Senior Content Partnerships Director - Automotive Solutions

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, self-starting creative content specialist to deliver innovative solutions across a market-leading automotive portfolio, including What Car? and Autocar. You’ll pitch multi-platform ideas to agencies and clients, spanning digital, mobile, video, social media, events and print.

Haymarket Automotive Studio creates bespoke content solutions that connect brands with our influential audiences. This role is ideal for a creative solutions strategist or agency planner who enjoys selling, shaping compelling ideas and taking on strategic and commercial responsibility in a high-profile environment.

The main purpose of the role is to respond to client briefs (both formal briefs and proactive pitches) with partnership and content ideas that answer their business challenges. You’ll work with a strong base of major agencies and clients alongside our sales teams, while also developing new, profitable relationships across the automotive services sectors. The role includes supporting the Strategy Director on direct manufacturer briefs and engaging clients on multi-channel marketing, retail support, PR, product launches, branded content and sponsorship. Reporting to the Strategy Director, you’ll collaborate closely with agency and client sales and be supported by the Automotive Studio delivery and project management teams. You will also be working on growing our newest revenue stream which is stand alone creative and production services.

• Work closely with the agency and client sales teams to deliver creative responses to briefs with a focus on engagement and action.
• Utilising data to develop well-informed strategic plans for clients/agencies.
• Exploring clients’ businesses to get to know their brands and understand their objectives.
• Produce cohesive and intelligent plans to bring success to campaigns.
• Forge relationships with senior agency contacts predominantly on the strategic, planning and creative solutions side of their business.
• Establish relationships with key people within direct client businesses (principally automotive and audience-related clients - e.g., fuel, tyres, lifestyle).
• Support the car manufacturer direct client leadership team.
• Generating original ideas with other members of the team.
• Identify potential problems and devise ways to rectify them.

• Considerable experience of developing strategic plans that benefit the client/agency.
• Proven track record of pitching creative solutions campaigns.
• Excellent understanding of selling, delivering and measuring success of creative solutions.
• Proven experience understanding complex projects/workflow.
• Network agency contacts (planners) and experience of dealing directly with clients. Automotive client contacts are a great bonus.
• Proven experience presenting to clients.
• Excellent presentation and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent verbal & written communication.

We are a Disability Confident employer and offer guaranteed interviews to all disabled applicants who meet the above minimum criteria. To be considered as part of this initiative, please ensure you indicate if you have a disability when applying for the post.

Haymarket Media Group values its people and strives to shape a better future with remarkable content. From paid content and subscription services; to integrated advertising and content marketing packages. We deliver market-leading branded experiences that inspire great decisions. From data and digital information solutions to live events, awards and professional education services.

• 25 days holiday per year excluding bank holidays (increasing 1 day per year of service up to 30 days).
• Work from anywhere in the world for up to 3 weeks of the year with our ‘Work from Anywhere’ days.
• Flexible working hours (core hours from 10-3) allowing you the flexibility to adapt your work schedule to your personal commitments.
• Generous contributory pension scheme.
• Health Cash Plans: With our health cash plans, you can access a range of healthcare benefits, including coverage for medical expenses, dental care, optical services, and more.

Working here means being part of a commitment to shaping a better future. As a proudly Certified B Corp™, we are part of a global movement of businesses acting as a force for good. Haymarket Impact is focused on making a positive difference globally, guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and intertwined with an unwavering commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. This commitment to balancing profit with purpose is deeply embedded in our culture, reflected in our values of Integrity, Respect, Creativity, Innovation, and Expertise.

We invest heavily in our people. From professional development and internal training to mentorship and coaching. Our certified Disability Confident status has fostered an environment where all employees feel supported, valued, and can ask for workplace adjustments without fear of judgment.

Our valuable partnerships for good globally mean colleagues are always up for taking on a new charitable challenge, utilise their volunteering day and go out of their way to support their local communities.

We know how important a healthy work-life balance is too. Our flexible hours and hybrid working model means employees are expected to be in the office at least three days a week and can work remotely for the remaining two. This means we thrive together when we collaborate in person, fostering stronger connections and creativity, but still allowing for flexibility outside of those times.

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to ensuring all candidates have the same opportunity to succeed, regardless of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, or disability. In line with our dedication to fairness and transparency, we are also proud to be a We Show the Salary employer, pledging to always include pay details on our job adverts.

Join us and be part of award-winning teams and a culture that is truly unique - a place to grow, feel inspired, build a brilliant career and make a difference.

If you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at recruitment@haymarket.com.