Womens Group Key Account Manager

ITP Media Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ITP Media Group is seeking a dynamic Group Key Account Manager to drive revenue and lead creative, content-led campaigns across its Luxury portfolio in the region.

You will pitch innovative campaigns, manage client relationships, and collaborate with PR, media agencies, and editorial teams to ensure campaign excellence across Harpers Bazaar Arabia, Cosmopolitan Middle East, Grazia Middle East and more.

Qualifications

• Must be educated to degree level or equivalent industry qualification.
• Proven experience selling creative content-led solutions.
• Established network of contacts across key sectors.
• Client-facing across the group portfolio in the region.

Responsibilities

• Drive weekly revenue across the division through proactive pitches.
• Pitch innovative campaigns for a wide variety of clients.
• Exceed revenue targets via high-quality pitching and briefs.
• Deliver week-on-week incremental revenue contributing to targets.
• Develop new revenue by building relationships with partners and clients.
• Manage client lists and liaise with PR and media agencies.
• Create seasonal opportunities and brand franchises for partners.
• Produce high-quality presentations and post-campaign reports.
• Coordinate with editorial groups to align with content standards.
• Stay connected with the local market to identify opportunities.

Skills

Sales

Client relationships

Pitching campaigns

Campaign planning

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Media industry knowledge

Presentations

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Tools

MS PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

The Luxury Womens Lifestyle division is looking for a dynamic Group Key Account Manager to join the ITP Luxury Group commercial team. The candidate will ideate conceptualise pitch plan and execute market-leading campaigns for its commercial partners. The ideal candidate will have robust experience selling creative content led solutions along with an established network of contacts across key sectors. The candidate should have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills in addition to a passion for working across unique projects. This role is client-facing across the groups full portfolio in the region.

The division includes the following brands across all platforms; magazines online social media and events:

• Harpers Bazaar Arabia
• Harpers Bazaar KSA
• Harpers Bazaar Qatar
• Cosmopolitan Middle East
• Grazia Middle East

Requirements

• Driving & managing weekly revenue across the division
• Responsible for pitching innovative campaigns for a wide variety of different clients
• Exceeding revenue targets via professional high-quality pitching and presenting both in response to briefs provided by clients and by proactively developing and pitching new concepts to potential brand partners
• Delivering week on week incremental revenue contributing to the group target
• Driving new revenue across the portfolio by establishing relationships with new partners and clients
• Managing a client list and working closely with PR and media agencies building and maintaining strong relationships in the industry
• Creating seasonal opportunities and brand franchises to increase and diversify opportunities for partners identifying potential for events and activations
• Creating high-quality presentations that bring each pitch to life during the sales process and flawless post-campaign reports
• Working with the Group Key Account Director to ensure client briefs are exceeded and the appropriate editorial teams to ensure all campaign execution reflects overall content / editorial standards and strategy
• Keeping connected with the local scene using professional contacts and social media networks to identify new opportunities in market

Personal attributes and essential skills

• A highly motivated self-starter
• Superb organisational skills
• Driven by exceeding revenue targets
• Perform well in a fast-paced and highly demanding environment
• Deliver weekly incremental revenue across the ITP Luxury Group
• Strong understanding of all media formats and platforms in each brand stable (digital print social events et cetera)
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills
• Desire to invent creative pitches and see through to fruition
• Able to work creatively and efficiently under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Highest standard of accuracy and attention to detail
• Flexibility and a professional approach at all times
• Education: Must be educated to degree level or equivalent industry qualification
• Essential: Proficient in MS PowerPoint Excel Word and Outlook

What we look for in a candidate

ITP Media Group is company filled with individuals as diverse as the subjects we cover. Simultaneously there are common characteristics we all share. To join our team youll want to

• Have a high sense of ownership urgency and drive
• Either have experience at or want to dive head first into a fast-paced digital-first company
• Think BIG
• Have excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Be commercially astute
• Be a team player

Miscellaneous

• Ad hoc projects as required
• Assisting in raising the profile of ITP Media Group and its brands
• Any other reasonable requests from the company directors