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Marcus-Evans

It was a nice office environment with good team members and management. But the work itself was a lot and repetitive. You had to cold call a lot and often deal with rejection and people over the phone who had no time for you. Some people did do very well at it but there seems to be quite a bit of drop off and people leaving after a few month.
The pay is bad frankly you don't get much if you don't sell and if you do it only works out if you sell often and a lot otherwise it ain't great.
You also have to do slot of research at home to try and get leads/ people you try to call. That's can be tough especially when you have to do that on a weekend. Work life balance can be very work centered.


The environment was extremely lively in the sales floor. We had to organize our day in the morning and have a list of the numbers of CEOs to call during the day. We were trained to give a perfect pitch on the phone, be able to handle objections, talk about and know by heart the benefits of our product (corporate hospitality sports events at THG) We were expected to pitch all day and make at least 100 calls and have 3 hours on the phone every day. The Managers were all very helpful, fun and enthusiastic which gave us a positive feeling all the time. It was enjoyable as I was always surrounded by my high spirited team who was always positive and full of energy.

ME positions itself as a business intelligence firm, but actually is a glorified cold calling research firm. As a conference producer, you are tasked with haranguing 20+ senior business people until they pick up the phone to tell you what they would want to see from a conference. Once you have spoken to enough people and put an agenda together, you are tasked with haranguing them all over again and convincing them to speak for free on a subject of their choice at the conference. After a month of cold calling, your conference is sent to the sales to flog to other attendees. 

Most conferences attract no more than 10 paid attendees. 

Such a good experience, very significant for me. I learned a lot like how to deal with high value customers such as CIO's CEO's, talking to them on the phone and try to fulfill their needs and accomplish their desires. I have learned how to set the job in an efficient way so i can be productive every time i do something and also i had targets to hit at the end of the month which put a bit more pressure on me. This professional, high-pressure, bright and sometimes demanding environment made my work-abilities improve a lot

Friendly environment to work, helpful people. On a daily basis contacting potential and past delegates for the upcoming conferences. Working closely with manager to close the deals. Working with financial department to follow up with payments. Management is helpful, but disorganised. The culture of the company is to reach target. The hardest part is to deal with new clients without any arrangements previously. The most enjoyable moment is to close a deal and manage participation process.

Marcus Evans IT support included face to face and Telephone support for various offices around the world. It also included AV support for various high level conferences. A typical day was dealing with various hardware and software issues throughout the company. The hardest part was the AV events which were stressful and often led to working longer hours with no extra pay and little extra time off.

Job security with good internal communication and good feedback throughout the company. Open door policy and emphasis on training and development as well as opportunity to move around (location and role wise). The salary is more than decent and open to review. Yearly Christmas parties and really fun, great people to work with.

The company provides you with training throughout the production cycle and as far as I was concerned, it offered the opportunity to learn a lot very quickly. 

My role entailed researching a topic, writing agendas and briefs and directing the production of an event from conception all the way to running it.

* Strong judgment and decision-making skills.
* Excellent communication skills, including multiple languages.
* The ability to interact successfully across cultures (Calling the Banking and Pharmaceutical World).
* Negotiation and persuasion skills (Closing deals).
* Critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.
* Strong business development, new client research.

There is also plenty of scope to really grow and develop the role you're in and make what you want of it. Especially if you're self driven and take responsibility for your actions. The management is very open to new ideas and solutions. A truly entrepreneurial place, where ideas can become reality.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Event producer 3 salaries reported	£25,000 per year
Sales executive 3 salaries reported	£44,333 per year
Business development executive 5 salaries reported	£22,200 per year
Sales associate 3 salaries reported	£17,667 per year
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