AddressMoney Mentor, a rapidly growing financial publishing business backed by The Times, is on a mission to give millions of people the confidence and access they need to take positive steps to manage, protect and grow their money.
For millions of people across the UK, the need for expert, trusted financial guidance and education has never been greater. Through the unmatched reach, credibility, authority and storytelling of our expert editorial combined with access to a rapidly growing partner network, Money Mentor is ideally placed to help consumers to get on top of their finances.
We are looking for a talented and driven Partnership Executive to rapidly grow our partner network to help us to support consumers right across the UK.
Your team:Situated within News UK’s commercial department (The Bridge), the Strategic Development team is tasked with driving revenue through expertise, thought leadership, and innovation whilst creating the foundations for future revenue streams. You will report into the Times Money Mentor Affiliates Manager and work closely with individuals from the team as well as key stakeholders from our broadcasting businesses.
Your role:As Partnership Executive, you will be tasked with driving commercial relationships with key affiliate networks and partners in order to drive revenue, margins and efficiencies. A strong self-starter, you will bring analytical skills, a keen eye for commercial negotiations and a collaborative mindset in order to be able to build great ideas alongside clients and partners to help grow and drive the partnership strategy within the ecommerce and affiliates team.
Day to day you will:
● Support the Affiliates Manager in managing commercial relationships with affiliates and partners, assisting in commercial negotiations and contract management
● Assisting in the onboarding process of new partners and commissioning process
● Manage a portfolio of existing partners and improving the revenue potential from each partner
● Build and maintain a close relationship with affiliate networks, advertisers and agencies
● Working closely with the ecommerce editorial team and analysing the partnership performance data while providing insight for content optimisation and strategy
● Track, analyse and communicate key quantitative metrics and business trends as they relate to partner relationships
● Ensure, where appropriate, that regular review meetings with partners/suppliers are held including other team members where necessary.
Key Skills
● Understanding of the affiliate landscape, publishers, merchants and networks ideally within the personal finance industry.
Exceptional communication and presentation skills with the ability to add value in partnerships
Commercial and analytical mindset with an understanding of the metrics involved in affiliate partnerships
A creative thinker with excellent organisational and time management skills
Comfortable in creating reports and proficient in MS Excel and Powerpoint
● Understanding of FCA compliance & GDPR and the implications and importance of adherence
● Proven experience of partner acquisition with ability to develop partnerships with limited supervision
● Highly commercial and analytical, with demonstrated understanding of the underlying economic metrics involved in affiliate partnerships
● A strong strategic mind with a proven success in driving incremental partnership revenue.
● Creative thinker with ability to build a compelling proposition to influence internally and externally
● Strong ability and motivation to work and exceed revenue targets
● Sales and account management experience & excellent negotiation skills
● Experience in commercial contract management
● Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise work effectively
● Comfortable executing reports and working in excel
Life at News
At News UK some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to offer exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.
We champion diversity and inclusion, we strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes. We also have 8 employee-led networks; Cultural Diversity, News is Out, GenZ, Sustainability Champions, News for Parents, Women in Tech, News UK Christian Fellowship and we are awaiting the launch of our Women’s Steering Group.
We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. We offer private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions, discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes, and a ‘Bikes for Work’ scheme, as well as offering opportunities for physio/massage, counselling and legal support.
In addition we also offer:
A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;
25 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year;
Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks;
Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.
We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing, so feel free to let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.
