, First Orchard
First Orchard is the holding business for Made in the Midlands and Pressvine. All of these businesses were once part of 30 year old newspaper, Business Report. During an intensive diversification process, Business Report was able to invest in other areas outside of print to help stabilise the business and create new revenue streams. Maintaining our strong values and business experience, First Orchard is a unique group of businesses that aims to invest and nurture creative talent. First Orchard Group has 3 offices based in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and London.
Our Values
The businesses within the First Orchard Group work as a meritocracy rewarding achievements of all members of staff fairly. The businesses are non-judgmental and solely focused on ethically creating a prosperous and profitable services that give as much back to society as they take. First Orchard Group employees, customers or suppliers can expect tolerance and understanding in areas of race, religion, sexual preference, disability, mental health, and freedom to choose political ideology. Our mission is one of positive promotion whereby people's passions can be nurtured.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for new, enthusiastic recruits to join our Birmingham based team who wish to progress their career into professional B2B sales. Previous 12 months sales experience is essential for this role ( this includes retail experience ) as well as driving licence and a car as you will be expected to visit clients for meetings. Please make sure that you attach both cv and covering to be considered.
Made in the Midlands
This is a dedicated membership organisation for Midlands industry. Endorsed by leading industrialists such as Lord Digby Jones and George Osborne, we have more than 200 members.
Made in the Midlands has appeared on BBC News and organises major exhibitions and events during the year. With the launch of a new website we are now branching out into new media advertising by creating a linkedin style website for Midlands industry.
Successful candidates would be expected to help us grow the membership and build and manage new members. The job is very rewarding and would give anyone joining our business an opportunity to learn about industry and the local economy in a way that would greatly strengthen their business acumen.
Pressvine
This is an innovative web based public relations app that improves productivity and news coverage for communications teams. We are seeking a tech savvy self starter who has a passion for either PR or technology and who wants to continue their professional development in sales environment. You will develop your own portfolio of clients externally so you will need to be an excellent communicator who is comfortable presenting at board level within blue- chip organisations. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate consistent over-performance in a solution sales role and who has experience of generating their own new business. This opportunity would appeal to those with an entrepreneurial streak, from possibly a fast-paced SME background or a large corporate looking for a more operationally autonomous position. Candidates who possess previous experience working within the public relations and some experience using a public relations software application or selling this type of software commercially will have a distinct advantage. This is a rare opportunity to be part of an innovative market challenger in a role that has the scope to keep an individual challenged, whilst offering the potential for further progression in the company. The business has strong ethical values and for every ten subscriptions sold we donate one to charity.
Please attach both CV and Covering letter in order to be considered.