Key Account Executive

at  VisitBritainVisitEngland

JOB SUMMARY

The Key Account Executive will primarily manage the delivery of the ongoing partnership with Transport for London, ensuring we are meeting our contract commitments, delivering to agreed targets, maximising commercial revenue and developing commercial relationships with key high profile national and international global accounts.
The VisitBritain shop on behalf of Transport for London manages the marketing and sales of the Visitor Oyster card product. This is done via the online Transport for London Visitor Shop (Direct to Customer) and through trade and affiliate partnerships (business to business).
In addition, VisitBritain operates as a commercial business via the VisitBritain shop, distributing physical products and attractions tickets to a domestic and global audience to complement their trip to the UK. This requires collaboration with a number of partners who support the distribution.
This will be done firstly, through maximising sales to the website, ensuring we have necessary on- site content and appropriate marketing plans in plan to support sales growth. Secondly the role will be to drive trade (B2B) sales by building good relationship and marketing channels, as well as representing TfL (and VisitBritain) in trade events as required.

JOB DESCRIPTION

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PERSON SPECIFICATION

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Benefits

• Flexible Working – We work to make flexibility a reality, and welcome conversations of flexible working from day one.
• Annual Leave – You will get 25 days annual leave when you join, rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service plus you will get an additional 2.5 ‘Privilege Days’ each year.
• Generous Pension – We have a defined contribution pension scheme with a maximum employer contribution of 11% of the annual salary.
• Enhanced Parental and Family Leave Policies.
• Commitment to Learning – We are committed to developing and supporting learning, and we have a wide internal L&D offer, with on the job learning opportunities, mentoring schemes, and formal training. We dedicate and provide a minimum of 5 days a year for employees to focus on their own learning.
• Bicycle Scheme loans.
• Eye Care Voucher.
• Staff discounts on VisitBritain Shops.

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NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Administration / Corporate Support
Commercial