Account Manager Derby, England
Job description
Derbyshire Life is a vibrant, lifestyle magazine that offers luxury brands great advertising opportunities. An Account Manager meets with customers throughout the county understanding their advertising & marketing needs and works with them to create and sell effective advertising campaigns.
Why do customers advertise with us?
We offer bespoke print and digital advertising campaigns that are creatively designed to ensure maximum impact. We think outside of the box to create great content marketing solutions, social media campaigns as well as digital and print display adverts. Our readers are very engaged with our brands and we have large affluent audiences Derbyshire Life is a market-leading magazine in the county so it’s "the place to be seen." We also carefully monitor digital campaigns throughout and realign or adjust to ensure maximum impact.
Our customers appreciate our consultative approach and feel we recommend the right products first time.
What does an Account Manager spend the majority of their time doing?
Selling great advertising campaigns - hopefully!! Not only do you have a good base of existing customers you can grow that base by approaching new luxury businesses or organisations in your location. You are involved in taking customers through each stage of the sale, booking, copy, & payment process and use our internal system to upload orders, and keep track of all the transactions you have with your customer base.
What are the most challenging parts of the role?
Time management - need to be organised and work efficiently
New business - always looking out for growth opportunities with existing accounts as well as looking for new customers.
Changing perceptions - we offer so much more than print advertising - video creation, social media campaigns, opportunities to sponsor and attend awards, new website builds.
Where am I based?
Your home is your work base, and you are given laptop & phone to enable this. The activity is based on meeting with customers throughout the week, so you do need to live 30 minutes from Derbyshire and be able to use your own car.
This is a full-time opportunity.
What experience do I need to apply?
In the ideal world you will have an advertising / publishing background. However, if you have a stable sales background or are keen to get into the world of media advertising then please apply as we have an awesome L&D program that will teach you all you need to know about our products and industry.
SALARY AND BENEFITS
- Salary up to £30,000
- Plus uncapped commission
- Full 25 days paid holiday + statutory bank holidays + your birthday day off !!
- Full range of benefits including
- Generous sick pay scheme
- Discount Vouchers
- Discounted Gym membership
- Health and wellbeing support (GP appointments)
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Annual Volunteer work day
How do I apply?
If you are interested in applying for this position, please send your CV as soon as possible.
Please note that if you have not been invited in for an interview within two weeks of your application, then you can assume on this occasion that you have been unsuccessful.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £28,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- On-site parking
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Supplemental pay types:
- Commission pay
