Senior Commercial Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media Group

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Introduction:

Our Team:

The Yours Commercial Department is a dynamic team responsible for driving revenue across the magazine through several initiatives, including Reader travel, Reader offers and the Reader events, leveraging the Yours brand and values to drive customer interaction whilst ensuring quality, value and a profitable return.

We are a small team with a strong team ethic, and we are looking for you to bring energy and enthusiasm to the role

The focus of your role:

Within the role you will be asked to service and grow revenue from existing Enterprise partners and identify and onboard new partners.

Day to day, you will be required to ensure good relationships are maintained with all partners,

clients and suppliers.

Your primary brief will be to identify growth opportunities, understand partners' objectives and propose cross-platform campaigns which deliver year-on-year revenue growth from all partners.

To achieve this, you will need to be able to create compelling sales decks and arguments and ensure campaigns are delivered and managed effectively.

Monitoring of partner revenue performance and identifying opportunities for growth is also essential. The role requires regular travel to attend Yours Live events and client meetings.

You will be working closely with enterprise colleagues and editorial, digital and insight teams, creating and submitting pitches. Strong communication skills are vital, as is the ability to work collaboratively as part of a matrix team.

Attention and accuracy are essential to effective delivery.

The role will enable you to develop a wide range of transferable skills and provide an opportunity to develop and widen your sales skills and your account management and strategy skill set.

Role Responsibility:

Liaising with our partners and working across Yours Enterprise initiatives is central to the role.

As a Senior Commercial Assistant, you'll be a crucial part of developing our business, attracting new partners for print and digital, and developing our existing partner portfolio.

You'll be responsible for:

Building trusting relationships with new and existing partners
Identify and develop new revenue opportunities to attract new partners
Monitoring and forecasting revenue from your client base
Working as part of a team to drive strong revenue growth through new ideas and initiatives for Yours Enterprise partners across print and digital, including emarketing, social and the Yours website.
Working closely with colleagues in Enterprise, editorial and partners to spot opportunities for development.

You will assist us in managing and developing new and existing partners, focusing on delivering new revenue growth.

Reporting to the Commercial Director, you will be dedicated, prepared to work hard and show a positive attitude towards challenges.

You'll bring:

Excellent team working skills and can support others in the team as needed.
Confidence in your interpersonal skills.
Strong organisational and time management skills
Reliable attention to detail and ability to accurately forecast
Ability to multitask and work to deadlines
Ability to write and present persuasive presentations
Strong understanding of print, digital, social, data and event marketing opportunities
Creative thinking
Commercial acumen
Proficiency in both Excel, Word and PowerPoint
A positive, selfdriven attitude with the ability to employ initiative

Package Description:

Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.

25 days holiday + bank holidays
Discounted high street vouchers

Internal Bauer Academy

Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development ((4)

Bauer Media Group - Academy:
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Opportunity to buy additional holiday
Company pension
Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)

Thrive initiatives

Wellbeing at Bauer

Flexible Working

We want to make sure that we find the right people to work in our teams, and we know that the traditional 9-5, five days a week doesn't suit everyone.

So, we would love to hear from you if you feel you're a great fit for this role and would like to work flexibly.

If you are the right person for this role, we'll find the right working approach for you.

About the Company:

About Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media Group has become an enduringly successful media corporation by focusing on creating content that matters most to millions of people around the world: from print and online publishing to radio and money-helper services for consumers, as well as sales and marketing services for SMB.

Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer focuses on the long term, with a consumer-first mindset that g