👉Get free email job alerts!

Groups & Sales Development Advisor, Northamptonshire Arts Management Trust

  •  East Midlands
  •  Â£25k-30k
  •  Full time
  •  Closes May 17, 2026
  •  Sophie Hinds
  •  sophie.hinds@namtrust.co.uk
  • #Theatre

Description

Job Summary

We're recruiting two confident and proactive individuals to join our Sales team, as we focus on growing audiences and strengthening relationships across our venues.

Job Description

In this role, you'll focus on growing group bookings, building relationships, and supporting audiences to engage with a wide and varied programme of work. Alongside this, you'll handle customer enquiries and ticket sales, ensuring a high-quality, welcoming experience for every customer.

This is a varied role that combines relationship-building, customer service and sales, with the opportunity to contribute to how we reach and grow our audiences.

These roles are based across both Royal & Derngate (Northampton) and The Core at Corby. Travel between sites is a core part of the role and an essential requirement.

Job Purpose

The Groups and Sales Development Advisor plays a key role in driving ticket sales and audience growth across Northamptonshire Arts Management Trust's venues.

Working within the Sales team, the postholder will focus on developing group bookings, generating sales through proactive customer engagement and supporting the delivery of sales targets across the programme. The role is responsible for processing ticket bookings and sales enquiries via phone, email and counter where required, ensuring customers receive accurate event information and a high standard of customer service throughout the booking process.

Working within a flexible sales environment, the postholder will actively identify opportunities to maximise ticket revenue, promote memberships and charitable donations where appropriate, and contribute to the effective operation of the organisation's ticketing service across its venues

In this customer facing sales role, the Sales Advisor will provide excellent customer service by ensuring the smooth processing of ticket sales within Northampton Arts Management Trust's Box Office operation. This includes providing information about shows, encouraging charitable donations to the theatre, and creating a welcoming reception environment and courteous point of contact for all visitors.

Job Requirements

Essentials Experience
- Experience working in a sales, ticketing or customer service environment.
- Experience communicating with customers in a busy or fast-paced environment.
- Experience handling customer enquiries via phone, email or in person.
- Experience working towards sales or performance targets.
Essential Knowledge
- Interest in theatre, performing arts or live events.
- Understanding of the importance of accessibility and inclusive customer service.
- Awareness of the importance of accurate customer data and data protection practices.
Essential Skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills when engaging with customers.
- Confidence in promoting and selling products, services and ticket offers.
- Confidence in promoting memberships, donations and other income-generating opportunities during customer interactions.
- Ability to build positive relationships with customers and group organisers.

Job Responsibilities

Develop and grow group ticket sales across the programme, including schools, community organisations and corporate groups.
Build and maintain relationships with group organisers to encourage repeat attendance and increased booking volumes.
Proactively contact group organisers and previous bookers to promote relevant productions and events and encourage repeat attendance.
Identify opportunities to maximise ticket sales through group bookings and targeted customer engagement.
Manage group booking allocations, communications and payment schedules in line with organisational procedures.
Support the delivery of agreed sales targets relating to group bookings and audience development.
Process ticket bookings and sales enquiries via phone, email and counter for productions and events across the venues for which NAMT provides Box Office services.
Provide accurate information about productions, events, pricing and venue facilities to support ticket sales.

How to Apply

Please folow the link on our website and submit a covering letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) detailing your relevant experience, knowledge and skills for the role, along with your CV.

For further information about Royal and Derngate, The Core at Corby Cube and this Groups & Sales Development Advisor role, please see our websites.

Closing Date: Sun 17 May 26 (23:59)
Interviews: Wed 27 May 26

More arts jobs!