Senior Event Sponsorship Sales Executive

Job description

Senior Event Sponsorship Sales Executive

£50-55k DOE + uncapped commission

Hybrid/Remote

Drive revenue. Shape partnerships. Influence the global legal IP community.

Are you a proven event sponsorship sales professional with deep experience in the legal or IP sector? Do you thrive on building high-value partnerships, closing complex deals, and working with senior decision-makers at leading law firms and professional services organisations?

We’re looking for a Senior Event Sponsorship Sales Executive to play a pivotal role in driving commercial growth across the WIPR global events portfolio. This is a senior, revenue-generating role where your ability to sell consultatively, think strategically, and build long-term relationships will directly influence the success of industry-leading legal IP events worldwide.

Previous experience in selling to law firms, in-house counsel, or professional service providers (within the legal space) is essential.

What’s in it for you

• Financial Reward: Competitive salary, uncapped commission, pension contribution of 3%, income protection scheme, death in service insurance, shopping discounts, financial assistance programme, employee referral scheme, Techscheme.
• Work/Life Balance: Unlimited holiday, hybrid working, flexible working, birthday leave.
• Health & Wellbeing: Health Shield cash plan, wellbeing benefits (including ²⁴⁄₇ online GP and mental health support including access to face to face counselling, cycle to work scheme, free will writing and much more.

What you’ll be doing

As Senior Event Sponsorship Sales Executive, you’ll be responsible for generating and growing sponsorship revenue across multiple events, working closely with producers, marketing, and delegate sales teams to deliver compelling, ROI-driven sponsorship solutions.

You’ll identify, engage, and close senior stakeholders across law firms, in-house legal teams, and legal service providers, developing tailored partnerships that align sponsor objectives with event audiences.

This role suits someone who is commercially sharp, confident at senior level, and energised by a fast-paced, target-driven environment.

What you’ll need

• 3+ years’ experience in B2B sponsorship and event sales within the legal sector.
• Proven track record of growing event sponsorship revenue and exceeding targets.
• Strong knowledge of the legal and/or intellectual property market.
• Experience selling tolaw firms, in-house counsel or legal service providers.
• Excellent business development, negotiation and closing skills.
• Confident communicator, able to engage senior stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Strong proposal writing and presentation skills.
• Commercially astute with a consultative sales approach.
• Comfortable using CRM systems (Salesforce, HubSpot or similar).

Desirable

• Experience selling multi-channel sponsorships (events, digital, webinars, branded content).
• Understanding of event marketing and delegate acquisition strategies.
• Experience managing and growing key accounts.

And most importantly…

• Friendly, professional, personable and collaborative.
• Highly motivated, target-driven and ambitious.
• Confident, persuasive and resilient.
• Strong networker with a relationship-led mindset.
• Organised, adaptable and able to manage multiple events simultaneously.
• Creative problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Flexible and agile, able to adapt to new situations.
• Articulate and professional.
• Self-sufficient with entrepreneurial spirit.
• Comfortable working from home.

Why Join Newton Media?

• Work on industry-leading global IP and legal events.
• High-impact role with clear ownership of revenue and growth.
• Opportunity to build long-term partnerships with top-tier legal organisations.
• Collaborative, commercial environment where performance is recognised.

If you’re ready to take the next step in your sponsorship sales career and make a real commercial impact in the legal IP space, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now and help shape the future of world-class legal events. We welcome applications over the Christmas period and we will start conducting initial interviews during the first week of January.