Advertising Sales Manager - The Week

The UK Commercial Advertising Sales Team is looking for an ambitious Advertising Sales Manager to take ownership of advertising revenue across The Week.

The Week is one of the UK’s most distinctive and trusted current affairs brands, known for its intelligent, concise and balanced view of the news. With a loyal, highly engaged and influential readership, the brand offers advertisers a premium environment and a strong connection with an audience that is curious, considered and commercially valuable.

As Advertising Sales Manager, you will be responsible for managing and growing revenue across The Week, with a clear focus on protecting its strong print base while also unlocking new opportunities across digital, branded content, partnerships and wider commercial solutions.

As the Advertising Sales Manager for The Week, you will play a key role in driving revenue growth across the brand, with a strong focus on print advertising, digital packages and integrated commercial opportunities.

You will be responsible for managing and growing advertising revenues across The Week, ensuring we continue to maximise core revenue streams while also developing new opportunities across digital, social, email, branded content, sponsorships and partnerships. This role will require a strong understanding of The Week’s position in the market, its client base, its audience, and the wider opportunity to connect advertisers with an intelligent, affluent and highly engaged readership.

Reporting to the Commercial Director and wider cross-functional teams, you will build strong relationships across Planning, Client Success, Ad Ops, Trade Marketing, Insight, Editorial and the wider commercial teams to ensure we are delivering joined-up, commercially strong solutions for clients.

Specifically, you will be responsible for:

• Delivering The Week commercial strategy to drive advertising revenue growth across print, digital and wider commercial solutions.
• Managing a team of sales people, setting clear performance expectations, ensuring accountability for achieving commercial targets, revenue goals and brand growth objectives
• Managing and leading the team day to day, setting clear expectations, supporting performance, and helping individuals develop and grow 
• Tracking and managing performance to consistently meet or exceed monthly, quarterly and annual revenue targets across The Week.
• Providing strategic day-to-day oversight across The Week revenue, supporting senior meetings, RFPs, brainstorms, media plans, campaign execution and troubleshooting, while bringing strong knowledge of the brand, its clients, agencies and market opportunities.
• Delivering exceptional client service, ensuring any issues are resolved quickly and with a high level of care.
• Thriving in a fast-paced, results-driven environment, proactively solving problems, adapting to new situations and managing multiple stakeholders to deliver against revenue targets.
• Focusing on mid-term revenue generation by securing repeat business, annual deals, strategic partnerships and key campaigns, while closely monitoring and managing the pipeline.
• Prioritising the retention and growth of strategic client relationships, while also building new partnerships to deliver net-new clients and incremental revenue each year.
• Engaging proactively with senior-level clients, agencies and partnership teams to develop deep relationships that support both ongoing revenue and new business development.
• Identifying and developing new opportunities for advertisers across The Week’s print, digital, email, social and branded content offering, ensuring the brand is positioned as more than a traditional print advertising opportunity.
• Collaborating cross-functionally with Planning, Insight, Client Success, Ad Ops, Trade Marketing, Editorial and wider commercial teams to identify challenges and opportunities, strengthen workflows and refine the go-to-market approach for The Week.

Experience that puts you ahead of the curve...

• Agency experience, with a strong understanding of the needs and expectations of advertisers looking to reach affluent, intelligent and engaged audiences.
• Strong knowledge across a broad range of advertising solutions, including print, digital advertising, branded content, partnerships, sponsorships, events, video, audio, social, influencers and email.
• Ability to understand the wider media landscape and work collaboratively across teams to identify and maximise revenue opportunities for The Week.
• Proven experience creating and delivering integrated commercial solutions for clients, including high-value partnerships, repeat business and larger revenue opportunities.
• Strong leadership skills, with the confidence and credibility to work effectively with internal stakeholders, senior clients and agency partners.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, with the ability to influence, build trust and clearly articulate commercial opportunities.
• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities at pace.
• Good understanding of print advertising, partnerships, digital media, branded content, premium programmatic advertising, email, social and media planning at a strategic level.
• Ability to support, mentor and motivate others, creating a positive, collaborative and high-performing team culture.

The expected salary for this role is up to £65,000

This is a Hybrid role from ourLondon Padding Office, working three days from the office, two from home

… Plus more great perks, which include;

• Uncapped leave, because we trust you to manage your workload and time
• When we hit our targets, enjoy a share of our profits with a bonus
• Refer a friend and get rewarded when they join Future
• Well-being support with access to our Colleague Assistant Programmes
• Opportunity to purchase shares in Future, with our Share Incentive Plan

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We've got ambitious plans that further build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities – and we're looking for driven people who want to be a part of it!

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