Sales Executive

Location: MailMetroMedia Headquarters – London
Position: Permanent 

About Mail Metro Media 

Mail Metro Media is the unified advertising division of dmg media, representing some of Britain’s most popular media brands; Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, MailOnline, Metro and Metro.co.uk and now the i and inews.co.uk

Reaching 1 in 5 UK adults every single day and over 70% of the population every month across all of our titles, we have the largest printed scale and most engaged websites in the UK. 

Our brands communicate to unique audiences from 16 to 75+ – offering an unrivalled marketplace for brands to advertise.

The Mail Metro team provides one single point of contact across print, digital and more, allowing agencies and advertisers easy access to the millions of consumers who engage with us daily. Each department is equipped to support seamless cross-platform delivery across all brands.

Job Introduction

Working within the our agency sales team, the core function of the role is to assist the team, ensuring maximum efficiency in revenue generation, reporting, and campaign analysis. The candidate will liaise with clients & agencies to deliver best in class campaigns and post campaign servicing. Additionally the candidate will work with the sales team to find new business opportunities with clients and agencies to reach our highly engaged audiences across our print and digital channels, including, MailOnline, Metro.co.uk & iNews.

We are looking for candidates with a passion for media and the advertising industry. The successful candidate will be driven, with an eagerness to learn from those around them. They will have analytical skills, allowing for interpreting campaign performance and reviewing audience insight to feed into campaign and client strategy. Candidates will be creative, supporting Agency Partners in responding to campaign briefs from clients and media agencies. Longer term the role will offer training and development to allow progression into sales.

Main Responsibilities

• Regularly reporting on the digital campaigns running across the MailOnline, Metro.co.uk & iNews
• Work with operations team to give recommendations to optimise campaign performance.
• Extract insight from report data to demonstrate campaign successes both internally and externally to media agencies/clients
• Booking administration and reconciliation
• Contribute to Agency Partner brief responses to clients and agencies.
• Develop an understanding of MMM product portfolio.
• Stay up to date with latest industry news and events, and update sales team.
• Work proactively to find new business opportunities

Person Specification

• Proficient in PowerPoint & Excel
• Excellent attitude: professional, energetic, with a desire to learn and help as much as possible
• Self-motivated, diligent, proactive, and innovative
• Excellent attention to detail
• Outstanding communication skills
• The ability to multi task and prioritise your workload
• The creativity to generate and develop advertising ideas
• Collaborative working style; great team player is a given
• Competent with Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel
• Knowledge & experience with Google AdManager a bonus
• Experience with campaign management

Experience required

• Entry level position

Why work for Mail Metro Media

• Be part of the biggest media organisation in UK
• Work in a fast paced, vibrant environment where the core values of entrepreneurialism, purpose and excellence resonate in our daily activities
• Work with a range of creative partners and suppliers
• Gain an unrivalled opportunity to shape the business and put your own stamp on it
• Delight our readers with exciting content, and impressive retail and travel experiences
• Join a distinct culture with a strong sense of family heritage behind it
• One of Campaign’s top 100 Best Places to Work 2024

Package Description

Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
• Upon joining you will be automatically enrolled onto the Pension Plan at the minimum level of 5% employee contribution, 3% Company contribution. 
• Life cover under the Pension Plan 4x your basic salary.
• DMGT Discounts (for discounts on online shopping, vouchers and reloadable cards)
• Subsidised canteen
• Onsite gym (Northcliffe House only)
• Onsite nurse and GP clinics (Northcliffe House only)
• Our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted dining cards

Plus many other benefits….

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.