Client Associate

News Corporation; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Insurance Plans

Paid Time Off

Family Care Benefits

Access to Dow Jones Products

Subscription Discounts

Employee Referral Program

Employee Well-being Support & Fitness

Job summary

Dow Jones is seeking a Client Associate to support the EMEA sales team, coordinating with Client Partners and internal teams to drive revenue across diverse advertising solutions. The role focuses on client communication, proposal prep, and pipeline management in a fast-paced environment.

Ideal candidates are early-career in sales support with strong communication, organisational skills, and a keen interest in luxury and premium media audiences.

Qualifications

• 0–2 years in sales support (early-career).
• Strong interest in media, advertising and integrated marketing solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Support all aspects of media sales activity for designated Client Partners and opportunities.
• Manage day-to-day communication with clients, agencies and internal teams, ensuring deadlines and follow-ups.
• Coordinate print execution tasks, confirming positioning, pulling rates, preparing IOs and sharing booking details.
• Liaise with Ad Services and internal stakeholders to resolve issues and assist with pricing support.
• Maintain Salesforce hygiene: accounts, deals, and pipeline, with director approval.

Skills

Sales support

Client coordination

Pipeline management

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Organized

Tools

Google Workspace

Microsoft Office

CRM platforms

Job description

Job Description:

The Client Associate is a key member of the EMEA sales team, partnering closely with Client Partners to support revenue growth across Dow Jones's portfolio of integrated advertising and partnership solutions, including digital, print, events, audio, video, custom content and broader marketing programs.

This role is designed for a highly organised, commercially minded team player who can help move opportunities forward, deliver excellent client support, coordinate effectively with internal partners and contribute to a high-performing sales environment.

In the EMEA team structure, the Client Associate will focus primarily on sales support, client coordination, proposal preparation, pipeline management and commercial follow-through.

Responsibilities:

• Support all aspects of media sales activity for designated Client Partners, Associate Clients Partners, acting as a reliable day-to-day partner across active accounts and opportunities.




• Manage day-to-day communication with clients, agencies and internal teams, ensuring deadlines, materials and follow-ups are handled accurately in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.




• Coordinate core print execution tasks, including confirming positioning and premium inventory, pulling rates from Print Monty, preparing print IOs, sending print specs, following up on materials, sharing booking details with Print Ops and attaching rate approvals in Salesforce.




• Liaise with Ad Services and other internal stakeholders to resolve creative issues, flags and operational questions, while helping develop proactive solutions, partnership concepts and pricing support.




• Maintain Salesforce hygiene, including account and deal creation, pipeline clean-up and allocation or adjustment requests with director approval.




• Respond to agency and client questions regarding WSJ Barron's Group advertising and create complimentary subscriptions for clients and agency partners when needed.




• Coordinate and prepare client proposals, meeting prep decks and supporting materials for presentations, sales calls and RFP responses when needed.




• Support prospecting and revenue growth by generating new ideas across print & digital, identifying new lines of business and monitoring assigned accounts, competitor activity and market developments.




• Handle key print-related follow-up tasks such as sending e-tears, voucher copies and assisting with print billing communication, print quality disputes or other dispute resolution

Skills & Requirements

• Early-career in sales support - ideally 0-2 years of experience.




• Strong interest in media, advertising, client partnerships and integrated marketing solutions across multiple channels.




• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to interact professionally with clients, agencies and internal stakeholders.




• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities with accuracy and pace.




• Highly organised and proactive, with a collaborative mindset and a willingness to take ownership of tasks and follow-through.




• Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team in a dynamic commercial environment.




• Strong presentation, coordination and project management skills.




• Proficiency with core business tools such as Google Workspace, Microsoft Office and CRM platforms.




• Interest in luxury, business or premium media audiences is helpful, though not essential.

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Insurance Plans




• Paid Time Off




• Family Care Benefits




• Access to Dow Jones Products




• Subscription Discounts




• Employee Referral Program




• Employee Well-being Support & Fitness Programs




• Financial Health Programs




• Cybersecurity Protection

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Business Area: Dow Jones - Media Sales

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world's largest newsgathering operations globally.

Job Category: Sales

It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance and Dow Jones Newswires. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

Union Status:

Union role

Req ID: 54454