Job Opportunity: Business Development Manager - Music, Eventbrite
Eventbrite is passionate about bringing people together around a live experience. The service allows everyone to discover events and the excitement of bringing them to life. In a few short years, Eventbrite has become synonymous with making it easy for anyone to publish, promote, and manage successful events.
Eventbrite is looking for a seasoned Business Development Manager, based in their European subsidiary office in London, to accelerate the new business development team in the UK. This position is critical in setting the direction for Eventbrite's UK business development efforts in the Music category (including conferences, classes, associations). Eventbrite's goal is to become UK’s favorite ticketing and registration solution by providing organisers and attendees with simple, yet powerful, event technology. At Eventbrite, you’ll find a team of dynamic, smart and engaged people who are passionate about building communities and creating innovative products to help people get together around live experiences.
Eventbrite enables people all over the world to plan, promote, and sell out events of all kinds. Since 2006, the platform has processed over 200 million tickets and registrations worldwide, totaling nearly $3 billion in gross ticket sales. In 2013 alone, the company processed $1 billion in gross ticket sales for attendees in 187 countries. The online event ticketing service makes it easy for everyone to discover events, and to share the events they are attending with the people they know. In this way, Eventbrite brings communities together by encouraging people to connect through live experiences. Eventbrite's investors include Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, T. Rowe Price, DAG Ventures, and Tenaya Capital.
You Will:
Develop relationships with UK high-end event organisers to generate new business development opportunities in the Music category
Engage with leads to help prospective clients learn more about Eventbrite’s product and win repeat business
Provide accurate and regular forecasts on the UK music events market to the business development team
Shape Eventbrite’s business development priorities in the UK music market
Create and maintain up to date leads and accounts plans using our CRM system
You Bring:
High performance business leadership with an exceptional aptitude for successfully driving ambitious business development activities
A great experience and network in the Music category
Impeccable communication skills and a great sense of humor
An analytical mind-set and a creative spirit
A can-do and agile attitude necessary to thrive in a start-up environment
A passion for/knowledge of the event industry with a robust network of contacts in the industry
5+ years experience in business development
BA/BS from a leading academic institution
Bonus Points:
Prior start-up experience
Loves challenges and embraces complexity and ambiguity
SaaS business development experience
CRM guru
Active Eventbrite user with a passion for live events