Account Manager

Business: emap

Brand: Electronics Weekly

Base Location: Croydon/Hybrid ( 3 days from home, 2 days in the office)

Employment Type: Full time, Permanent

Salary: £25,000 - £32,000 DOE+  uncapped commission

Visa sponsorship or remote working are not available

Overview of the company and overall purpose of the Role:

emap is a progressive content, subscription & networking business. We connect influential people and organisations to a high-value network of decision-makers, data and ideas through our industry-leading business to business portfolio of brands.

Our unrivalled relationships with experienced and highly skilled professionals in niche industries are of high value and interest to companies looking to influence and engage decision makers in those sectors. We deliver access to these highly sought-after business professionals through award-winning print and digital content, live events, intelligence services and recruitment solutions.

Electronics Weekly is a market leading brand, having provided exceptional quality content to the electronics sector for over 60 years.

Electronics Weekly engages with senior decision-makers across this fast-changing sector, online, in print and face to face, providing the best news, analysis, best practice and opinion needed by professionals managing billions of spend. Electronics Weekly has a portfolio of commercial marketing and advertising opportunities, with high impact award ceremonies and other events. It is the market-leading digital brand, and its team is well known for providing digital advice across to agencies and clients across the sector.

We are looking for a self-motivated and target-driven Account Manager to work across a portfolio of digital, print, video, content marketing, live events activities and more to help grow the brand and take it forward to the next stage.

The right candidate will have the opportunity to work on exciting new launches and brand extensions as well as core products.

The successful candidate will be able to contribute to the wider business and play a part in the brand’s future development while benefiting from fantastic support, personal and career development.

This is an amazing opportunity for someone looking to advance their skills and expertise in digital media in a fast-paced, dynamic and fascinating industry such as electronics! If you revel in variety, thrive in challenges, love to learn, have a powerful will to succeed and are prepared to work hard to win, then this is for you!

The primary objective of the Account manager role is to sell advertising space, sponsorship and other marketing products across the Electronics Weekly portfolio.

Key elements of this will include:

Sales on the telephone, email and face to face around the UK and overseas to meet the needs of an international client base

Acquiring new customers in order to generate new revenue and increase market share

Selling cross-platform and bespoke solutions to large well-known global PLCs, SMEs and agencies, with a mix of new business development and account management

Maintaining and growing existing accounts and building strong relationships with those clients through regular contact and very high levels of customer service and care

Managing the delivery of performance reports back to clients, in particular for digital campaigns in conjunction with the ad ops and email teams

Attending industry events and shows, both around the UK and overseas

Developing a strong understanding of the electronics market in order to identify opportunities to expand Electronics Weekly products and sales;

Sharing client and competitor information and intelligence to the Senior Commercial Manager and other team members.

Key responsibilities:

Achievement of agreed sales targets

Increasing new business

Upselling existing business

Selling awards, events sponsorships and projects to meet agreed targets

To learn and establish a solid understanding of the market, products, client needs and competitors to be able to confidently and competently sell the EW proposition and service the needs of customers

Skills and experience:

Some media sales experience

Proven track record of hitting targets and KPIs

Understanding of the typical products in the B2B media industry

Great communication skills and consultative approach with a strong customer care attitude

Excellent time management, organisation and a can-do, optimistic attitude

Strong administrative skills

Self-motivated, money-motivated, honest, reliable, keen to learn & develop, ambitious, hard-working and solutions-orientated

Team-orientated, with a strong will to succeed and a positive attitude

Some knowledge of the electronics field is preferable but not essential; however, the ideal candidate will have the drive and curiosity to quickly learn about the industry

Personal Attributes:

Money-motivated

Self-motivated

Ambitious

Driven

High energy

Curious

Honest

High personal integrity

Great communicator

Trustworthy

Team player

Professional

Careful

Learning & Development:

At emap, we believe that employee learning and development are the key drivers of our success. To ensure continuous growth and meet the ever-changing demands of the workplace, we provide an environment that fosters continuous development for our employees.

Our employees are encouraged to identify their areas of personal and professional development aligned with our strategic areas, including management development, health, safety & wellbeing, sales, events management, marketing strategy, editorial, and information technology. We have a structured framework designed to help equip our employees with the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors to excel in their job roles, contributing to achieving our organizational objectives.

To support our employees' career development, we have designed specialized programs, as well as other stand-alone role-specific and generic courses, under the emap academy.

This exciting position is a full-time hybrid role. 2 days in the office, 3 days from home. This could change over time depending on business needs.

Benefits: emap is part of Metropolis Group. Together we are committed to providing a happy and healthy place to work, so we offer fantastic benefits and perks to our employees.

25 days of holiday per year (with the option to buy or sell)

Health plan

Life assurance

Cycle-to-work scheme

Discounted gym memberships

Retail discount vouchers

Rail season ticket loans

Private virtual GP access

Pension scheme

Income protection and more

Continuous learning & development opportunities

Seasonal flu jabs on site

One paid volunteer day per year

Summer and Winter parties

Work from home during August

In-house Excellence Awards and other innovation projects

Privacy:  Metropolis Group respects the privacy of every person for whom we have personal data. We comply with data protection legislation such as the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation which regulates the processing of data and ensures that your data is processed fairly and lawfully, is kept secure and only that data necessary for any processing is kept. You can see our privacy policy at our web page. 

Diversity and Inclusion:  We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion.  All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.

How to apply: Please send your CV and covering letter.  Due to the volume of applications, we receive, we are unable to give individual feedback at the application stage, however if you are successfully shortlisted you will be contacted within 10 working days of the closing date.