SmartSpace Account Executive

Richmond, England, United Kingdom

12/17/2024

Account Executive

Do you have a passion for sales?

Would you like to join our great team?

About Our Team

Join our passionate, collaborative, and high-performing team. Play a key role in the development and growth of our exceptional brands in a vibrant industry.

About The Role

We are looking for an Account Executive to join our in-house stand design and build service. This fast-growing service supports hundreds of customers across our shows in 10 countries throughout Europe and Asia. This role is 12-month FTC.

Responsibilities

• Manage client briefs and support sales teams in qualifying leads.
• Oversee design and costing, produce client proposals, and obtain sign-off.
• Ensure high retention of clients and acquisition of new clients.
• Identify opportunities to upsell stand build products and show-related products.
• Maintain accurate sales and budget trackers, ensuring proposed services meet client and company budgets.
• Raise purchase orders (POs) and reconcile supplier invoices to POs.
• Produce written technical specifications to match designs and build professional relationships with outsourced partners.
  
  

Requirements

• Experience in an exhibition sales or operational role. Stand design and build experience is a plus.
• Ability to build strong relationships with both internal and external customers.
• Excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and multitasking abilities.
• Enthusiastic attitude and desire for learning and personal development.
• Ability to interpret 2D and 3D plans.
• Basic knowledge of supplier products (e.g., AV, IT, graphics).
• Willingness to travel to exhibitions in different locations.
  
  

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you

Benefits

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
• Wellbeing programs
• Life assurance
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Optional Dental Insurance
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work
  
  

About The Business

RX is a global leader in events and exhibitions, leveraging industry expertise, data, and technology to build businesses for individuals, communities, and organisations. With a presence in 25 countries across 42 industry sectors, RX hosts approximately 350 events annually. RX is committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all our people. RX empowers businesses to thrive by leveraging data-driven insights and digital solutions. RX is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. For more information, visit www.rxglobal.com.