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This hybrid, full time role will be based out of our London office in Canary Wharf. The role will be initially offered as a 6 month FTC with the possibility of extension.

Reuters Events brings together Reuters globally trusted brand, scale and editorial excellence aligned with domain expertise. We provide content-led conferences for professionals in highly specialized industry sectors to complement our extensive, in-depth content.

Reuters Events exists to deliver the intelligence and foster the relationships that shape strategies and safeguard successes at leading companies worldwide.

About the role

As a Delegate Sales Executive, you will:

  • Take a seat within a driven, highly motivated sales team and have a golden opportunity to learn the business from the ground up.
  • Be part of a collaborative team selling delegate places and tickets at our events.
  • Work with the hottest leads across a variety of industry sectors will receive commission for every single sale you make.
  • Use your excellent customer service skills to qualify and nurture sales leads.
  • Close individual and group delegate registrations for senior level ‘business to business’ conferences worldwide.
  • Be comfortable working to targets and speaking with decision makers at leading organisations.
  • Receive training on the sales techniques required to be a successful sales executive.
  • Have the potential to progress into a consultative business development role focusing on higher level exhibition and sponsorship packages OR into a conference production role looking at creating high end, commercially viable events where you will gain a wide range of transferrable skills.

About you

To be our Delegate Sales Executive, you will likely:

  • Be motivated to work hard and carve out a successful career in sales or conferences.
  • Be keen to progress quickly in a fast-paced environment.
  • Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Be confident on the phone talking to senior level executives from major organizations.
  • Have an entrepreneurial flair with a determined outlook and a desire to deliver results.
  • Have previous sales experience (not essential but it will be considered a plus!)

Whats in it for you

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

  • Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected
  • Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
  • Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
  • Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
  • Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
  • Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.