Programmatic Sales Manager

The Digital Sales team is responsible for the successful monetisation and ongoing revenue growth of all digital advertising opportunities at Sky Media. We're dedicated to growing existing revenue lines as well as outperforming the market in key growth areas such as digital video and social monetisation. We are committed to unlocking the potential of all of our sales people to help them improve their skills and knowledge base and launch successful and fulfilling careers at Sky

What you'll do:

- Building agency trading desk relationships, account management of the agency trading desks, meeting with them, educating them on the company's Programmatic offering and maximising revenue opportunities.
- Internal Agency Sales Support - There is a dedicated Agency Sales team who will be meeting and pitching to all the big Agencies. You will be asked to support them on their pitches or brought into educate the client on the programmatic offering
- Client Direct - Proactively work with clients direct and establish new opportunities
- Ensure the efficiency of ad serving priority stack, in conjunction with relevant partners. This applies to traditional display ad units across both web and app experiences, video pre-roll/in-stream, and non-standard ad units
- Responsibility for programmatic revenue and strategic growth of the programmatic trading function working alongside Programmatic Controller and Head of Digital

What you'll bring:

- Experience working at a Publisher, DSP, Ad Network, Agency or Trading desk.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to recognise business opportunities
- The ability to deliver a strong insight into the future of programmatic in order to take the business forward.
- It is essential that you have a good network of contacts within agency trading desks and/or publishers
- Strong eye for business and account management skills with exceptional client facing 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, Chiswick Park, Gunnersbury, Acton Town and Ealing Broadway tube stations. There's also plenty of parking, bike shelters and showers.

On campus you'll find six subsidised restaurants 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 support you as much as we can with flexible shift patterns.