Account Executive
- Recruiter
- Reach plc
- Location
- City of London, London, England
- Salary
- Competitive plus company benefits
- Posted
- 07 Sep 2018
- Closes
- 02 Oct 2018
- Ref
- 0000000513
- Contact
- Reach plc
- Sectors
- Sales, Media Sales
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
We have an opening within our Solutions division for an Account Executive to join our team here in Canary Wharf.
Trinity Mirror Solutions is the team that brings together Reach Plc's editorial output with media agencies and clients, to collaboratively create strong connections between our valuable audience, content and advertiser brands.
Our role is to connect our advertising customers with 'Modal Britain', the mass majority audience that we best represent, entertain and inform, and on whose behalf we campaign.
Our creative approach enables us to develop tailored marketing solutions that utilise our unique National and Regional, Print and Digital portfolio of media products. Our solutions span many influential news brands which together reach 1 in 2 adults in the UK every week.
This position is ideal for a highly efficient and career driven graduate looking to start their career in media sales.
We are Reach because it's what we do.
Every day our newsbrands - national and regional, in print and online - reach millions of people up and down the country. We are the UK's largest news publisher, with influential national newsbrands such as the Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Sunday People, Daily Record, and more than 100 distinguished regional titles.
Our brands have a long heritage of being trusted sources of news and information, with our editorial conviction and high standards of journalism providing audiences with timely information and opinion across multiple platforms.
Last year we sold 540 million newspapers, and our network of over 70 websites provide 24/7 coverage of news, sport and showbiz stories, viewed by 110m unique browsers every month.
Key Responsibilities
- To support the Account Managers in driving revenues across all areas of the business
- Deliver sales messages effectively to Advertisers and Agencies in the absence of the Account Managers
- To collaborate with and support all areas of our business to drive revenues and profitability
- To adhere to best practice in running of Agency portfolio set out by Account Managers
- Maximise accuracy and minimise administrative errors within day to day running of Agency portfolio
- Ensure a high industry profile of Trinity Mirror Solutions within the UK media marketplace
- Have day to day relationship with Agencies within portfolio
- Support the Account Managers to enable them to develop and retain revenue-influencing relationships with customers, both existing and new
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with Operations, Trading, Finance and other teams within Trinity Mirror Solutions
- Take responsibility for own personal development, including building of PDP and attendance of Power Hours
- Represent Trinity Mirror Solutions positively within the wider Reach business
The Ideal Candidate
- Highly numerate and a clear commercial thinker, able to identify and maximise revenue opportunities
- Organised and efficient
- Ability to build relationships with key agency personnel
- A strong communicator
- An advocate of our culture, personifying Trinity Mirror Solutions principles and behaviours
- High-impact, engaging personality with the energy to effect change and influence outcomes
- Strong working knowledge of the Trinity Mirror portfolio
- Understanding of how Trinity Mirror Solutions products fit into wider UK media marketplace
- Effective operator, gets things done well and with good pace
Package Description
We strongly believe the people we work alongside is one of our biggest benefits to working here at Trinity Mirror Solutions. The sense of community, and working as one team is paramount to our success and employee satisfaction on a daily basis. You will also gain the additional benefits:
- Competitive salary
- 25 days annual leave (excluding Bank Holidays) + option to purchase more!
- Company Pension scheme.
- Access to a whole host of voluntary flexible benefits inc holiday purchase, childcare vouchers, cycle scheme, staff discounts, season tickets & parking loans, discounted cinema and retail vouchers and an employee assistance programme.
- Onsite Gym
- One of the best skyline views of London you can get as your backdrop every day!
We are committed to equal opportunity for all. We may collect relevant data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process. We will be reviewing applications as they are received so please don't delay in submitting your application.