About the Role
This leadership role involves managing a team of Agency Account Directors and Managers focused on the Dentsu and Publicis agency patch. The position is crucial for driving growth, unlocking new opportunities, and nurturing long-term agency relationships within Bauer Media Outdoor.
Responsibilities
- Setting the strategy for your agency patch and taking ownership for revenue growth across your group of agencies.
- Working with your team to develop account plans tailored to each agency’s needs, creating opportunities that drive growth and deepen partnerships.
- Building and maintaining brilliant relationships with senior agency stakeholders (think Managing Partners, Business Directors and beyond).
- Coaching and developing your team - helping them thrive in their roles, respond to briefs with confidence, and build their own strong agency partnerships.
- Being a key contributor to department-level strategy, planning and forecasting alongside the leadership team.
Requirements
- Experience in media sales specifically OOH and a good understanding of how specialist media agencies work.
- A commercial mindset, with a track record of delivering revenue growth and spotting new opportunities.
- Experience coaching, mentoring or supporting others whether formally or informally and a genuine passion for helping people succeed.
- Confident building and maintaining relationships with senior agency stakeholders - you’re someone people trust, and you know how to open doors and keep conversations going.
- Organised, strategic and proactive; someone who leads by example and brings others with them.
- Ready for the next step in leadership, potentially without direct prior management experience.
Skills
- People leadership
- Strategic planning
- Top-tier agency engagement
- Big-picture thinking
- Senior-level storytelling
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Relationship building
- Commercial acumen
- Sales
- OOH media
- Strategic planning
- Forecasting
Location
- Euston, London
Work Type
- Flexible working (3 days in office, 2 days at home)
Experience Level
- Leadership role
- Senior-level
Salary/Compensations
- Salary DOE
Benefits
- 25 paid holidays inc bank holidays
- Company Pension Scheme matched up to 8%
- 2 paid volunteering days each year
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Life Insurance
- Group income protection scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Travel/Season ticket loans
- Discounts across 100s of retailers
About the Company
- Bauer Media Group is a multi-business, family-owned company that entertains, serves, and inspires over 200 million people.
- At Bauer Media Outdoor, we are a mix of different people from different backgrounds, who come together every day to drive our business forward and create a culture that we’re so proud of.
- We’re a great place to do great work, for all.
Equal Opportunity
- Committed to treating everyone with fairness and respect, regardless of their race, gender, age, ethnicity, background, sexual orientation, disability, or any other differences.
- Foster an inclusive environment, a place you can be yourself.
- Support reasonable adjustment requests from candidates and employees.
