Sponsorship Marketing Manager at Questex

An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Sponsorship Marketing Manager  

This is a hybrid role based in London, UK, requiring three days in the office and two days remote, and candidates should be based in or around London.

Who are we?  

At Questex, you can make an impact by helping suppliers and buyers connect more efficiently and effectively. Questex is a leading global events, media, and business information company, yet we are still a place where your voice is heard, and your ideas are appreciated. So, you can make an immediate difference in our success while advancing your career. 

Questex drives business forward through a rich engagement platform centered on leading events and surrounded by data insights and digital communities.  

 Check us out here: www.questex.com 

Questex is seeking an energetic, innovative, and tactical marketing professional to join our Operational Real Estate & Travel events team. The Sponsorship Marketing Manager plays a critical role in driving the success of our global event portfolio through strategic marketing campaigns that elevate sponsorship visibility, generate qualified leads, and support commercial goals. This role will oversee the planning and execution of integrated marketing initiatives across our premier hospitality and travel events — including IHIF EMEA & ASIA, NYU IHIF, AHC, R&R Hospitality Forum, GMITE, and ULTRA Summit — ensuring alignment with business objectives and audience engagement strategies.

As our Sponsorship Marketing Manager you’ll support Questex’s success by:

• Developing and executing targeted sponsorship marketing campaigns to drive awareness, engagement, and lead generation across global events.
• Creating compelling sponsor messaging and assets tailored to different stages of the sponsor journey (pre-event, onsite, post-event).
• Generating high-quality marketing-qualified leads (MQLs) for the sales team through campaign planning and execution across email marketing, website UX, social media, advocacy marketing, PR, etc.
• Working with the sales team by providing appropriate tools, materials and presentations that help them to meet their sales objectives, including sponsorship brochures/prospectus’
• Working with internal design team to ensure all marketing communications on all platforms are in alignment with brand positioning.
• Working with COE (Centre of Excellence) performance marketing team to achieve best practice marketing.
• Aligning closely with sales to support pipeline nurturing through timely, relevant, and personalised sponsor communications.
• Optimising marketing automation and CRM systems to improve targeting, segmentation, and reporting to sponsorship prospect audiences.
• Aiding sales retention and audience engagement through supporting the fulfilment of sponsor contracts.
• Traveling and attending events and/or meetings required.

Your Experience and Education include:              

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 3-5 years of B2B marketing experience (ideally in events and media space). Event and/or entertainment technology experience strongly preferred.
• Proven project management and excellent time management skills are required.
• Quick learner of new technologies, tools and processes with ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, high-growth work environment, while managing numerous projects under tight deadlines.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Preferred experience in HTML, Adobe Photoshop and with marketing automation software or email service providers.
• Strong knowledge of the entre Microsoft Office Suite (specifically excel)

Who you are as a Team Member:   

• You proactively seek to adopt and implement diversity into your work, including valuing diverse backgrounds, experiences and thinking. You also embrace creating and nurturing a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging. 
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.  
• Strong team player and ability to work well with others. 

Why Apply?   

• Why we are here:  Helping people live longer and live better by focusing on the Experience Economy.   
• What we do:  We connect buyers and sellers.   
• How we do it:  Easy to work with. We deliver superior results. Provide world-class experiences.   
• Our DNA is our guiding principles:  Collaboration, Honesty & Transparency, Curiosity, Growth, Fun, Purpose Driven   

OUR CULTURE   

At Questex, we listen to each other and to our customers. And we have fun in a fast-paced, vibrant and supportive environment. We’re big on ideas, not on rigid processes, rules or org charts. We know that life can be unpredictable, so we’re flexible and adaptable to change.    

YOUR INITIATIVE   

At Questex, you will join a fast-growing company of bright and ambitious but easygoing people from a diversity of professions, experiences and backgrounds. We keep it real. Like to take the lead? Go for it! We encourage innovative thinking and action. Whether you like to create things, manage things or sell things, you can make your mark at Questex.   

OUR REWARDS/WHAT WE OFFER   

Questex celebrates the contributions of every member of our team by providing a dynamic and caring work environment, competitive benefits package designed to ensure our employees physical and mental health are top priority.

The expected salary for this position ranges from £45,000 –£50,000. Salary offers are based on a broad scope of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, licensure or certifications obtained. Market, geographic and organizational factors are also considered.

DEI Mission:

Our mission is to create inclusive experiences and opportunities for all, empowering individuals and communities, ensuring that everyone can see themselves represented in our offices, virtual spaces and our work.

With offices in Washington D.C., Singapore, and United Kingdom and a grand span of remote locations in the US, we are always on the lookout for talented people to join our team. 

Questex is an Equal Opportunity Employer –Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation/ Gender Expression/Age/Military or Veteran Status/Citizenship Status, or other protected characteristics under federal, state, or local law.