Senior Agency Account Manager

Dubizzle Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company in Greater London is looking for a Senior Agency Account Manager to drive ad revenue across various channels through strong agency relationships. This role involves managing a portfolio of agencies, co-ordinating pitches, and leveraging audience insights to enhance the sales strategy. The ideal candidate has at least 2 years of experience in consumer publishing or digital advertising and excels in communication and presentation skills. An inclusive workplace with great benefits is offered.

Benefits

Flexible working

25 days holiday plus birthday off

Health and well-being initiatives

Cycle to work scheme

Competitive pension plans

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years experience in consumer publishing or digital advertising.
• Ability to create top quality pitch decks using data and insights.
• Proven track record of driving revenues and achieving performance targets.

Responsibilities

• Grow ad revenue through new commercial opportunities.
• Develop strategic relationships with agencies.
• Co-ordinate and manage pitches for new business.
• Understand audience and data proposition to enhance sales strategy.

Skills

Agency relationship management

Consultative selling

Communication and presentation skills

Understanding of the agency landscape

Job description

Senior Agency Account Manager (up to £43,000 plus commission up to 66%)

Immediate is home to some of the biggest and most loved consumer brands in the UK, including Radio Times, Good Food and BBC Gardeners World magazine. Our trusted, quality content reaches millions of people a month across digital, print, video, podcasts, apps and live events.

We’re the destination for people looking to get more from the things they love. We’re here to inspire, fuel, encourage and educate.

Whether it’s the big things, or the little things; from reaching fitness goals to savouring good food, cultivating outdoor spaces, or enjoying the latest TV sensation – we help bring our audiences joy!

About the role

The Publishing and Agency landscape is going through great transition and it’s an imperative we remain agile and nimble to service our clients and maximise our revenue potential. The ability to provide cross portfolio and cross media solutions is growing by the day as does the need to offer a single point of contact for our clients.

As a Senior Agency Account Manager your core objective will be to develop and grow revenue for new, existing and lapsed advertisers across the Immediate portfolio through the effective management of an agency portfolio. The role will be varied, selling print (display, advertorials & paper-tech), digital (both programmatic and direct display), data (using our First Party Data proposition) social, video, native, advertorials and smaller budget partnerships.

You will be an ambassador of Immediate whilst living and breathing your network of agencies. This will help us increase our agency footprint and create a deep and meaningful proposition.

As a Senior Agency Account Manager, you will:

Personal Agency Portfolio

• Grow ad revenue across multiple lines through identifying and developing new commercial opportunities for advertisers
• Develop deep and strategic relationships with your agencies across all levels and departments including strat planning, planning and buying
• Co‑ordinate and manage pitches for new business and existing clients
• Work closely with commercial teams to identify and establish a key advertiser strategy. Put in place a contact, insight, and opportunity plan for each advertiser across the calendar year
• Minimum of 4 external agency meetings a week

Audience and Product Sales

• Have a deep understanding of our audience and data proposition and be an example to the wider team to help them develop their audience & data sales strategy
• Employ a consultative approach using audience and data to position immediate as a key partner earlier in the process. Moving from activation to planning
• At least 2 years experience in consumer publishing and/or digital advertising
• Ability to cross sell multiple media channels and titles.
• An understanding of the agency and publisher landscape
• Ability to create top quality pitch decks using data and insights to underpin our proposition
• A proven track record of driving revenues individually and as part of a teams whilst working towards a set of pre agreed performance targets.
• Fantastic agency relationships across buying and senior members of planning teams
• Fantastic communicator and presenter with all sized groups and levels
• A relaxed working environment with regular socials including a summer festival
• Supportive well-being initiatives and benefits, talks & workshops, and Mental Health First aiders & Champions
• 25 days holiday plus a day for your birthday. Our offices will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s which are in addition to your annual entitlement
• Tailored training and development through both our inhouse learning platform and LinkedIn Learning
• A progressive and transparent culture focused on your development
• Flexible / hybrid working plus early finish Fridays
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced Family Policies including paternity, adoption and surrogacy leave. We also provide a pregnancy loss, fertility, and carers policy
• Competitive pension plans and Life Assurance
• A newly renovated modern office with lots of collaborative spaces

At Immediate, we pride ourselves on our open, collaborative, and dynamic culture that empowers our people to thrive and give their best. We care deeply about our people, environment, and impact. Our active Diversity & Inclusion network, comprehensive well‑being programs, and clear sustainability strategies reflect this commitment.

People are at the heart of our business and creating a diverse and inclusive working environment is extremely important to us. Immediate is an equal opportunities employer. We’ll never treat anyone less favourably because of their sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, marital/civil partnerships, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief or disability. We’re also committed to supporting applications from those who are returning to work following a career break, maternity leave or caring responsibilities.

Immediate is a place where you can grow, be supported, and make a difference