Graduate - Client Sales & Service Assistant

Martin Randall Travel - the UK's leading specialist in expert-led cultural tours - is looking for a bright, energetic graduate to join our Client Relationship Team. This is a graduate-level role that blends genuine client care with confident, consultative selling: from a client's first enquiry through to a confirmed booking, you'll build relationships and actively champion our programme of tours, festivals and events.

It's a busy, varied position at the heart of the business and an outstanding grounding in how a specialist travel company works - ideal for a sharp, hardworking graduate who wants real responsibility early and the drive to turn interest into bookings.

The role:

• Front-line response to inbound enquiries, offering clear, knowledgeable advice across our full programme.
• Proactive outbound contact - by phone and email - to clients and prospective clients, championing our tours, festivals and events and converting interest into bookings.
• End-to-end ownership of client requests, from receipt through to fulfilment, coordinating closely with suppliers for accuracy and timely delivery.
• Following up leads and turning enquiries into bookings through confident, well-informed conversation.
• Checking availability, confirming bookings, and recommending suitable upgrades and alternatives.
• Building strong supplier relationships to maintain a consistently high standard of service for our clients, when supporting them on their special request

What we're looking for - essential:

• Excellent written and spoken English, to a high professional standard.
• Bright, articulate and confident - on the phone and in writing - and comfortable initiating contact with clients.
• A degree, or equivalent experience.
• Strong organisation and follow-through: able to manage and prioritise multiple requests and deadlines with excellent attention to detail.
• Quick to learn, self-motivated and high-energy, and happy working both independently and as part of a small team.
• Good computer literacy, including Microsoft Office - particularly Excel.
• A genuine interest in the arts: classical music, art, architecture or archaeology.

Desirable:

• Some office, sales, customer-service or events experience - around a year is ideal, but we'll happily consider strong graduates without it.
• A second language.

What we offer:

• Salary: £26,000-£30,000
• Pension contribution, healthcare and travel opportunities, museum membership, training and development opportunities and travel insurance.