Account Manager - Octave Audio

Date: 18 Jul 2023
Location: London, GB, WC1X 8HB
Req ID: 966

The role

We looking for an Account Manager to Join our OctaveIP team in London.

Selling our Digital audio offering to market the Octave commercial team excel in communicating audience led digital solutions and proactively stimulating demand. The team has a deep understanding of our product offering and how it can be utilised to drive commercial success for agencies and their clients.

IP Audio advertising represents an increasing part of digital investments and Octave has been created to make sure we offer dedicated IP audience solutions to brands who want to communicate with their customers this way.

We are made up of talented, hard working and creative people who are excited by the opportunities the fast growing and ever changing Audio IP industry offers. We are currently seeking two new commercial executives to accompany our rapid expansion.

The Focus of the Role

Key Responsibilities

Assisting the wider sales team drive the revenue performance of Octave – as we grow Octave’s market position all the team must be focused on making quality commercial interventions to our wide customer base
Customer engagement – Creating and delivering commercial output that drives take up from advertisers, managing the end to end Octave sales process from briefing to post campaign analysis
Proactive sales approach – Customer identification via our data segments and proposition matching
Be an Octave ambassador – being the first point of contact at Octave for our customers, ensuring you embody Octave’s key pillars of being Co-Operative, Adventurous and Approachable

What You’ll Bring

Strong Commercial acumen – matching the features and benefits of our product offering to your customers objectives
Digital knowledge – understanding of the digital advertising ecosystem and how a data led proposition is positioned in that marketplace. Specifically, audience orientated sales experience
Understanding the audio market – how IP audio fits into the wider commercial ecosystem
Proven high quality commercial relationships with buying and planning points at major agencies and trade desks
Proactive commercial approach – IP audio is a growing medium that will need to be proactively sold. The team does not rely on just answering briefs and facilitating orders
Effective verbal and written communicator with the ability to build strong relationships both internally and externally with key strategic partners
Strong organisational, time management, written and communication skills
The ideal candidate is someone who possesses the ability to take initiative and drive projects with minimal supervision
You have an entrepreneurial spirit and are driven, creative energetic and passionate
You have a desire to learn and grow within the role
Ability to think on your feet and develop creative customer solutions
Ability to work well under pressure, prioritising and managing multiple parallel-path projects and high attention to detail
High intellectual curiosity and hunger to learn in a fast-growing environment
Self-motivated team player who likes cross-team work and has strong written and verbal communication skills

Package Description

Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.

25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days
Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development
Opportunity to buy additional holiday
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
Company pension
Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives
Discounted high street vouchers

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