We are looking for an Advertising Sales Executive to join the UK Commercial Advertising Team within our Marine Division.

Future is the leading publisher in the UK within the Marine market, with a diverse portfolio of magazines and websites dedicated to both the sailing and powerboat industries. Our marine brands include Motorboat & Yachting, Yachting World, Yachting Monthly and Practical Boat Owner and our goal is to create world-leading marketing solutions and reach more in-market boaters and sailors than any other premium publisher. These iconic brands provide the perfect platform for advertisers to promote, and reach this engaged audience at a scale.

Future is an international, multi-media company that expands over 2,300 colleagues, and over 200 brands, connecting with over 400 million people every month across the globe through our websites, events, and magazines, including Marie Claire, The Week, Country Life, Wallpaper*, FourFourTwo and Tech Radar. Future reaches 1 in 2 people in the UK and 1 in 3 in the US.

We pride ourselves on our open, collaborative culture, which encourages people to succeed and give their best whilst being supported. You will work with different commercial departments and we will further develop your industry knowledge beyond sales with continued support from the UK commercial team. The opportunities are endless here at Future.

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What we are looking for:

Reporting to the Advertising Director, you will help develop and deliver detailed demos that address customers’ specific challenges. Your responsibilities will include taking clear instructions for assigned tasks and completing them. You will manage multiple sales opportunities simultaneously and think creatively to develop solutions and approaches for clients. You will work within an evolving media environment, where efficiency is important to meet the demands of the industry.

A Typical Day-to-day:

• Carrying out client meetings - these can vary from pitching potential business to responding to campaign briefs.
• Create proposals for clients, discussing customers’ needs and how our brands and products can help them reach their goals.
• Communicate with clients at the end of their campaign to make relevant suggestions for Future campaign opportunities.
• Maintain and present reports on account progress, goals, and quarterly projects to share with team members and partners, and possible use in future case studies or training.
• Resolve client issues, complaints, and objections.
• Expand existing relationships and produce new sales leads through prospecting.
• Maximise profit by up-selling or cross-selling Future products and brands.
• Perform ongoing market research.
• Create a strategy for your role together with your manager and agree on monthly goals.

Internal job family level C8

The expected range for this role is £26,000 - £26,000

This is a Hybrid role from our London Paddington Office, working three days from the office, two from home

What’s in it for you…

We have several awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects, or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Opportunity to be nominated for monthly and yearly salespeople and team, with the ability to win substantial monetary prizes. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed into one finite area but develop multiple experiences. And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holidays because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year.

Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future

We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination, and respectful of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees are treated with respect and fairness.

Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments made so we can give you the best experience!

Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website

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