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Business Development Manager

Klock Events, Washington, DC, United States


Klock Events | Corporate Meetings & Live Events

Hybrid | East Coast | Light Travel (Depends on Lived-In Location)

Klock Events is hiring a Business Development Representative to generate qualified meetings and build a pipeline for our corporate meetings and live events division. This is a performance driven outbound role focused on disciplined activity, quality conversations, and measurable contribution to revenue. You are not the closer. You create the opportunity and set the appointment. We are open to candidates from the entire east coast.

Services you're broadcasting include live events, technical production, event coordination, and entertainment activations.

What You Will Do

Build and execute outbound outreach across phone, email, LinkedIn, and referrals

Research target accounts and economic buyers

Book and confirm qualified sales meetings

Maintain clean and accurate CRM data in HubSpot

Leverage LinkedIn Premium, Sales Navigator, and AI tools

Consistently exceed activity and meeting benchmarks

Collaborate with sales leadership to refine messaging and targeting

Target Performance

10 fully qualified meetings held per week

Experience

2-3 Years of B2B sales successful track record

Meeting and event experience is a plus

Experience prospecting into mid-to-enterprise level organizations

Compensation

Commission on Self-Generated Activities

High-Performer Target Earnings $95,000 - $110,000

Health Coverage

401k, 4% Match (After 12-Months)

Cell Phone Reimbursement

Must meet all 5 criteria:

Decision maker or economic influencer present

Budget aligned at $50K+

Defined business need

Paid monthly through commission.

Tier 2: Strategic Future Pipeline Meeting (Annually)
These are meetings that do not fully meet qualification criteria yet, but are still:

The right company

The right industry or brand alignment

Credible long-term opportunity

Confirmed by sales as worth the time

Examples

Budget not finalized yet but likely future event

Timeline is 12–18 months out

Buyer not present yet but pathway to buyer is established

How Tier 2 Is Handled

Does NOT count toward weekly 10 qualified meeting target

Annual Strategic Bonus
If Tier 2 meetings convert to Tier 1 within 12 months:

Please submit resume with a cover letter answering these following questions:

Describe your previous outbound volume and your average weekly meeting output. Be specific with numbers.

Walk us through how you determine whether a meeting is truly qualified before handling it to sales?

Have you prospected into mid-to-enterprise organizations before?

How do you maintain activity and energy when response rates are low?

Describe a time you booked a meeting that wasn't immediately qualified but later turned into a significant opportunity.

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