Agency Account Manager

Bauer Media Outdoor; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Bauer Media Outdoor seeks an Agency Account Manager in London to drive agency revenue through strategic media sales. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in media sales, excellent communication skills, and the ability to foster long-term relationships to meet revenue goals. This role offers flexible working, a competitive salary, and attractive benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working

33 paid holidays including bank holidays

Company Pension Scheme matched up to 8%

Healthcare Cash Plan

Life Insurance and income protection

Cycle to work scheme

Travel/Season ticket loans

Qualifications

• Experience as an Agency Account Manager or Account Executive.
• Confident communicator at all levels.
• Ability to develop agency contact networks.

Responsibilities

• Forecast agency revenues and communicate to management.
• Maintain detailed agency account plans.
• Manage senior personnel contact in agencies.
• Present engaging business arguments.
• Deliver on commercial revenue targets.

Skills

Media Sales Experience

Relationship Building

Forecasting

Job description

Bauer Media Outdoor is one of the UK’s leading Out of Home media owners and infrastructure companies, with more than 33,000 advertising sites in our portfolio. Our talented team of over 600+ people work in 14 locations across the country, creating and delivering some of the most memorable advertising campaigns in the UK.

At Bauer Media Outdoor, our mission is to Create the Future of Media, transforming our estate to the benefit of all our stakeholders, through data-driven innovations and infrastructure. Our purpose is to provide both A Platform for Brands & A Platform for Good, delivering on advertisers’ media objectives whilst having a positive impact on the world around us.

About the role

As an Agency Account Manager, you will play a pivotal role in achieving our agency revenue targets through a planned and strategic sales approach. You will articulate the role and power of OOH (Out of Home) media, pitching the unique attributes and effectiveness of Bauer Media Outdoor to your agency clients. Your focus will be on fostering enduring business partnerships that deliver measurable results for advertisers.

What you’ll be doing

• Accurately forecast agency revenues & communicate to your line manager
• Maintain detailed agency account plans to ensure an informed & targeted sales approach
• Manage upward to coordinate effective senior agency personnel contact in your agencies
• Be highly visible in your agencies through regular face-to-face meetings & other planned events
• Present concise, insightful & engaging business arguments which influence media choices
• Align effectively with trading & marketing counterparts to establish shared sales strategies & progress deals from pitch to booking
• Ensure all pitches respond to established advertiser objectives
• Regularly deliver on commercial revenue targets and KPIs

Who are you?

You’ll be confident in your role as an Agency Account Manager or Account Executive, with experience within media sales. You’ll be comfortable communicating with people of all levels and developing an agency contact network.

What’s in it for you?

Our people are bonded by humility and a commitment to challenge the status quo. We offer a great team to be part of, a home for your individuality, as well as a place to bring fresh ideas and grow. We have a fun and informal culture while being a future-facing business that wants to make a difference. So, bring your shape to us.

• Salary DOE
• Upto 25% OTE Commission
• Flexible working (generally 3 days in our offices and 2 days at home)
• 33 paid holidays including bank holidays
• Company Pension Scheme matched up to 8%
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Life Insurance and group income protection scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Travel/Season ticket loans and a host of discounts across retailers

At Bauer Media Outdoor, we are committed to treating everyone with fairness and respect, regardless of race, gender, age, ethnicity, background, sexual orientation, disability, or any other differences. We foster an inclusive environment where you can be yourself. We support reasonable adjustment requests from candidates and employees. If you're interested in joining us to shape the future of out-of-home media, we'd love to hear from you.