Graduate Fast Track Programme - Sales Account Manager
Graduate Fast Track Programme - Sales Account Manager
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Graduate Fast Track Programme Sales & Account Manager
*The approx start date for this role is w/c 11th August 2025*
About itison
At itison we believe life is about the experience. We match our 1.7 million members with the best local experiences; create our own world class events and donate thousands of experiences to local charities.
Were the market leader at what we do and were looking for the best to join our team to help make us better.
Were looking for the most ambitious graduates to join our fasttrack programme in sales and account management. Youll work with the countrys leading hospitality and entertainment brands; go through an extensive training programme and be mentored by one of our leading senior sales and account team.
Youll be based in our awardwinning Glasgow head office with regular travel throughout Scotland; a fantastic work environment and benefits package; and the opportunity for career progression and leadership opportunities.
The right candidate fast track programme
We only work with the very best people and were looking for supersmart highly ambitious personable and energetic graduates who are passionate about carving out a successful career in sales and account management of the countrys leading hospitality brands.
This is a rare opportunity to be coached and mentored by senior sales talent and to accelerate your development in one of the most exciting homegrown businesses around with an amazing company culture and big growth ambitions.
Youll love meeting new people developing relationships and be passionate about discovering the best places to eat drink & stay across Scotland and the North East.
This is a six month accelerator programme where you will be fasttracked to becoming a fulltime member of the itison sales and account management team.
Whats the role
Your responsibilities will include:
Mastering all the itison services & products to be able to consult directly with Scotlands hospitality leaders on shaping strategy for their businesses
Working closely with a designated experienced team member to support their daily activities assisting with administration and research tasks
Developing business relationships and securing new business features
Attending meetings learning the art of negotiation best practice for using our systems
Learning the core fundamentals of sales including working to targets and deadlines
You will be paired with a Senior Account Manager who will coach & mentor your development over a sixmonth period at which point you will graduate to become an independent team member. Your initial focus will be on new business development and then you will progress to account managing these businesses.
This is a challenging role with longer term leadership potential for the right person. You will be given the support you need to grow while challenging yourself and developing your own skills. Youll also spend time in other departments across the company learning different skills and gaining insight into the overall business.
Skills
Wed love to hear from you if you are:
- Passionate about the hospitality industry & discovering new experiences
- Degree educated with a firstclass or 2:1 honours classification in a businessbased discipline
- Newly graduated or have up to two years professional work experience
- Intelligent confident personable and responsible with bags of enthusiasm and ambition
- A quick learner & good listener with the ability to take instruction and work independently
- Comfortable using different systems and savvy enough to learn/find out what you dont know
- Preferably have a full clean driving license and be excited about the opportunity to explore all the untapped experiences across the cities we work with
The recruitment process
If we progress your application the first stage will be a short oneway video interview to find out a little more about your experience then candidates who are shortlisted from this will be invited to an inperson interview at our Glasgow HQ.
If you progress to the final stage you will be asked back for a second interview/graduate day with some inoffice tasks designed to give you a flavour of the type of things you would be doing in the role.
We expect the full interview process to take around 48 weeks (for candidates who complete all three stages)
The salary and benefits package:
- Starting base salary of 28k plus commission
- Private Health Care
- Salary exchange smart pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- 15 itison discount & 50 discount in all itison owned venues
- Learning grant
- Paid company socials
- Onsite gym and lunchtime Pilates classes
- Enhanced maternity/paternity
- Holidaybuy scheme
- Duvet days and Summer school/Winter school (our equivalent of flexitime)
- Birthday day off
- Charity day paid time off to volunteer for a charity of your choice
- Fantastic work unending fruit bowl cereal bar and full bar setup on the office for Friday Prosecco or a healthy drink if preferred
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
