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About the Role
The Client Director is a senior commercial leader responsible for driving long-term digital revenue growth through strategic partnerships with brands and advertisers. This role requires a highly motivated, entrepreneurial self-starter with exceptional commercial instincts and a deep understanding of the digital media landscape.
Responsibilities
- Own and exceed individual digital revenue targets by creating robust account plans, generating new business, and expanding investment from existing clients.
- Cultivate trusted, high-level relationships with senior marketing, media, and digital leads, serving as executive commercial lead across Reach's client portfolio.
- Confidently sell Reach’s full suite of digital capabilities—including first-party data, display, video, branded content, social, commerce, affiliate, creative, and audience solutions.
- Collaborate with Studio, Events, Live Experiences, and specialized commercial teams to deliver integrated solutions tailored to client challenges.
- Partner with Planning, Research, Trade Marketing, and Commercial teams to create compelling client propositions, host market-leading experiences, and share market insights to guide future product strategy.
Requirements
- Demonstrable success driving significant commercial revenue growth within media, digital, or advertising environments, specifically with experience in Retail, Finance, or Travel verticals.
- An established network of senior client decision-makers ready to convert into revenue, paired with concrete experience selling digital video solutions.
- Expert understanding of digital advertising, brand partnerships, sponsorship, and integrated media execution.
- Exceptional presentation, negotiation, and influencing skills, combined with a highly proactive, self-motivated approach to business development.
- Strong ability to work seamlessly across cross-functional internal teams (Planning, Studio, Trade Marketing) to craft complex client offerings.
- A passion for winning, high energy, curiosity, and a consultative style that builds instant credibility with senior stakeholders.
Skills
- Digital revenue growth
- Strategic partnerships
- Client relationship management
- Digital media landscape
- Digital advertising
- Brand partnerships
- Sponsorship
- Integrated media execution
- Presentation skills
- Negotiation skills
- Influencing skills
- Business development
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Consultative style
Location
- London
Work Type
- Office based
- Permanent
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- 25 days' holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Extra day's paid leave after three, five and 10 years of service
- Scheme to buy extra holiday
- Extra day's paid leave each year to volunteer
- Big moment day - an extra day’s paid leave for significant life events
- Company pension contributions matched up to 6%
- Supportive and progressive people policies
- Enhanced family leave
- Policies to promote flexibility, inclusion and progression
- Healthcare cash plan
- Car lease scheme (electric or hybrid cars)
- 24/7 wellbeing assistance programme
- Access Stream app for managing finances, pay, rewards and benefits
- Access to discounts, including 15% off Yimbly
- Interest-free loans for season tickets and technology
About the Company
- Reach is Britain and Ireland's largest commercial news publisher, connecting with millions of people through over 120 brands across print and digital platforms.
- The company reaches approximately 70% of the UK's online population and over 100 million social followers globally.
- Reach fosters an environment where diverse backgrounds are respected, and employees are supported to build careers that work with their lives.
Equal Opportunity
- Diverse perspectives strengthen teams and help better serve audiences.
- Dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and supported.
- Encourages applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.
- Committed to a recruitment process that is fair and welcoming to all, without discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.