Account Executive

The Guardian; Greater London; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Additional 5 days purchase option

Generous pension with employer match

Volunteer days

Payroll giving

Season ticket loans

Private healthcare

Life cover

Income protection

Eye tests

Dental insurance

Enhanced parental leave policies

IVF and menopause policies

Job summary

The Guardian is seeking an Account Executive to support the advertising team across print, digital and podcast products. You will help prepare pitches, manage bookings and contribute to campaign analyses.

This role offers learning opportunities across the full sales process, from material prep to reporting, with a focus on growth and an inclusive culture.

Qualifications

• Enjoys learning new skills and working in a fast paced environment.
• Interested in advertising and the media industry and keen to learn more.
• Loves working in an environment that is values driven and customer focused.
• Strong administrative skills and attention to detail.
• Able to multitask and work to tight deadlines, often with short lead times.
• Adaptability and flexibility.
• Good numerical skills and comfortable working with data.
• Responsible, accountable, acts with integrity.
• Proactive, able to work on own initiative whilst being a strong team player.

Responsibilities

• Administration of various processes related to the sales teams activities.
• Coordinating briefing meetings and advertising bookings.
• Researching the media marketplace reading trade press and relevant business press to increase understanding.
• Analysing market data to provide competitive insight to arm the sales team.
• Reporting, produce a monthly analysis with insight and commentary showing competitors' actions and opportunities.
• Identifying leads and sharing insights with the sales team.
• Presenting pitches and Post Campaign Analysis to smaller clients with support from the Sales Support Lead.

Skills

Learning agility

Advertising interest

Customer focus

Strong administrative skills

Numerical/data literacy

Multitasking under deadlines

Team collaboration

Job description

Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals, and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.

We’re looking for an Account Executive to join our award winning advertising team.

Account Executives provide sales support to our advertising team, across all advertising products (print, digital and podcast), to enable them to spend more time with customers. As you will have the opportunity to support the team across the entire sales process, this is the perfect opportunity to learn the foundations of how to sell, from how to prepare material for pitches to writing and presenting campaign management reports.

About the role

• Administration of various processes related to the sales teams activities
• Coordinating briefing meetings and advertising bookings
• Researching the media marketplace reading trade press and relevant business press to increase your understanding
• Analysing market data to provide competitive insight to arm the sales team with a view on the market
• Reporting, produce a monthly analysis with insight and commentary showing what our competitors are doing well and where there are opportunities for us
• Identifying leads and sharing with the sales team insight into where our customers are advertising across competitor titles
• Presenting pitches and Post Campaign Analysis to smaller clients with support from the Sales Support Lead.

About You

• Enjoys learning new skills and working in a fast paced environment
• Interested in advertising and the media industry and keen to learn more
• Loves working in an environment that is values driven and customer focused
• Strong administrative skills and attention to detail
• Able to multitask and work to tight deadlines, often with short lead times
• Adaptability and flexibility
• Good numerical skills and comfortable working with data
• Responsible, accountable, acts with integrity
• Proactive, able to work on own initiative whilst being a strong team player

The starting salary for this role is £30,000 per annum.

We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people at the Guardian. We aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve, where our people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard and can contribute to our future. We actively encourage applications from BAME candidates and those from other groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media. At the Guardian, many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.

The closing date for applications is 6pm, Thursday 5th November 2025.

All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply. It is important to us that you feel supported and comfortable throughout your recruitment process, in order to perform your best. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to help your application, this includes providing documents in accessible formats or personalising the process to better support your needs. Please contact Karen on [e-mail] to discuss further so we can work with you to support you through your application.

Benefits at the Guardian

You’ll have 30 days of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days. Our pension scheme is generous; if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8-12% (depending on your age). We believe in giving back, which is why employees are given 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving. Season ticket loans are also available.

You are entitled to private healthcare, life cover, income protection, and eye tests. You can also opt in to dental insurance.

We have enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place. We also support our employees by offering an IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy.

Culture and Wellbeing

We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian and we champion diversity of thought. Our various employee forums provide a platform to use their voice to foster an inclusive workplace. We became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.

We offer tools to help you prioritise your wellbeing including access to our employee benefits platform which provides tailored support for health and wellbeing. In addition, we also offer free yoga and Pilates classes. These run alongside our corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.

Our canteen has views overlooking the Regents Canal and caters for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Learning and Development

We encourage personal and professional growth. Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions, and we are happy to support the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships.