Business Development Associate

We are looking for driven, enthusiastic, and passionate professionals to join our Summits division as a Business Development Associate. If you are looking for a diverse and intellectually challenging career in an international environment, then this could be the ideal opportunity!

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 Forum, 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 we 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 Summits division as a Business Development Associate. If you are looking for a diverse and intellectually challenging career in an international environment, then this could be the ideal opportunity!

This is an in-person role located in our office in Barbados.

Key Responsibilities

• Contacting and engaging prospects via email and LinkedIn
• Scheduling and updating calendar invites
• Keeping an organised record of the prospects responses
• Develop weekly, monthly & quarterly reports
• Communicate feedback between our Marketing & Sales teams

Qualifications

• An Associate Degree
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in customer service field
• Hands on experience with MS Office (MS Excel in particular)
• Excellent time management, organisational & multitasking skills
• Ability to work under strict deadlines
• A dedicated team player, who at the same time is able to work independently

Compensation & Benefits

• Comprehensive induction training, ongoing mentoring plus continuous on-the-job training & development
• Promotion up the ranks is achievable with consistently high performance
• Professional work environment
• Attractive basic salary and commission package