Sales Executive, Commerce

JR United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and results-driven team at a leading media organization as a Sales Executive in Commerce. This role is pivotal in driving revenue growth through strategic partnerships and affiliate marketing. You will engage with brands, develop compelling sales pitches, and collaborate with editorial teams to ensure seamless integration of partnerships. The ideal candidate will possess strong negotiation and analytical skills, with a passion for digital media and e-commerce. Enjoy a vibrant workplace culture that prioritizes mental health, diversity, and professional development while working with some of the UK's most engaged newsbrands.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Medical and dental insurance

Childcare schemes

Onsite gym

Subsidised canteen

Life cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted dining cards

Qualifications

• Self-motivated and target-driven with a passion for achieving goals.
• Experience in affiliate sales or digital advertising is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Identify and engage new brand partners to drive revenue growth.
• Manage and optimise affiliate relationships to enhance ROI.

Skills

Affiliate Marketing

Sales Strategy

Negotiation Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Digital Advertising Tools

Tracking Platforms

Job description

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Mail Metro Media is seeking a dynamic and results-driven Sales Executive, Commerce to join our commerce team. This role requires an understanding of digital publishing, affiliate marketing, and performance-based advertising models, such as CPA and CPC. You will play a key role in driving revenue growth by attracting and onboarding brands that align with MailOnline & Metro.co.uk vibrant and diverse audience.

Main Responsibilities

Sales strategy and outreach

• Proactively identify and engage new brand partners, focusing on those whose offerings resonate with our audiences
• Build compelling sales pitches to showcase the value of being featured acoss our publications and how to leverage our data and audience insights.
• Develop and execute strategies to secure long-term partnerships with brands, ensuring alignment with performance-based goals.

Affiliate marketing expertise

• Manage and optimise affiliate relationships to drive revenue through CPA and CPC models.
• Monitor and analyse campaign performance, providing actionable insights to enhance ROI for affiliate partners.

Collaboration with editorial and insights

• Work closely with the commerce editorial team to ensure seamless integration and execution of brand partnerships
• Collaborate with data analytics and insight teams to highlight our audience reach, engagement, and purchasing behaviour.

Market analysis and trends

• Stay up-to-date on digital publishing trends and the evolving affiliate marketing landscape.
• Identify opportunities to innovate and introduce new monetisation strategies that align with industry best practices.
• Provide competitor analysis and market intelligence to inform Metro’s commercial strategies.

Person Specification

• Self-motivated and target-driven, with a passion for achieving and exceeding goals.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Analytical mindset, adept at using data to drive decision-making and optimise performance.
• Understanding of the UK digital media landscape and e-commerce opportunities across websites and social media platforms.
• Experience in affiliate sales, publishing, or digital advertising, with a focus on CPA and CPC delivery models is a bonus.
• Familiarity with affiliate networks, tracking platforms, and digital advertising tools also a plus.

Mail Metro Media is the advertising home of some of the UK’s most engaged newsbrands: Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, MailOnline, Metro, The i Paper, New Scientist and The Telegraph (print products). The team provides a single point of contact across print, digital, audio, video and social, allowing agencies and advertisers easy access to the millions of consumers who engage with dmg media’s brands every day.

www.mailmetromedia.co.uk

Leadership

At the helm of Mail Metro Media are Chief Revenue Officer, Dom Williams, who is responsible for all advertising revenue across our far-reaching portfolio and Executive Director, Digital, Hannah Buitekant, who is responsible for digital operations, data, and indirect revenue. Dom and Hannah are supported by an extensive senior leadership team that boasts a wealth of specialist media knowledge and decades of industry experience.

Why work for Mail Metro Media?

Not only will you be a part of the biggest media organisation in the UK, but you’ll work somewhere that’s dedicated to people and culture. Our people are a top priority - whether that’s supporting mental health, being Disability Confident, accommodating parenthood, providing fitness classes, driving diversity and inclusion, flexibility, or anything else, it matters to us.

Many of our team members work flexibly, in many different ways, including flexible hours or an element of working from home. Please talk to us during your interview about any flexibility you may need - we can usually find a way to make work work for you!

Here are some of the top reasons our people love working for us:

• Collaborate and innovate with the best people in media on a daily basis
• Work in an award-winning team in the fast-paced world of news and entertainment
• Get support in reaching your professional goals through webinars, workshops, mentorship and more
• Get personal support through mental wellbeing, volunteering time off, our menopause policies, a working parents group, our EDI Champions network, and more
• Comprehensive benefits including medical and dental insurance, childcare schemes, a huge range of discounts, enhanced pension contributions and more
• A lively, friendly office complete with a free gym, subsidised canteen and doctor’s surgery (London only)

Get in touch for more information

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are any steps we can take to ensure that your recruitment process is welcoming and comfortable. [emailprotected]

Package Description

Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
• Upon joining you will be automatically enrolled onto the Pension Plan at the minimum level of 5% employee contribution, 3% Company contribution.
• Life cover under the Pension Plan 4x your basic salary.
• DMGT Discounts (for discounts on online shopping, vouchers and reloadable cards)
• Subsidised canteen
• Onsite gym (Northcliffe House only)
• Onsite nurse and GP clinics (Northcliffe House only)
• Our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted dining cards

Plus many other benefits….

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.