Client Partnership Manager (12 Month FTC)

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The Client Partnership Manager role will be to develop and build strong relationships with travel clients directly, and drive revenue for Sky Media.

This will be achieved by getting existing travel advertisers to increase their spend with Sky Media and influencing their product mix across our portfolio. We also expect the Client Partnership Manager to convert new travel advertisers into Sky Media from other mediums (EG Digital, Outdoor, News brands etc).

In addition to driving brand count on our linear channels, we expect the Client Partnership Manager to grow travel spend significantly on our digital platforms over the 12-month period. You are there to influence upstream with clients as a problem solver - helping solve their business challenges and identify new areas to work and engage with clients.

The Client Partnership Manager will also join our colleagues across the wider trading teams to present our travel offering in meetings within agencies.

This role reports into the Travel Controller and will be there to support the Travel Controller in the construction of travel proposals and presentations. There will also be an opportunity to support the Travel Controller at external events where we promote our travel portfolio across Sky Media

This role will require you to be a highly proactive individual with the ability to work independently, manage your own sales pipeline and have a clear focus on driving new revenue.

Your core goal is to grow both travel brand count and travel revenue in order to contribute to the travel target for FY26. This is an exciting new role in a key growth category for Sky Media.

What Success Looks Like:

• Effective client management: Responsible for developing first class relationships within the travel sector
• KPI Delivery - Achieving agreed meeting and revenue KPIs for the travel category in Sky Media
• External Profile - Growing the profile of Sky Media externally with clients, travel specialist agencies and at events

What you'll do:

• Ability to build and maintain client relationships at a Marketing Manager, Marketing Director, Head of Media level
• Deliver incremental revenue directly from client relationships
• Increase consideration and preference for Sky Media's products and capabilities with travel clients directly
• Create proposals for travel advertisers to show how Sky Media can effectively deliver against their marketing objectives

What you'll bring:

• Good understanding of the TV marketplace
• Experience of client direct selling, or examples of
• Creative thinking
• Ability to produce insight-led sales collateral
• Sales acumen and tenacity to hit all KPIs and targets
• Excellent Collaboration skills
• Experience of selling directly to clients or agencie s

The Rewards:

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you'll work:

At Sky, we want to be a community that thrives by being together. Flexible working remains a key part of that. We want our people to have the best of both worlds - time working at home, as well as time in the office.
The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the office per week.

Your office base:

Osterley

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There's also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we've been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we've committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We've also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working .

And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can't wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.