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Job Title: Business Development Manager – Events & Exhibitions

Location: Kolkata

Employment Type: Full-time

Department: Business Development

Experience: 4–8 years

About IdeaStory Experiences

IdeaStory Experiences is a Kolkata-based event and experiential solutions company specialising in corporate events, exhibitions, conferences, brand experiences and large-format productions. We work with organisations to transform their ideas into professionally planned and executed experiences.

Job Description

We are looking for a confident, commercially driven Business Development Manager to acquire new clients and develop long-term business relationships.

The candidate will manage the complete business-development cycle—from identifying opportunities and meeting prospective clients to preparing proposals, negotiating commercials and closing business.

Key Responsibilities
- Generate new business opportunities
- Build relationships with prospective and existing clients
- Conduct client meetings, presentations and follow-ups




- Understand client requirements and develop suitable solutions
- Coordinate with internal teams for proposals and quotations
- Negotiate commercials and close profitable business
- Maintain an organised sales pipeline and regular reports
- Ensure proper handover of confirmed projects to the operations team
- Develop repeat business from acquired clients

Eligibility Criteria
- 2+ years of experience in B2B sales or business development.
- Experience in events, exhibitions, experiential marketing, advertising, media, hospitality, MICE or related industries preferred
- Demonstrated ability to acquire current clients and close business
- Strong communication, presentation and negotiation skills
- Good commercial understanding and client-handling ability
- Self-driven, organised and comfortable attending client meetings
- Working knowledge of CRM and sales reporting preferred
- Fluency in English and Hindi;
Bengali will be an advantage
- Will

📌 Corporate Events and Exhibitions Business Development Specialist (Kolkata)
🏢 IdeaStory Experiences
📍 Kolkata