Marcus Evans, founded in 1983, is a global business intelligence and event marketing company, with 49 offices in 20+ countries. Headquartered in the UK, we are rated in the top 20 UK companies for work/life balance.
Working across all industry sectors our Summits, Conferences and Online Events brands deliver innovative high-level content, networking and one-to-one meeting platforms that bring together key decision-makers on a truly global scale. Our client base is comprised of c-level executives from 98% of existing fortune 1000 companies, and are world leaders in a variety of industries, such as healthcare, legal, pharmaceutical, investments, energy, packaging etc.
We are looking for driven, enthusiastic and passionate professionals to join our Summit team as a Business Development Executive.
This is an in-person role located in our London office.
Key Responsibilities
Help new and existing clients enhance and accelerate their business development process.
Identifying and onboarding new clients to use our business development solutions.
Give clients access to prospects across the targeted markets.
Contacting, qualifying, and engaging prospects through email, LinkedIn, and cold calling.
Nurturing new and existing client relationships.
Qualifications & Ideal Candidate
Exceptional Graduate with a min of a 2.1 or equivalent
Positive attitude and able to handle rejection
Eligibility to work in the UK is a must
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Curious, coachable, and eager to learn
Demonstrable ambition, resilience, and a strong desire to build a successful career in a high-performance commercial environment.
Evidence of achievement—whether academic, sporting, entrepreneurial, or extracurricular—is highly valued.
What You'll Learn
Consultative B2B sales and business development.
Strategic account management.
Negotiation and objection handling.
Executive-level communication with C-suite decision-makers.
Pipeline management and CRM best practices.
International business development across multiple industries.
Compensation & Benefits
Basic Salary: GBP 30,000 per annum plus an attractive uncapped commission structure.
Monthly career reviews against financial goals and KPI metrics. Progression into management after year 2 based on performance.
Exclusive Manager-in-Training program for selected global candidates after year 2.
Continuous training and mentorship. Access to global LMS platform and sales mastery program. Extensive sales tape library to review top performers’ work product. Call shadowing, whisper and live coaching, and group and individual tape training every week.
HubSpot CRM to manage relationships, prospect data, and pipelines.
Business travel to 5-star resorts in locations like Beverly Hills, Miami, Boston, and Las Vegas.
We are rated in the top 20 UK companies for work/life balance.
20 annual paid holidays including holiday shutdown from Christmas to New Year’s Day.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
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It's been more than 30 years since entrepreneur and Chairman of the Group, Marcus Evans, launched the first of his businesses. Today, the Group has grown into one of the world's leading business information companies, delivering intelligent and strategic information to forward-thinking Companies at more than 1000 events globally each year.
Our Portfolio
With this wealth of experience at our core, the marcus evans portfolio is now as diverse and successful as the people that help deliver it: marcus evans Summits, Conferences, Forums & Professional Training, The Hospitality Group (THG), The Artists Partnership, Linguarama and Ipswich Town Football Club.
Where and Who We Are
We're located in more than 60 countries worldwide and currently employ around 3,000 people. We've earned our place as a global leader in business intelligence, with our sophisticated lead qualification, face-to-face facilitation and process discipline.
Mission, Vision & Values
Our mission, vision and values are our constant; the backbone of our organization in its entirety. It's these principles that drive us as individuals and as a Company to help our clients succeed - every. single. day.
Why We Matter
We matter to business because we've remained contemporary. There continues to be a strategic place for us in the market; there's a relevancy to what we do for businesses globally. In a nutshell, we help clients achieve their strategic goals by providing market intelligence that’s nearly impossible to find alone, when time and resources are limited. We craft products that help clients drive their organisation’s growth in a more timely, and cost effective way. We listen to what our clients tell us, so we too continue to develop our capabilities for them. That's our secret. We listen and we act! We’re well known for the quality of our offerings.
