Sales Apprentice - Fixed Term Contract 18 Months
Reading/Hybrid
What it's like to work at Landmark:
At Landmark, you'll find a friendly, dynamic, and supportive team that values bold ideas, big dreams, and active curiosity. We foster a culture of innovation, encouraging everyone to contribute to the development and direction of our products and services, while continuously seeking new and efficient ways to work.
Collaboration and sociability are at the heart of what we do, and we take pride in coming together to achieve great things.
We offer a range of benefits to support your well-being and career growth, including:
- Generous Holiday Allowance: 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, with the option of adding up to 5 additional unpaid leave days per year
- Annual Lifestyle Allowance: £300 to spend on an activity of your choice
- Pension Scheme: Matched up to 6% for the first 3 years, and doubled up to 10% thereafter
- Private Health Insurance: Provided by Vitality
- Group Income Protection Scheme
- Charitable Fundraising: Matched funding for your efforts
- Cycle to Work and Gym Flex Schemes
- Internal Coaching and Mentoring: Available throughout your time with us
- Training and Career Progression: A strong focus on your development
- Family-Friendly Policies
- Free Parking
Join us at Landmark and be part of a team that supports your ambitions and growth, both personally and professionally.
The Opportunity
Are you looking to build a successful career in sales whilst gaining a recognised qualification? Our Sales Apprentice opportunity offers the perfect combination of hands-on commercial experience and structured learning.
Working within our Geodata Sales team, you'll help drive business growth by identifying new sales opportunities, engaging prospective customers, and supporting the development of our sales pipeline. You'll gain exposure to Landmark's market-leading geospatial data, mapping and location intelligence solutions, whilst learning from experienced sales professionals who will support your development every step of the way.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing, technology-led business and develop the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to become a successful Sales Executive.
The role will involve:
- Identifying and engaging prospective customers through outbound sales activity
- Qualifying customer requirements and uncovering sales opportunities
- Building and managing a pipeline of qualified prospects
- Supporting marketing campaigns through customer follow-up and engagement
- Arranging customer meetings, demonstrations and discovery sessions
- Maintaining accurate customer and opportunity information within CRM systems
About You
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, motivated and eager to learn. You should enjoy speaking with people, building relationships with personal drive and determination. Experience in a customer-facing environment, CRM systems, or an interest in geospatial, property or technology sectors would be advantageous but is not essential.
You should have/be:
- Eligible to undertake an apprenticeship programme -this will be at level 4
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Good digital literacy, including Microsoft Office applications
- A willingness to learn technical and commercial concepts
- A proactive and positive approach to customer engagement
About Us
Landmark Information Group holds a wide portfolio of market leading Prop-Tech (property technology) businesses that span an incredible range of markets and technology platforms across the sector. We are at the forefront of innovation and thought leadership in the property industry, being a supplier of national property-related data.
We deliver award-winning solutions to estate agency, conveyancing, surveying, lender valuations, land asset management, environmental consultancy, and Government markets. This is a chance to join the business as we make major steps forward in leveraging the latest cloud and large-scale technologies to start bringing together the entire market to a unified platform.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
The Interview Process
- Screening video call via Microsoft Teams with a member of the Talent Acquisition team.
- Ability assessments relevant to the role.
- First-stage video interview via Microsoft Teams with the Line Manager. This will include competency-based questions.
- Personality questionnaire.
- Second-stage interview (in person) at our Reading office with the Line Manager and a member of the People team.