Inventory Executive - 12 Month FTC Mat Cover

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

You will be joining the Inventory Hub which is part of the commercial team working across News Broadcasting, a leading UK and Irish media company, which is wholly owned by News UK and Ireland Limited. Our radio stations include talkSPORT, the world's biggest sports radio station and global audio partner of the Premier League, alongside popular national digital stations Virgin Radio, talkSPORT 2, Times Radio and Talk.

Working within the Inventory Hub you will assist the Inventory Managers in ensuring the smooth and professional running of the Inventory Department, ensuring revenues are maximised with pro-active inventory management, delivery of high standards of internal and external customer service, and maintaining quality scheduling to maintain on-air commercial output. You will report to the Head of Inventory and be focused on supporting the commercial teams in hitting revenue targets.

Day to day you will:

• Support the Inventory Managers to manage Airtime & S&P inventory in ways which maximise revenue across the News Broadcasting Network.
• Schedule all advertising campaigns accurately, ensuring all sales guarantees and inventory policies are delivered.
• Schedule all S&P activity accurately around a number of key properties including items such as Live Sport, Simulcast periods, the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio and Times Radio.
• Accurately model & communicate inventory pressures to all sales teams.
• Provide post campaign reports and analysis.
• Ensure correct copy broadcasts on all campaigns and check for quality and legal compliance.
• Receive commercial audio and maintain archive.
• Liaise with the Activation and Digital Audio Ops Teams to ensure copy is shared where applicable.
• Load commercial audio onto RCS Zetta playout system.
• Reconcile commercial logs post-transmission.
• Manage all GTN, Newslink & Radio Trading Desk relationships.
• Adserve Sales system suite administration and support.
• J-ET trading software administration and support.
• Nielsen Media management.

This role would suit a confident, self-motivated team player who is keen to join the highly successful and committed Inventory team. We are also looking for someone who:

• Has knowledge of radio inventory.
• Has excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a good telephone manner.
• Has effective time management skills, with the ability to work to deadlines.
• Works with great attention to detail.
• Takes initiative and works in a proactive way.
• Has strong numeracy.
• Possesses basic Excel and PowerPoint skills.

At News UK, we know the value of working together, which is why we operate a hybrid working policy with a minimum of three days a week in the office. Being in the office allows us to collaborate, innovate, and thrive as a team in our vibrant and dynamic workspace. Some roles may require more office-based days depending on the nature of the position, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter to learn more about what’s required for your role.

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information. To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like-minded employees socially.

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks.
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions.
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes.
• 'Bikes for Work' and 'Electric Car' scheme.
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books.
• 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%.
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year.

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