Sales Executive, Convene
$70-75k
This role is also eligible for Convene's sales commission program
Digital and hybrid work experience solution
Be an early applicant
Digital and hybrid work experience solution
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$70-75k
This role is also eligible for Convene's sales commission program
201-500 employees
Company mission
To elevate the way people meet, work and live by reimagining what “a workday” means for today's most innovative organizations.
Role
Who you are
- 1 - 2 + years high volume Corporate Event & Meetings Sales experience in the CHI market
- Ability to work quickly and flexibly
- Growth company DNA: building and scaling are in your bones
- Alignment with Convene’s core values: genuine, relentless, integrity, and teamwork (GRIT)
What the job involves
- We’re seeking a Sales Executive to join our Sales team. The Sales Executive will report directly to the VP - Sales. This is a hybrid role, based in Chicago!
- In this role, you will be responsible for growing the Convene brand, developing business relationships, and driving revenue across all properties in the Convene portfolio, in alignment with the company's growth strategy, with a focus on Chicago. We need someone who can effectively uncover new opportunities, engage with our clients, and build meaningful relationships
- Maintain extensive knowledge of Convene products and locations while building the brand locally
- Conduct and coordinate thorough site inspections, virtual tours and demos, client appointments
- Discover new local meeting and event decision-makers, maintain and grow current and prospective clients and referral partners
- Rapidly respond to all client inquiries and other communication
- Generate, negotiate, and close agreements to client specifications while adhering to internal pricing guidelines
- Maintain thorough knowledge of competitive set and relationships with counterparts
- Attend trade shows, receptions, and informational sessions to prospect for new business
- Reach and exceed budgeted goals per month and year
Our take
Convene provides co-working space and meeting locations inside office buildings. It was founded to change the way people meet and work, and also to revolutionise how office buildings offered hospitality services to tenants.
Convene's revenue decreased by over 60% in 2020, after the pandemic disrupted its in-person events. In response to this, the company has diversified into the video meetings market. It hosts virtual and hybrid events that more closely resemble the feeling of attending a live business conference. Users can attend the conferences online and interact with the speakers, the hosts, and other attendees in private video chats.
Convene has done well to navigate the macro challenges and reinvent itself, but there will be more challenges to come; Convene also operates in a market with big players, such as Zoom. However, in 2023, the company acquired etc.venues, widening Convene's net to the UK and establishing it as one of the largest premium and event venue companies in the US and UK with 38 locations across the two countries. The goal now is to generate a revenue of $100 million a year by 2025 and it hopes its virtual operations will form a larger percentage of this.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2018
$152m
SERIES D
May 2017
$68m
SERIES C
Total funding: $265.5m
Company benefits
- Convene employees have access to comprehensive insurance plans and benefits so they can stay healthy and have access to resources they need, so they can lead a full life at and outside of work
- Employees have access to generous paid time off, including paid holiday breaks and birthday PTO – promoting work life balance and wellness
- A robust calendar of programming dedicated to employee resource groups, along with an active mentorship program aimed to elevate diverse voices
- Enabling those that want to give back or grow, we offer an annual application-based paid sabbatical program to those that want to invest in their communities
- Immense catalog of online learning opportunities and weekly live sessions focused on leadership development and skills-based training
- We’re a remote-first company, and if the role allows, we support our employees as they work from wherever they feel most comfortable
- 401K with company matching
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
Leadership
Ryan Simonetti
(CEO & Co-Founder)Ryan worked at Lehman Brothers in Real Estate from 2005 to 2006 before spending 3 years at Gramercy Capital Corp. He left this role in September 2009 to co-found Convene the following month, serving as CEO since 2013.
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