Position: Sales and Marketing Executive
Location: Newbury (RG14) – with hybrid working
Salary: £26,000 – £28,000 basic salary (+ bonus/commission structure)
Hours: Monday – Friday (09:00 – 17:30) with the occasional evening/weekend
Experience: Business Development, Sales, Field Sales, Lead Generation, New Business, B2B, B2C, Education Sales, Travel Sales, Charity, Purposeful Business, Volunteering 

Opportunity:  

Thompson & Terry Recruitment are working with a purposeful business with offices in Newbury who are looking to recruit a confident and enthusiastic Sales and Marketing Executive to build relationships with schools and universities and recruit students for once-in-a-lifetime overseas trips. 

As a Sales and Marketing Executive, it will be your responsibility to promote overseas programmes, deliver presentations and advise students on a 1-1 basis about the unique opportunities available via social media platforms, in person, over the telephone and via email enquiries. 

The Sales and Marketing Executive vacancy is well-suited to an energetic, outgoing and confident candidate who is looking for a multidimensional role. Whilst the role is largely sales-focused, the successful candidate will also be responsible for interacting with potential customers and increasing the brand presence through social media. 

The Company:  

Thompson & Terry Recruitment are working with a purposeful business with offices in Newbury who work with schools, universities and students to create truly once-in-a-lifetime overseas volunteering opportunities. 

The whole business is socially driven and lives by a set of strong core values, with all of their trips supporting their charity, so it is important the successful candidate completely buys into this. 

Our client are looking to recruit a confident and energetic Sales and Marketing Executive to join their offices in Newbury, although they are happy for the right candidate to work a hybrid model with 1-2 days in the office as well as some travel to school and universities. 

Requirements:  

• Highly ambitious and proactive with a drive to make sales through a variety of methods including face-to-face presentations, telemarketing techniques and social media interactions 
• A strong and engaging communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills  
• A real team player with the ability and autonomy to manage a varied workload and multitask 
• Previous experience of travelling or working in the travel, education or charity sector would be desirable but is not essential 
• As there would be some travel associated to the role, the successful Sales and Marketing Executive will need to hold a full UK driving license.    

Thompson & Terry Ltd, trading as Thompson & Terry Recruitment (thompsonandterry.co.uk), are an Abingdon based recruitment agency specialising in placing candidates into jobs in Oxford and across Oxfordshire. We typically source candidates into Office Administration Jobs, Sales Jobs and Marketing Jobs. No terminology used in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of any of the protected characteristics.  

PLEASE NOTE: Due to a high volume of applications, if you have not heard from us within 5 working days, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful at this time.