Display Advertising Sales Manager

London, Clerkenwell, United Kingdom
Full Time
Experienced
Consumer & Countryside Portfolio – up to £45,000 doe + Bonus + Excellent benefits

Redactive Media Group is the UK's leading membership content and publishing services agency and an employee-owned business. 

We create award-winning multimedia content that creates meaningful engagement for our clients with their members and prospect audiences. Our work spans magazineswebsitesvideo, podcasts, events and more.

Seeking talented, experienced sales leader to manage successful team:
You will have heard of many of our clients, as we hold publishing and advertising sales contracts with some of the biggest professional membership organisations in the UK including: The National Union of Teachers, The British Psychological Society, The Chartered Institution of Engineering and Technology, The Royal College of Midwives and The British Horse Society, as well as over 40 further clients in the B2B and consumer space. 

We require an experienced display / creative advertising sales manager who will lead our growing Consumer & Countryside division, motivating staff to hit targets. We need someone who enjoys generating revenues from key accounts and developing new business, as the successful candidate will have personal sales responsibility for at least one title, a wider agency brief to bring in non-core sales across the Consumer & Countryside brands, as well as a remit for global digital and potential print sales across the full Redactive portfolio.

We want you to continue to develop the commercial success across market-leading titles, including the official magazines of: The National Education Union, The University of the 3rd Age, British Horse Society, Country Land and Business Association and RSPCA. This portfolio mainly covers print with some digital inventory on these titles.  

Managing a team of 4, the sales manager will maximise revenues and develop the product offerings for these official publications. With extensive agency sales experience and contacts, you will demonstrate a strong track record in delivering new business from target accounts.  A strong understanding of the publishing industry, especially the role of contract publishers, and ability to develop relationships with our publishing partners are required to succeed in this role.

You will be able to demonstrate previous success in delivering the following:
  • Sales management experience with a proven track record in media sales, including high value and multi-platform packages
  • Strong understanding of the publishing industry, ideally with sound knowledge of at least one of the key sectors (equestrian / countryside) outlined above
  • Experience in and understanding of:
    • Recruitment and selection
    • Budgeting/targeting
    • Planning for success
    • Coaching and development
  • Good communication and influencing skills
  • Solutions orientated mentality
  • Excellent time management skills with the ability to deliver projects within deadline
  • Ability to respond to pressurised situations
  • Command of all basic IT skills and knowledge of digital stats, platforms etc

Why work for Redactive?
Redactive is employee owned. Our 120 people are engaged in delivering creative work for clients that delivers results and have the potential to share in the rewards of our success. We are warm, vibrant, talented, creative and diverse in every sense. We focus on quality of output and delivering the best service for our many clients across the professions, and we win stacks of awards as a result.

Our diverse sales force has over 35 staff, many have been with us for over 10 years due to continual development (we have a bespoke sales training programme), an achievable and uncapped commission scheme that really rewards great delivery, a culture of progression and inclusion, great internal support, and collaboration, as well as thriving social culture. As an Employee Owned Trust, all staff are committed to and working towards achieving our annual budgeted position so we can benefit from an annual EOT employee bonus.

We have a modern and bright office in London’s design district (Clerkenwell) and a fair and considerate home/office working policy. We offer a competitive pay and benefits package including 25 days' holiday a year increasing after two years’ service. Most importantly, we take pride in doing good work and we celebrate that with a number of all company events throughout the year. 

We aim to attract a diverse mix of people who have fresh, creative and challenging ideas.

If you are looking for an exciting place to work which offers great benefits and strong career progression opportunities, please check out our website www.redactive.co.uk for more information on our success and culture.

You can apply with a covering letter and CV through our website: www.redactive.co.uk.join . Interviews will commence as soon as relevant candidates apply, so prospect candidates are encouraged to make an early application.  

NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA TO HAVE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING IN MEDIA SALES MANAGEMENT POSITIONS WILL BE IMMEDIATELY REJECTED.

 
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