Director of Sales – San Diego (Hospitality & Events)
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Job Location:
San Diego, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Department:
Job Summary
Access Your Potential. Inspire People. Have Fun Doing It.
Were seeking a hospitality-focused relationship-driven sales leader to accelerate growth across California and the West Coast. This high-impact role is ideal for someone who excels at building teams cultivating hotel partnerships and delivering exceptional client experiences.
About the Job
As Director of Sales youll lead a dynamic in-market sales team focused on delivering exceptional solutions for corporate clients. Youll oversee strategic sales growth in the California territory with a strong emphasis on:
- Team leadership and coaching building the next generation of sales talent
- Hotel and partner relationships strengthening local market ties
- Client strategy creating proposals that blend creativity with flawless execution
Youll collaborate with internal creative and operations teams hotel partners and clients to ensure Access continues to stand out as the premier DMC partner.
What Youll Be Doing
- Lead and inspire a regional sales team to meet and exceed revenue goals
- Mentor and coach sellers through structured training shadowing and performance feedback
- Build and deepen hotel and industry relationships through proactive engagement
- Drive new revenue through outbound prospecting relationship-building and strategic partnerships
- Use Salesforce to forecast accurately track KPIs and manage pipeline health
- Partner cross-functionally with creative and operations teams to align strategy with execution
- Model and uphold our Access values: Imagine First Demand Integrity Embody Excellence Always Collaborate Service Obsession
About You
Youre a hospitality-first leader who blends sales acumen with emotional intelligence. You love coaching others building trust and delivering results in a collaborative way.
Must-Haves
- 10 years of sales experience in DMC events or hospitality
- 3 years of sales leadership with a track record of team growth and coaching
- Strong knowledge of and relationships within the local hotel/market ecosystem
- Salesforce fluency: pipeline management forecasting and reporting
- Confidence in client-facing roles especially with hotel GMs and executives
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience expanding into new/emerging markets (e.g. Napa Seattle Portland)
- A warm approachable leadership style especially with newer sellers
- Flexibility for light regional travel
Work Environment
- Location: Must live in San Diego California
- Hybrid: Minimum 3 days per week in office
- Travel: Light regional travel as needed to support clients and partners
Why Access
CULTURE & EXTRAS
- Recently certified as a Great Place to Work 96% of our employees voted us as a Great Place to Work!
- 50 years in the industry!
- Women-owned and women-led
- Fun creative and supportive culture
- Focus on recognition and employee value including annual and quarterly awards
- Paid day off to serve your local community
- Annual all-company retreat to connect learn and have fun together
- Annual qualifier-based incentive trip for top performers (certain departments eligible)
- Regional team outings
- Monthly companywide meetings to connect learn and celebrate wins
COMPENSATION
- Highly competitive total compensation including strong base salary and quarterly bonuses
- Very strong performance-based quarterly commission plans
- 401k with company match (eligible after 1 year up to 4% of salary matched vested immediately
- Monthly cell phone stipend
WORK LIFE BALANCE
- Work from home opportunities and flexibility (including full home office setup)
- Flexible schedule opportunities
- Generous PTO
- Sick days
- 9 full holidays
- 5 half days off prior to holidays to unplug early
- 2 floating holidays off to be used on holidays of your choice
- ½ day Fridays in July & August (based on achievement of goals)
HEALTH WELLNESS AND FAMILY
- Extensive menu of health plans to choose from
- Paid parental leave
- Pet insurance program
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Mentorship program
- Masterclasses in industry/department-specific topics
- State-of-the-art technology platforms and tools including training
- Annual and monthly meeting content that focuses on professional development
Ready to ACCESS your next big opportunity Apply today!
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Access is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination based on race color religion sex (including gender identity sexual orientation and pregnancy) national origin age disability or genetic information. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability you may contact us at
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Crisis Management
- Marketing
- Public Relations
- Fundraising
- Media Relations
- Constant Contact
- Strategic Planning
- Social Media Management
- Team Management
- Public Speaking
- Wordpress
- Writing Skills
About Company
After 50 years of redefining what it means to be a Destination Management Company, we're re-redefining how to transform and elevate events. Like yours.
