Sky

Client Controller


PayCompetitive
LocationManchester/England
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: R0031050

      Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

      The Client Controller is there to build and develop strong relationships with clients directly, to work in collaboration with them to ensure revenue and product mix growth for Sky Media. You are there to influence upstream with clients as a problem solver – helping solve their business challenges and identify new areas to work and engage with clients.

      As a category specialist, you are also a source of insight and information for Sky Media on the category you represent and are invaluable at representing the needs of your clients and sector when considering product and idea development within Sky Media

      The roles available will focus on primary categories FMCG, Kids, Sports and one will be based in our Manchester office focusing on clients linked to agencies serviced by the Manchester office.

      What you’ll do :

      • Ability to build and maintain client relationships at a senior, decision-making level
      • • Develop a sector specific strategy with clear client segmentation and targeting
      • • Deliver incremental revenue directly from client relationships
      • • Collaborate with the Trading, Digital and P&P teams to increase brief conversion
      • • Increase consideration and preference for Sky Media’s products and capabilities within client
      • direct market, driving revenue into broadcast and, within that, Sky Media

      What you’ll bring :

      • Proven client direct experience at senior decision-making level
      • • Strategic thinking
      • • Ability to produce insight-led sales collateral
      • • Excellent Collaboration skills
      • • Ability to work autonomously and within a team
      • • Excellent influencing skills

      Team overview :

      Sky Media

      Sky Media is the advertising sales arm of Sky, offering businesses of all shapes and sizes an exciting array of opportunities on TV, online and on the go. Reaching over 95% of the UK population, Sky Media represents all of Sky’s channels and sites including Sky Sports, Sky News, Sky One, Sky Cinema, Sky Arts, Sky Atlantic and Sky Witness. Sky Media also sells on behalf of a range of renowned broadcasters and channels including Channel 5, Discovery, National Geographic, MTV, FOX, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.

      The Rewards:

      There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

      • Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
      • A generous pension package
      • Private healthcare
      • Discounted mobile and broadband
      • Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

      How you'll work:

      We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

      We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

      Your office base:

      Osterley

      Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

      On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

      Or

      Manchester

      Inclusion:

      We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

      At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work , so we’re happy to discuss flexible working .

      And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you

      Why wait?

      Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

      To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

      Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

  • About the company

      Sky News is a British English language free-to-air television news channel and organisation.