Solutions executive

Hachette UK; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK media organization is looking for a Solutions Executive. This role provides sales support across various advertising products, enabling deeper customer engagement. Ideal candidates should possess strong administrative skills and a keen interest in the media industry. This position offers a starting salary of £28,000 and focuses on training and development within a diverse working environment.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Private healthcare

Life cover and income protection

Enhanced parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Enjoys learning new skills and working in a fast-paced environment.
• Interested in advertising and the media industry.
• Able to multitask and work to tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Administer various sales team activities.
• Coordinate briefing meetings and advertising bookings.
• Analyze market data to provide competitive insights.

Skills

Strong administrative skills

Attention to detail

Good numerical skills

Adaptability and flexibility

Responsible and accountable

Job description

Closing date for applications: 6pm, Sunday 30th November 2025

Starting salary:£28,000

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’re looking for a Solutions Executive to join our award winning advertising team for a 12 month fixed term contract or internal secondment!

Solutions Executivesprovide sales support to our advertising team, across all advertising products (print, digital and podcast), to enable them to spend more time with customers. As you will have the opportunity to support the team across the entire sales process, this is the perfect opportunity to learn the foundations of how to sell, from how to prepare material for pitches to writing and presenting campaign management reports.

About the role

• Administrationof various processes related to the sales teams activities
• Coordinatingbriefing meetings and advertising bookings
• Researching the media marketplace reading trade press and relevant business press to increase your understanding
• Analysing market data to provide competitive insight to arm the sales team with a view on the market
• Reporting, produce a monthly analysis with insight and commentary showing what our competitors are doing well and where there are opportunities for us
• Identifying leads and sharing with the sales team insight into where our customers are advertising across competitor titles
• Presenting pitches and Post Campaign Analysis to smaller clients with support from the Sales Support Lead.

About You

• Enjoys learning new skills and working in a fast paced environment
• Interested in advertising and the media industry and keen to learn more
• Loves working in an environment that is values driven and customer focused
• Strong administrative skills and attention to detail
• Able to multitask and work to tight deadlines, often with short lead times
• Adaptability and flexibility
• Good numerical skills and comfortable working with data
• Responsible, accountable, acts with integrity
• Proactive, able to work on own initiative whilst being a strong team player

It’s not essential that you meet all of the requirements above, so if you’re interested in the role and feel you have some of the relevant skills, then we would still encourage you to apply!

We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people at the Guardian. 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 BAME candidates and those from other groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.

At the Guardian, many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.

Please include in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

How to Apply

Please upload a copy of your latest CV. You don’t need to provide a covering letter but we would like you to share your responses to the following two questions:

• Why are you interested in the Solutions Executive role?
• What interests you in Guardian Advertising?

Don’t worry we’re not looking for an essay response, we’d like you to share roughly a paragraph (the suggested word count is 100-200 words per paragraph) for each question as part of the application process. Please provide your responses to our questions on one document and upload it along with your CV as part of your application.

All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply. It is important to us that you feel supported and comfortable throughout your recruitment process, in order to perform your best. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to help your application, this includes providing documents in accessible formats or personalising the process to better support your needs. Please contact Karen at [e-mail] to discuss further so we can work with you to support you through your application.

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.