Account Manager - Sports Vertical

Future; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sports media is seeking a passionate Advertising Sales Account Manager. This role focuses on selling innovative advertising solutions across various platforms, where exceptional communication skills and a love for sports are essential. Enjoy perks like unlimited holiday and a profit pool bonus scheme while growing in a supportive and diverse work environment.

Benefits

Unlimited Holiday

Profit Pool Bonus Scheme

Opportunities for Professional Development

Qualifications

• Experience selling advertising or similar products is advantageous.
• Ability to build strong relationships and influence clients.
• Good personal time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Selling across print, digital, social, events, and video.
• Managing lead generation and sales pipelines.
• Creating sales material and presentations.

Skills

Sales Ability

Excellent Communication

Negotiation Skills

Team Collaboration

Time Management

Job description

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We are looking for a passionate, positive ambitious salesperson to work as an Advertising Sales Account Manager on our Sports vertical, selling across print, digital, social, events, and video.

Whether you have experience selling advertising or not, you will be a great communicator ready to apply the empathic and relationship-building skills that make you a great salesperson.

You'll be hungry to succeed and love getting your clients excited about being part of the Future Sport portfolio too! With a consultative sales style, you are confident at pitching both in person and virtually.

For someone who loves Sports and Sales, this group of brands is the dream gig! We are global and massive!

The commercial advertising team at Future aims to connect our advertisers with our audiences, building bespoke solutions uniquely tailored to their needs.

We are experts in our markets, and our data-driven expertise and insight sets us apart, as we work with our commercial partners to forge strong relationships and help grow their business.

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve…

• Ability to sell all products & media types (Creative Solutions, Digital, Print, Events, etc) to advertising agencies and clients
• Managing lead generation and sales pipelines
• Excellent sales ability and creating sales material and presentations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Works well as part of a team and independently
• Excellent influencing, objection handling, presentation, and negotiation skills
• Good personal time management

What's in it for you…

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every colleague is eligible to join our profit pool bonus scheme - if Future hits their performance targets all colleagues may receive a bonus.

Internal job family level C7

The expected range for this role is £24,000 - £36,000

This is a Hybrid role from our Bath Office, working three days from the office, two from home

Who are we…

We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it.

Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future

We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!

Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.