers and effectively integrate them into strategic direction and outputs.

