My client is currently recruiting for an enthusiastic sales account manager to join a well-known food and drink media sales team. The main purpose of the role will be to deliver solutions for customers across print and digital platforms which connect to the fine food industry.

The ideal candidate will possess natural communication skills via email, telephone and face to face, this will be key to building long term relationships with customers.

You will need to be motivated by new business, to ensure growth of your personal customer base and delivering advertising solutions.

Whether you have previous sales experience or are looking to move into a commercial rolefor the first time, we are keen to meet potential colleagues who are made from the right ingredients.

Duties & responsibilities

• Speak with new and existing advertisers to maintain and build upon the magazine’s excellent
• advertising revenue
• Build working relationships with some of the leading brands across the food and drink
• industry
• Attend leading industry exhibitions throughout the year, with the opportunity to meet and
• socialise with customers
• Written delivery of ideas via email
• Generate new sales leads
• Ensure that all KPI’s are met
• Build and present multi-channel proposals to clients
• Hours of work are 9am until 5pm Monday to Friday

The person

• Desire to learn
• Excellent written and verbal communicator
• Great organisation skills
• Motivated and passionate about achieving results
• Strong commercial awareness
• An enthusiastic approach to winning business
• Proactive and results driven
• Flexible & adaptable manner
• Team player who is Self-motivated & focused
• Computer literate

Benefits to you

• Opportunities to work from home
• Up to 25 days holiday (increases from 20 days with tenure), plus bank holidays
• In addition to annual leave entitlement, your Birthday off after your first continuous year with
• the business
• Generous Health & Dental Cash Plan
• Health Club discounts including Pure Gym and David Lloyd
• Up to 9.5% Pension Contribution
• Death in Service payout scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Group Wide discounts for products and services from DC Thomson brands
• Career development through inhouse training and Linkedin learning
• Salary £24,000 - 27,000 (depending on experience) plus commission