Audio Account Director

Bauer Media; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company in London seeks a dynamic Audio Account Director to join their Advertising team, focusing on driving airtime and creative partnership revenues. The role involves collaborating with various departments to implement customer strategies, ensure high profile and quality presentations of Bauer brands, and develop new business. Candidates should have significant experience with media agencies, strong industry contacts, and a genuine passion for audio. This position offers flexible working and additional benefits.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays and volunteer days

Access to Bauer Academy for development

Enhanced parental leave pay

Flexible working options

Responsibilities

• Deliver market beating share of airtime and creative revenues.
• Develop new business and retain existing business across display and creative.
• Drive brand count across the agency territory.
• Evangelise audio Bauer proposition within hub agencies.
• Ensure Bauer brands are presented and understood.
• Gather insight from agency to deliver creative solutions.

Skills

Experience with network media agencies

Strong contacts across media agencies

Genuine knowledge of audio and brands

Understanding of broadcast and digital media

Experience with sponsorship/partnership deals

Understanding of agency trading deals

Consultative sales approach

Job description

About the Role

We’re looking for a dynamic Audio Account Director to join our Advertising team within the GroupM hub. This role will focus on the Essencemediacom patch with equal responsibility for driving both airtime and creative partnership revenues.

Working closely with the Commercial Director, Audio Group Head, Group Client Leads and Creative Strategists you will ensure that the Customer Strategies and Creative Process are implemented effectively.

Location: London Hybrid (2 days in London office)

What You’ll Be Doing

• Deliver market beating share of airtime and creative revenues.
• Develop new business and retain existing business across display and creative.
• Drive brand count across the agency territory improving our conversion rate of creative pitches.
• Evangelise audio Bauer proposition and positioning our brands and audiences through engagement pieces within the hub agencies.
• Ensure that our profile and traction with hub agencies is consistent and high quality.
• Ensure Bauer brands are regularly presented and clearly understood with all new developments communicated.
• Ensure full understanding of partnership briefs successfully informing our response.
• Gather insight from agency to deliver best in class creative solutions.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience of working with network media agencies at a mid‑level.
• Strong contacts across media agencies predominantly in partnership and AV investment teams.
• Genuine knowledge of and passion for audio and our brands.
• Strong understanding of the broadcast and digital media marketplace.
• Experience of creating and landing big ticket sponsorship / partnership deals.
• Strong understanding of agency trading deals and mechanics.
• A proven consultative sales approach.

About Bauer Media Group

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities magazines to TV listings to food and special interest we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family‑owned in the 5th generation Bauer Media focuses on the long‑term with a consumer‑first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people’s everyday lives.

What’s In It For You

• You’ll have 25 days holiday bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
• Your development matters so access to our internal training provider Bauer Academy is a huge win.
• We have enhanced Maternity / Adoption Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
• You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working.
• And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here.

We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That’s why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin colour and disability.

We are actively recruiting for this position so the job advert may close earlier than expected.

If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process please email us – we would love to hear from you.

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