Commercial Event Sales Manager in London

Your Team: The client team is responsible for building long‑term strategic, commercial relationships with advertisers directly, maintaining spend as well as delivering incremental revenue growth. Events is a core growth sector and we are looking for a dynamic, passionate individual, reporting into the Commercial Events Director, to help us drive this part of our business forward.

Your role: Events allow us to showcase live journalism to key selected audiences, demonstrating the conveying power of The Times. This role will help to maintain and grow our existing portfolio, whilst working directly with clients to help shape their requirements and ensure their objectives are met.

Responsibilities:

• Develop strong relationships with key direct clients to ensure they understand Times Events and the relevant commercial opportunities.
• Work with their media agency partners to deliver creative and compelling proposals that meet their needs and commercial objectives.
• Deliver excellent service to clients including delivering effective and creative sales proposals, presentations and negotiations, as well as feedback on campaign performance.
• Proactively pursue and secure advertising business from new clients, including upselling across other media channels.
• Project‑manage clients through the events process, liaising with other key departments; in particular News Live and Marketing.

Qualifications:

• Commercially driven, with a proactive, growth‑oriented mindset with a genuine interest in researching and learning about new sectors to identify and secure untapped commercial leads.
• Strong organisational capabilities with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong networking, negotiating and influencing skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A collaborative team player with the ability to work effectively across different departments.
• Experience of working in events is an advantage, but not essential.

If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone’s potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.

At News UK, we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in‑office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements.

Benefits:

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre‑existing conditions.
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly in‑person/virtual exercise classes.
• Bikes for Work and Electric Car scheme.
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books.
• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks.
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times.
• Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities.
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling.
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%.
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.
• 25 days holiday, plus.