Job Description
Commercial Project Manager
You will be joining the News Broadcasting Commercial team, sitting specifically within the commercial campaign activation team. We focus on delivering award-winning branded content, on-air and podcast campaigns across our full suite of market-renowned brands.
Your Role
This is an exciting opportunity to manage the delivery of branded content, on-air, and podcast campaigns. As our digital offering and revenue expands, you will collaborate with multiple commercial, editorial, and production teams to provide exceptional customer service and delivery.
Day to day You Will
1. Act as the central point of communication between studio delivery, on-air teams, social leads, sales managers, and wider activation teams to ensure effective delivery of all digital and on-air campaign elements.
2. Serve as the point person for all client communications on specific campaigns.
3. Manage production budgets and ensure campaigns are delivered with maximum profitability while maintaining first-class service.
4. Work with digital sales colleagues, activation, and key editorial stakeholders to consistently improve ideation and the delivery of sold campaigns.
5. Contribute to wider team projects and assist other members of the activation team.
6. Mentor junior members of the team.
What we’re looking for from you
7. Proven experience in project management within a commercial sales or media/broadcasting environment.
8. Strong understanding of sales processes and commercial operations.
9. Exceptional organisational and multitasking skills with a keen attention to detail.
10. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.
11. Experience working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
12. A proactive and solutions-oriented mindset, capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously
13. Experience in client-facing roles with a focus on commercial success and relationship management.
News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.
At News UK, we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in-office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements.
Life at News
Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.
We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.
At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.
Benefits
Some of our benefits include:
14. Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
15. Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly in person/ virtual exercise classes
16. ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
17. Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
18. Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
19. Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
20. Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
21. A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
22. Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
23. 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year
We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you to apply for any of our roles please contact us on careers@news.co.uk.
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