Digital Advertising Sales Manager

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work. The Digital Advertising Sales team is responsible for the successful monetisation and ongoing revenue growth of all digital advertising opportunities at Sky Media. We’re dedicated to growing existing revenue lines as well as outperforming the market in key growth areas such as digital video and social monetisation. We are committed to unlocking the potential of all of our colleagues to help them improve their skills and knowledge base to launch successful and fulfilling careers at Sky! What you'll do: - Reporting to the Digital Sales Controller, the Digital Advertising Sales Manager is responsible for delivering direct online and programmatic revenues, and must successfully navigate, and lead where possible, changes underway in the digital advertising world - Secure Digital revenue generation across Sky’s and Sky partners’ digital estates across web and app - Develop a team of Sales Execs and Assistants to ensure best in class representation and service to our customers in order to maximise digital ad revenues for Sky Media - Out-perform revenue targets - handle pipeline, accurately forecast - Proactively pitch for new revenue from non-spenders and create reactive proposals in response to advertiser briefs, ensuring response to brief is timely, creative, innovative and effective - Run Digital Disputes clearance - being responsible for the revenue line from pitch to payment - Develop market knowledge and sales skills in selling third party platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Apple News and YouTube What you'll bring: - Experience in selling digital advertising solutions such as video, display and social - Experience working with media agencies - Experience in media, online and/or digital advertising industries - A desire to understand future technologies and commercial opportunities - Good understanding of the media planning and buying process - Experience in selling digital advertising solutions such as video, display, social - In depth knowledge and understanding of Online media sales Team Overview Sky Media Sky Media is the advertising sales arm of Sky, offering businesses of all shapes and sizes an exciting array of opportunities on TV, online and on the go. Reaching over 95% of the UK population, Sky Media represents all of Sky’s channels and sites including Sky Sports, Sky News, Sky One, Sky Cinema, Sky Arts, Sky Atlantic and Sky Witness. Sky Media also sells on behalf of a range of renowned broadcasters and channels including Channel 5, Discovery, National Geographic, MTV, FOX, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. 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: We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home. We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process. 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. Why wait? To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.