Account Manager

TN United Kingdom; Croydon; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Account Manager to drive sales across its prestigious Electronics Weekly brand. This exciting role offers the chance to work with a diverse portfolio, including digital, print, and live events, in a fast-paced and innovative environment. The ideal candidate will thrive on challenges, possess a strong will to succeed, and have the opportunity to contribute significantly to the brand's growth. With a supportive culture focused on personal and professional development, this position is perfect for those eager to advance their careers in the vibrant electronics sector.

Benefits

25 days of holiday per year

Health plan

Life assurance

Discounted gym memberships

Rail season ticket loans

Private virtual GP access

Income protection

Continuous learning & development opportunities

Seasonal flu jabs on site

Summer and Winter parties

Qualifications

• Proven track record of hitting sales targets and KPIs.
• Great communication skills with a strong customer care attitude.
• Self-motivated and ambitious with a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Sell advertising space and sponsorship across the Electronics Weekly portfolio.
• Acquire new customers to generate revenue and increase market share.
• Maintain and grow existing accounts through strong relationships.

Skills

Sales Skills

Communication Skills

Time Management

Customer Care

Self-Motivation

Teamwork

Job description

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Electronics Weekly the UK’s leading website for electronics professionals.

Location:

Croydon, United Kingdom

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

01.05.2025

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Job Description:

• Business : emap
• Brand : Electronics Weekly
• Base Location : Croydon/Hybrid ( 3 days from home, 2 days in the office)
• Employment Type : Full time, Permanent
• Visa sponsorship or remote working are not available

Overview of the company and overall purpose of the Role:

emap is a progressive content, subscription & networking business. We connect influential people and organisations to a high-value network of decision-makers, data and ideas through our industry-leading business to business portfolio of brands.

Our unrivalled relationships with experienced and highly skilled professionals in niche industries are of high value and interest to companies looking to influence and engage decision makers in those sectors. We deliver access to these highly sought-after business professionals through award-winning print and digital content, live events, intelligence services and recruitment solutions.

Electronics Weekly is a market leading brand, having provided exceptional quality content to the electronics sector for over 60 years.

Electronics Weekly engages with senior decision-makers across this fast-changing sector, online, in print and face to face, providing the best news, analysis, best practice and opinion needed by professionals managing billions of spend. Electronics Weekly has a portfolio of commercial marketing and advertising opportunities, with high impact award ceremonies and other events. It is the market-leading digital brand, and its team is well known for providing digital advice across to agencies and clients across the sector.

We are looking for a self-motivated and target-driven Account Manager to work across a portfolio of digital, print, video, content marketing, live events activities and more to help grow the brand and take it forward to the next stage.

The right candidate will have the opportunity to work on exciting new launches and brand extensions as well as core products.

The successful candidate will be able to contribute to the wider business and play a part in the brand’s future development while benefiting from fantastic support, personal and career development.

This is an amazing opportunity for someone looking to advance their skills and expertise in digital media in a fast-paced, dynamic and fascinating industry such as electronics! If you revel in variety, thrive in challenges, love to learn, have a powerful will to succeed and are prepared to work hard to win, then this is for you!

The primary objective of the Account manager role is to sell advertising space, sponsorship and other marketing products across the Electronics Weekly portfolio.

Key elements of this will include:

• Sales on the telephone, email and face to face around the UK and overseas to meet the needs of an international client base
• Acquiring new customers in order to generate new revenue and increase market share
• Selling cross-platform and bespoke solutions to large well-known global PLCs, SMEs and agencies, with a mix of new business development and account management
• Maintaining and growing existing accounts and building strong relationships with those clients through regular contact and very high levels of customer service and care
• Managing the delivery of performance reports back to clients, in particular for digital campaigns in conjunction with the ad ops and email teams
• Attending industry events and shows, both around the UK and overseas
• Developing a strong understanding of the electronics market in order to identify opportunities to expand Electronics Weekly products and sales;
• Sharing client and competitor information and intelligence to the Senior Commercial Manager and other team members.

Key responsibilities:

• Achievement of agreed sales targets
• Increasing new business
• Upselling existing business
• Selling awards, events sponsorships and projects to meet agreed targets
• To learn and establish a solid understanding of the market, products, client needs and competitors to be able to confidently and competently sell the EW proposition and service the needs of customers

Skills and experience:

• Proven track record of hitting targets and KPIs
• Understanding of the typical products in the B2B media industry
• Great communication skills and consultative approach with a strong customer care attitude
• Excellent time management, organisation and a can-do, optimistic attitude
• Self-motivated, money-motivated, honest, reliable, keen to learn & develop, ambitious, hard-working and solutions-orientated
• Team-orientated, with a strong will to succeed and a positive attitude
• Some knowledge of the electronics field is preferable but not essential; however, the ideal candidate will have the drive and curiosity to quickly learn about the industry

Personal Attributes:

• Money-motivated
• Self-motivated
• Ambitious
• Driven
• High energy
• Curious
• High personal integrity
• Trustworthy
• Team player
• Professional
• Careful

Learning & Development:

At emap, we believe that employee learning and development are the key drivers of our success. To ensure continuous growth and meet the ever-changing demands of the workplace, we provide an environment that fosters continuous development for our employees.

Our employees are encouraged to identify their areas of personal and professional development aligned with our strategic areas, including management development, health, safety & wellbeing, sales, events management, marketing strategy, editorial, and information technology . We have a structured framework designed to help equip our employees with the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors to excel in their job roles, contributing to achieving our organizational objectives.

To support our employees’ career development, we have designed specialized programs, as well as other stand-alone role-specific and generic courses, under the emap academy .

This exciting position is a full-time hybrid role. 2 days in the office, 3 days from home. This could change over time depending on business needs.

Benefits: emap is part of Metropolis Group. Together we are committed to providing a happy and healthy place to work, so we offer fantastic benefits and perks to our employees.

• 25 days of holiday per year (with the option to buy or sell)
• Health plan
• Life assurance
• Discounted gym memberships
• Rail season ticket loans
• Private virtual GP access
• Income protection and more
• Continuous learning & development opportunities
• Seasonal flu jabs on site
• Summer and Winter parties
• Work from home during August
• In-house Excellence Awards and other innovation projects