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About the Role

Future is seeking an ambitious, commercially driven Agency Trading Director to lead and grow strategic relationships with major UK media agencies. This senior role is responsible for Future’s agency trading strategy, high-value negotiations, revenue growth, and strategic partnerships across over 200 media brands, aiming to increase Future’s share of agency investment.

Responsibilities

• Lead Future’s agency trading strategy, including development and execution across assigned holding groups and independent agencies.
• Own strategic agency plans to identify revenue, share, and relationship growth opportunities.
• Translate Future’s commercial strategy into clear agency priorities and long-term trading frameworks.
• Identify opportunities to increase Future’s share across channels, clients, categories, and agency disciplines.
• Stay informed about changes in agency structures, investment models, trading practices, and the wider media marketplace.
• Act as the senior point of contact for designated holding groups and major independent agencies.
• Build relationships across central agency functions including investment, trading, partnerships, commercial strategy, product, data, planning, and procurement.
• Lead senior business reviews, strategic meetings, presentations, and agency-wide immersion sessions.
• Represent Future at key industry events and senior agency forums.
• Own revenue targets and commercial performance across strategic agency relationships.
• Build and manage a strong pipeline of trading agreements, incremental revenue, and new opportunities.
• Deliver accurate forecasting and proactively manage risks and opportunities.
• Lead negotiations to maximize revenue, profitability, and long-term commercial value.
• Grow Future’s share across digital, print, branded content, programmatic, social, events, creative, and other solutions.
• Develop new and non-endemic revenue opportunities by connecting Future’s audiences, brands, and capabilities to broader client needs.
• Protect and grow existing commitments while identifying incremental opportunities.
• Act as the strategic connector between agencies and Future’s wider commercial organization, working across various internal teams.
• Ensure trading agreements unlock opportunities across Future’s broader proposition, leveraging Future’s scale, data, audience insight, technology, and expertise.

Requirements

• Significant senior experience within the UK media, advertising, or agency ecosystem.
• Established senior commercial agency relationships across UK media agencies and holding groups.
• Strong understanding of agency trading models, investment structures, and commercial negotiations.
• Experience negotiating complex, high-value commercial or trading agreements.
• Strong understanding of the UK media owner and agency landscape.
• Experience across multiple media channels and commercial propositions.
• Ability to develop strategic plans and translate them into measurable commercial outcomes.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing skills.

Location

• London Paddington office

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior

Salary/Compensations

• £70,000- £80,000

Benefits

• Uncapped leave
• Enhanced parental leave
• Discounted rates with Dental care and Private Medical care
• Bonus (share of profits when targets are met)
• Refer a friend scheme
• Well-being support with access to Colleague Assistant Programmes
• Opportunity to purchase shares in Future, with Share Incentive Plan
• Salary sacrifice Pension scheme up to 5% match
• Free drinks and snacks in offices

About the Company

• Future is a global leader in specialist media, with over 200 trusted brands that inform, inspire, and drive action for millions of people.
• As a pioneering multiplatform media powerhouse, Future provides expert content and technology that build valuable communities across all channels.

Equal Opportunity

• At Future, we’re working to attract, retain and foster diverse talent, educating our colleagues in the importance of diversity, and review our internal processes so that they remain as free from bias as possible.
• We recognise that, in order to reach diverse communities through our content, we must first ensure ours is a culture in which diversity can thrive.
• If you need any reasonable adjustments, please let us know, and we'll be happy to support you.