Social Partnerships Manager

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.

What you'll do:

- Create and present compelling social advertising partnership proposals in response to agency and advertiser RFPs
- Run and grow the calendar of proactive social advertising partnership opportunities across Sky Sports, Sky News and entertainment channels, aligning with editorial teams and providing regular updates to teams across Sky Media
- Collaborate with the planning and delivery team on campaign implementation to ensure success, and play an active role in post campaign analysis
- drawing out insights that can support campaign renewals and future social advertising partnerships
- Support wider Sky Media teams with the creation of cross-platform proposals and input of social media expertise
- Lead an effective pipeline of social briefs to deliver and exceed revenue targets, and build a network of agency and advertiser contacts in order to drive future business development
- Support evolution of Sky Media social offering: Including knowledge of platform developments (New formats etc) and our capabilities around these.

What you'll bring:

- Experience within the digital media industry in a commercial environment
- A sound understanding of the social media world and good experience of how advertisers and brands operate in the space, with a particular focus on paid social branded content
- A proven record of independent creative thinking to produce innovative ideas that stand out in an RFP process
- A target driven mind-set, with a consistent track record of delivering and exceeding against revenue expectations
- A collaborative approach to bring together client and editorial objectives.

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.

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.

Why wait?

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