Are you currently working in the Sales or Events industry? Do you have knowledge and understanding of the speaking or training industry? If you have answered yes, Ovations an exciting position available for a self motivated, passionate and organised person to join our energetic team.

This is a great opportunity for a professional with a sales background to further develop your skills in a fun and positive environment through the representation of high profile speakers, trainers and entertainers.

To be successful in this position, you will have the following

- Experience in creative proposal writing
- Previously used CRM databases
- Great attention to detail
- Car and license
- Tertiary qualification is preferred
- A working knowledge of speakers and corporate conferencing 
- A broad general knowledge and familiarity with sporting, media and business
 personalities.

Other Skills

Computer Skills

• Computer and keyboard skills specifically Microsoft
• Word, Excel, Outlook

Sales Skills

• Telephone sales
• Rapport building

• Negotiation skills.  You will be working with both clients and presenters on a daily basis

• Prospecting and lead generation from current database using the phone or face to face at exhibitions and showcases
• Account management and development
• Questioning skills for taking briefs
• Rapport building with new clients

Writing skills

• Preparation of proposals for clients
• Contracts

Research Skills

• Constantly updating industry knowledge via industry magazines, Speaker and Bureau websites, television shows, radio shows, newspapers and business magazines
• Locating specific speakers as requested
• Offering a wide and appropriate range of speakers for your client’s brief

Creativity Skills

• Individually: To be able to come up with new and fresh ideas for your clients
• As part of a team: For marketing ideas and ideas for other team members’ proposals.

Can you wrap it all up with a ‘can do’ attitude?

• Trust towards team members and trustworthy to keep agreements
• Ethical behaviour towards clients, presenters and team members
• While skills are important to the position attitude is imperative to the team
• Team focused
• Positive attitude towards Ovations, your team members, the presenters we represent and our clients
• Goal Oriented for team and personal goals
• Flexible with team members
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In return for your effort, you will be rewarded with:

- Extensive learning in a fun and motivating environment
- Very motivating salary structure + continuous incentive schemes and quarterly commission structure based on Sales.
- Working with industry respected and prestigious brand
- Passionate and energetic sales team environment
- Opportunities for travel