Sponsorship Sales Executive, REGAN & DEAN

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Excellent career building opportunity with this leading Trade body within the Financial Sector. It's a proactive, confident, and highly organised Event Sales, Exhibition Sales or Sponsorship Sales Executive looking for a brilliant next step – you'll work closely with the Head of Commercial Partnerships to drive leads and sales for their event sponsorship and commercial partnerships. Looking for a confident, well organised, personable and proactive business development/sales executive with great rapport building skills looking for a real career opportunity with this highly regarded Body within the financial sector.

This organisation/Association represents around 300 firms across the financial services sector, acting as a centre of trust, expertise and collaboration. Its mission is to champion the industry and its aims – the organisation plays a vital role in areas such as innovation, economic growth, combating economic crime and financing the net zero transition. It is forward-thinking, proactive and high‑performing, with a strong culture of continuous development and collaboration.

They have a comprehensive event and learning programme including conferences, dinners, webinars, training and networking events, designed to deliver value to their members. This role, working as part of the Commercial Delivery Team, is essential to expose their members to innovative new players in the sector and ensure the right mix of commercial partners take part in respective sponsorship opportunities.

The candidate will also be responsible for supporting the Head of Commercial Partnerships, in securing sponsorship and commercial partnership opportunities and revenue. The candidate will do this by completing desktop research on competitors, attending events and networking and proactively reaching out to members and non‑members – for example through Linked In or other professional networks.

This role will be a natural home for someone who is a self‑starter and proactively approaches opportunities to generate commercial income, working with some of the biggest companies in the world to support the banking industry.

This is a newly created role, reporting into the Head of Commercial Partnerships, who is known for being highly collaborative, open and easy to engage with. You will form a close-knit team of two focused on expanding sponsorship and commercial partnership opportunities across the organisation, to generate commercial income while upholding the wider values and objectives of the organisation and its members.

The team has already seen strong growth in sponsorship activity, and this role will build on that success – supporting both the operational backbone (pipeline management, process support, administration) and the front‑facing business development activity (research, outreach, relationship building and networking). You’ll work across events, webinars, training, thought leadership, data, research and wider strategic partnership initiatives.

It’s an excellent opportunity for a 2nd or 3rd jobber (possibly with an Exhibition Sales, Event Sales or Event Sponsorship sales background) who’s motivated to grow, build senior relationships, and gain exposure to major brands in the financial services landscape.

• Research, identify and qualify new sponsorship and partnership opportunities.
• Scan the industry, monitor competitors and attend events to spot new ideas and potential partners.
• Proactively approach prospective sponsors—both members and non‑members—via networking, events and Linked In, and general sector awareness and research.
• Support the full cycle: from prospecting and engagement through to proposals, contracting and invoicing.

• Build strong relationships with sponsors ranging from global corporates to emerging fintechs.
• Work with internal teams including membership, policy, events, webinars, training and marketing.
• Balance commercial outcomes with member value, understanding…