Senior Account Manager

The Guardian; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 30 days + holidays

Pension scheme

Volunteer days

Season ticket loans

Private healthcare

Dental insurance

Job summary

The Guardian is looking for a Senior Account Manager in its Advertising team. You will work with large clients on complex campaigns across Guardian products, setting high standards and expertise within the solutions team.

Join a diverse, inclusive organisation that values training, growth, and flexible working, with a hybrid setup in London and remote days. The role focuses on strategic growth, client engagement, and delivering outstanding campaign solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven customer-facing experience in advertising sales, agency, digital, marketing, product, or communications.
• Experience managing and pitching complex advertising campaigns.
• Strategic thinker with ability to identify and lead initiatives to drive business performance.

Responsibilities

• Manage and provide the best responses to briefs across all Guardian products, ensuring high-quality solutions for clients.
• Build and maintain relationships with publishing and partnership teams to enhance collaboration and post-sales service.
• Host innovative and effective internal briefing sessions.
• Coordinate with internal ad ops and project management teams to ensure smooth campaign execution.
• Grow client spend while maintaining accurate financial reporting and predictive forecasting.

Skills

Advertising sales

Campaign management

Strategic thinking

Job description

Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals, and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.

We are now looking for a Senior Account Manager to join our Advertising team! You will have the opportunity to work with big clients on complex campaigns across all Guardian products, setting a high standard and expertise across the solutions team.

About the Role

• Manage and provide the best responses to briefs across all Guardian products, ensuring high-quality solutions for clients.
• Build and maintain relationships with publishing and partnership teams to enhance collaboration so we can provide the best responses and post-sales service (including PCAs).
• Host innovative and effective internal briefing sessions.
• Coordinate with internal ad ops and project management teams to ensure smooth campaign execution.
• A primary revenue driver, responsible for growing client spend while maintaining accurate financial reporting and predictive forecasting.

About You

• Proven customer-facing experience in advertising sales, agency, digital, marketing, product, or communications.
• Experience managing and pitching complex advertising campaigns.
• Are a strategic thinker with a proven ability to identify and lead initiatives to drive business performance.
• Demonstrates autonomy, proactive troubleshooting and problem-solving skills to address challenges effectively.

We actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.

We operate in a hybrid environment working 3 days a week from our offices in Kings Cross and 2 days a week remotely.

The full job description can be found here.

We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people. We aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve, where our people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard and can contribute to our future. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.

Benefits at the Guardian

• You'll have 30 days of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• Our pension scheme is generous; if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8-12% (depending on your age).
• We believe in giving back, which is why employees are given 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving.
• Season ticket loans are also available.
• You are entitled to private healthcare, life cover, income protection, and eye tests.
• You can also opt in to dental insurance.
• We have enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place.
• We also support our employees by offering an IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy.

Culture and Wellbeing

We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian and we champion diversity of thought. Our various employee forums provide a platform to use their voice to foster an inclusive workplace. We became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.

We offer tools to help you prioritise your wellbeing including access to our employee benefits platform which provides tailored support for health and wellbeing. In addition, we also offer free yoga and pilates classes. These run alongside our corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.

Our canteen has views overlooking the Regents Canal and caters for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Learning and Development

We encourage personal and professional growth. Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions, and we are happy to support the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships.

We value honesty in your application.

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Please review our guidance on the use of AI in your application here.

The closing date for applications is 6pm, Monday 26th October 2026.