Sales Manager
External
Access Destination · PhiladelphiaPrepare for this interview
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About the role
As a Sales Manager at Access, you'll drive revenue by qualifying, developing, and closing business opportunities-primarily through hotel partnerships and proactive market outreach. This high-impact, client-facing role requires both strategy and hustle. You will grow our presence in the Northeast while collaborating with internal teams to deliver exceptional events.
Responsibilities
- Act as the local market lead, building and nurturing relationships with hotels, venues, and vendors.
- Generate and qualify new business opportunities through both inbound referrals and proactive outreach.
- Conduct site inspections, sales presentations, and capability briefings for hotel and client partners.
- Collaborate with creative and event production teams to develop strategic, on-brand proposals.
- Own and manage KPIs including sales conversion, market share growth, and referral performance.
- Serve as a trusted partner to national sales and local event delivery teams to ensure exceptional client experiences.
- Advocate for the Access brand and actively grow our presence in Philadelphia and beyond.
- What Success Looks Like
- You're recognized as a go-to expert in the hospitality and events community.
- You consistently meet or exceed sales and conversion targets.
- You've built strong referral relationships with hotels and partners.
- You represent Access with professionalism, creativity, and follow-through at every touchpoint.
- About You
- Brings existing relationships or a strong understanding of the local hospitality and events community.
- A self-starter with 2-5 years of sales experience in a consultative environment-ideally in hospitality, events, or destination management.
- Digitally savvy and organized, with CRM experience (Salesforce preferred).
- Confident working independently in a remote environment while collaborating across markets and hitting sales goals.
- Passionate about the guest experience and confident presenting creative ideas to clients and partners.
- Why Access?
- We're a women-owned, award-winning destination management company with teams in cities coast to coast. For 50+ years, we've been producing high-impact events and experiences for global brands-and we're just getting started.
- Perks & Culture
- Certified as a Great Place to Work - 3 years in a row and counting!
- Women-owned and women-led
- Paid day off to serve your local community
- Annual & quarterly awards program
- Team & Connection
- Annual all-company retreat to connect, learn, and have fun together
- Regional team outings
- Monthly companywide meetings to celebrate wins
- Flexibility & Balance
- Work-from-home opportunities with full home office setup
- Generous PTO, sick days, 9 holidays + 2 floating holidays
- 5 half-days off before holidays to unplug early
- ½-day Fridays in July & August (based on achievement of goals)
Benefits
Additional Information
Access Your Potential. Join us to create and deliver experiences that inspire people, spark connection, and bring imagination to life-while having a lot of fun doing it. We're looking for a Sales Manager to join our team, based in Philadelphia. This role is ideal for a relationship-driven sales professional who thrives in the hospitality and events community and enjoys building business through strong local presence, networking, and partnership development. If you're a natural connector motivated by performance and growth, this could be your next big move.
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