Are you a savvy event sales manager with a knack for establishing unshakeable client relationships? Is sponsorship engagement your middle name? Would you love to work in a fast-paced, tech-driven, highly-creative agency environment, working with some of the world's leading brands? Then, this position may have your name written all over it!

mdg, A Freeman Company is a marketing and professional services agency with head, heart and a passion for what we do — delivering measurable results for association and event clients in diverse categories like education, healthcare, technology, energy, cupcakes, cheese curls and craft beer (we’ll explain those last three later). With a 44-year track record of success, mdg was named a “Best Place to Work” by Meetings & Conventions magazine. We’re now seeking a full-time, sponsorship sales manager to join the collaborative team in Chicago, IL.

Responsibilities:

• Manages relationships with Strategic Global Accounts.
• Records all contact and activity in assigned CRM.
• Responsible for the development and/or creation of sales materials—PPT presentations, etc.
• Responsible for sales communication plans, timelines and writing all sales communications.
• Assists with formulating sponsorship sales strategy and pricing models with team lead and client.
• Sells packages to sponsors; actively makes sales calls both via email and phone.
• Writes contracts, creates invoices, and follows up on collections as appropriate for each account.
• Re-configure CRM as needed to more efficiently manage accounts and report progress.
• Maintains sales dashboard showing sold and pipeline. Also responsible for creating all sales dashboards and reporting on this weekly.
• Participates in weekly internal and client facing calls.

Requirements:

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in sponsorship sales within the events industry is required.
• Must have event specific sales background, knowledge of technology space preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint) required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Bachelor’s degree (preferably in sales, marketing, communications, or a related field) is strongly preferred.

At mdg, our commitment to diversity and inclusion is helping us to create not only a great place to work, but also an environment where our employees, our clients and our communities can reach their goals and connect with each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status and other characteristics protected by federal, state or local laws.

mdg offers a competitive benefits package including medical, 401k, and profit sharing contributions.