Sales Officer for Dinosaur Events & Shows

Sales Officer for Dinosaur Events & Shows

Rentadinosaur Ltd Closing date: Mon, 05 Oct 2026

Artform: Events
Role: Admin, Secretarial & PA
Contract: Contract
London
South East
  • Full time
  • £25k-£30k

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 "> published -

Job Summary

Contract- Freelance | 3–5 days per week – up to 40 hours maximum. 10-month contract with the hope of renewal. Salary - £26k - £30k pro rata based on a 40-hour week and dependent on skills and experience.

Job Description

About RentaDinosaur
We create life-sized dinosaur events that make people stop in their tracks! We're known for our slapstick and educational Dino Shows and quality dinosaur entertainment, with clients including castles, festivals, zoos, museums, shopping centres and more.
We have a very busy home office in Orpington, where you would be based some of the time. Working patterns to be discussed at the interview stage. We also have an office cat, so a lover of cats, as well as dinosaurs, would be preferred!
We're looking for someone passionate about sales, who loves talking to people on the phone, building relationships and getting a buzz from turning an enquiry into a booking. If you're the sort of person who loves to chat, isn't afraid to pick up the phone and has patience and self-motivation and has a talent for turning conversations into new bookings - we'd love to hear from you.

Job Requirements

Essential
Minimum one year's experience in sales, telesales, business development or customer service.
A confident and friendly phone manner
Great communication skills, including written English (without relying on AI)
Someone who's well organised and self-motivated
Knowledge or experience of B2B sales

Desirable
A previous track record of sales success
Experience using and tracking CRM based sales workflows

Job Responsibilities

Chatting with prospective clients (previous and new) by phone, text, email, LinkedIn, plus video calls on Zoom/Teams and the occasional face-to-face visit.
Following up incoming enquiries
Building great relationships with castles, museums, shopping centres, holiday parks, farm parks, event organisers etc - plus schools, theatres for out of season events.
Prospecting for new clients and opening doors to exciting opportunities - including through LinkedIn / Google research.
Keeping track of all sales stages and client communications using our CRM (PipeDrive)
Preparing quotes
Attending trade exhibitions when required
Creating seasonal sales campaigns.
Meeting agreed monthly and quarterly sales targets.

Job Overview

  • Job Title: Sales Officer for Dinosaur Events & Shows
  • Salary: £25k-£30k
  • Hours: Full time
  • Artform: Events
  • Role: Admin, Secretarial & PA
  • Contract: Contract
  • Closing date: Mon, 05 Oct 2026
  • Location:
    London
    South East

How to Apply

Please email [email protected] with the following:
• your up-to-date CV
• Cover letter (essential) explaining why you are ideal for the role - without using AI.
• Your location / first half of postcode
• The length of your commute to Orpington station
• Your availability
• Tell us your favourite dinosaur and why!
• Please include the code SA26 in your subject line.

Please confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

Closing date: Mon 5 October 2026 at 10pm but we reserve the right to conduct interviews and fill the role sooner.