Account Director

At Hearst UK theres always more to the story. Join us as our Account Director to start the next chapter in your career.

Were the UKs leading premium publisher and the people behind iconic media brands such as Cosmopolitan Esquire Elle Harpers Bazaar and Country Living. Weve created a working environment that encourages everyone to pull together. We never stop looking for brave new ideas. Well always try to develop and improve we trust each other to do our best and we have fun as we build on our heritage to make history.

The Account Director will work closely with our Italian French Swiss & Spanish international Sales teams to ensure commercial multimarket campaigns distributed on our Global titles are planned & managed faultlessly and advertiser goals & revenue targets are met and exceeded.

The Account Director role will also be responsible for Digital campaign strategy & centralised media planning booking & pipeline management and maintaining an overarching/360 overview of all campaigns generated out of their 4 regions ensuring client success at all times.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Working with a variety of global clients & agencies based across the 4 mentioned territories you will successfully plan & manage multimarket Digital (and occasionally Integrated Print Digital) campaigns as well as nurturing relationships with global publishers who are key to our Global campaign success.

You will be responding to RFPs and creating the best multimarket media plan to meet client objectives building strong relationships with external and internal stakeholders and exceeding client performance expectations.

Additionally to working in close contact with Global Sales teams based in IT/FR/CH/ES the role holds key relationships with the Global Syndication management team sitting within Global Client Success (who project manage & execute the Global multimarket campaigns planned by the AM team) as well as the Global Print function which will occasionally be working handinhand with the AD to plan integrated Print & Digital opportunities.

Relationship building with all the publishers in our ecosystem is also crucial to guarantee positive outcome of commercial negotiations and the unlocking of incentives/special offers to drive incremental revenue from clients sitting in the IT/ES/FR and CH regions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for media strategy & multimarket campaign media planning across IT/ES/FR/CH client patches within Global Client Success
• Support and work collaboratively with other AMs/ADs reporting into Head of AM Luxury markets to uphold best in class team standards for the luxury client patch
• Collaborate with your allocated international sales teams to ensure briefs are responded to at the best of our capabilities as well as to improve processes and troubleshoot campaign planning and management as needed
• Build longterm relationships with agencies client sales and global publisher contacts through regular communication including email phone and in person meetings
• Proactively look for ways to enable your allocated sales patches (IT/ES/FR/CH) to add value for the agency and client resulting in incremental revenue being driven by Global Client success
• Manage your own opportunity pipeline and be responsible for pacing to budget at all times across all relevant markets
• Be aware of relevant campaign initiatives being booked by clients in local markets and how this fits with global investments inpitch and/or booked

ABOUT YOU

• Italian language required
• Exceptional attention to detail necessary for multimarket media planning
• Has previous experience in media/publisher/tech relatable business at mid to senior level
• Deep understanding of international nuances in different countries (language culture etc)
• Excellent in managing multiple stakeholders
• Incredibly commercially aware and sales driven
• Strives for results and excellent customer service
• Confident & comfortable with clients and other external contacts
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills; able to work quickly & effectively under pressure
• Collaborative attitude is essential in working across multiple markets with diverse cultures
• Flexible personable attitude; ability to develop excellent professional relationships with all level of personnel
• Proactive and enjoys a varied role that never gets boring
• Ability to achieve results through influence and problem solving
• Selfmotivated team player

WHAT WE OFFER

At Hearst UK you can choose from a huge range of perks and benefits that can help you learn well work well and live well including:

• 25 days holiday (with the option to buy up to 5 additional holiday days) pro rated for parttime or fixedterm employees
• Discounted gym membership
• Healthcare cash plan
• Spend a charity day with your favourite good cause
• Life assurance and pension scheme
• Regular socials and more!

Theres more to your story than you imagine. And the next chapter begins right here.

Hearst UK is deeply committed to using our influential brands to reflect the world we want to live in one that respects protects represents and uplifts the voices and opinions of all people. As a business we recognise the significant benefits of creativity collaboration and innovation that comes with diverse teams. Not only is diversifying the voices in our organization the right thing to do but it also helps us to make powerful and exciting content that can be enjoyed by many more people. This is why were working to build a sense of true belonging within our business and foster a culture in which everyone feelsheard.