Senior Account Manager

Guardian News and Media Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

London Living Wage employer

Job summary

Guardian News and Media Limited is seeking two Senior Account Managers to join the Advertising team in London. You will manage responses to briefs, build client relationships, and drive revenue across Guardian products.

You will coordinate with internal teams for seamless campaign delivery and lead strategic initiatives to improve business performance. The role operates in a hybrid environment with three days in the office at Kings Cross and two days remote.

Qualifications

• Customer-facing experience in advertising sales, agency, digital, marketing, product or communications.
• Experience managing and pitching complex advertising campaigns.
• Strategic thinker with ability to lead initiatives to drive business performance.
• Autonomy, proactive troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and respond to briefs across Guardian products with high-quality solutions for clients.
• Build and maintain relationships with publishing and partnership teams for collaboration and post-sales service (including PCAs).
• Host innovative and effective internal briefing sessions.
• Coordinate with ad ops and project management teams to ensure smooth campaign execution.
• Drive revenue growth while maintaining accurate financial reporting and predictive forecasting.

Skills

Advertising sales

Agency experience

Digital marketing

Strategic thinking

Autonomy

Problem-solving

Job description

We are now looking for two Senior Account Managers 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 Roles

• 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.

Guardian News and Media is proud to be a London Living wage employer. The minimum salary for any full-time role within the organisation is £30,000 per annum. Salary ranges are dependent on skills and experience.

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.

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

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