Audio Account Director

We’re looking for a permanent Audio Account Director to join our Collective Hub team at our office in London.

As the Audio Account Director you will be focused on IPG & Dentsu agency groups. You will have equal responsibility for driving airtime and creative partnership revenues. Working closely with the Commercial Director, Audio Group Head, Group Client Leads and Creative Strategists aligned to the hub you will ensure that the Customer Strategies and Creative Process are implemented effectively.

Our Team

At Bauer Media Advertising ‘Together We Create Impact’, meaning that every part of the commercial team is focused on creating impact for our customers by leveraging our brands and platforms to deliver against their objectives.

What you’ll be doing

• Deliver market beating share of airtime and creative revenues by fully understanding agency motivations, and priorities and client planning cycles.
• Through a focused proactive agenda informed by the Customer Strategies, develop new business and retain existing business.
• Drive brand count across the agency territory and improve our conversion rate of creative pitches.
• Evangelise audio, Bauer’s proposition and position our brands and audiences through engagement pieces within the hub agencies and with key clients.
• Create brand update presentations, inspiration sessions, education sessions and immersions in collaboration with Audio Group Head and Commercial Director.
• Ensure that our profile and traction with hub agencies is consistent and high quality by inspiring and educating AV Investment and Partnerships teams within the agencies.
• Ensure full interrogation and understanding of partnership briefs to successfully inform our response.
• Gather insight from agency to deliver best in class creative solutions.
• In collaboration with the Creative Strategy team build compelling pitch presentations offering custom partnership solutions to agencies and clients.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience of working with network media agencies at a mid-level with strong contacts across media agencies predominantly in partnership, and AV investment teams.
• Genuine knowledge of and passion for audio, our brands, and the ability to sell a portfolio of stations.
• Strong understanding of the broader media marketplace, particularly broadcast and digital.
• ability to construct channel-based arguments to convert business from rival media and to drive share within our channels.
• Experience of creating, pitching, and landing big ticket sponsorship and partnership deals.
• Strong understanding of agency trading deals and trading mechanics.

What’s in it for you

• You’ll have 25 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
• Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
• We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
• You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working.
• And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here