Account manager - rail - mat cover

As part of the RAIL portfolio sales team, you will play a key role in driving growth by managing an existing client portfolio while also actively hunting for new business opportunities. Selling across multiple platforms (print, digital, and events) you will be responsible for building lasting client relationships, developing a deep understanding of their objectives, and delivering compelling, insight-driven sales recommendations.

Working to reach an individual sales target, you will be expected to create, deliver, and report against a clear sales plan. You’ll demonstrate accountability for performance, track progress against objectives, and share insights with the wider team to ensure continued success.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage and grow revenue from an existing client portfolio.
• Identify and convert new business opportunities across multiple sectors and platforms.
• Sell integrated solutions spanning print, digital, and events.
• Develop a strong understanding of client goals to position solutions that deliver measurable value.
• Build persuasive sales arguments and tailored proposals to secure new and repeat business.
• Maintain up-to-date sales activity records in the CRM system.
• Demonstrate a clear sales plan to maximise revenue and opportunities.
• Collaborate with internal teams (marketing, events, editorial, production) to deliver client success.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Capabilities:

• Proven track record in face-to-face sales.
• Demonstrative success in meeting targets.
• High competence in effective questioning, listening, and brief-taking to fully understand client needs.
• Experience in selling both digital and event solutions, with the ability to create cross-platform proposals.
• Strong presentation, negotiation, and closing skills.
• Commercially astute, with the ability to build tailored recommendations that align with client objectives.
• Self-motivated, resilient, and results-driven, with excellent time management skills.

This will be an 12-month MAT cover.

About Bauer Media Group

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.

What’s in it for you

• You’ll have 28 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.

We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or a long term health condition, and need us to make any reasonable adjustments or do anything differently during any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing careershub@bauermedia.co.uk.

We are actively recruiting for this position, however, the job advert may close earlier than expected.

If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.