Are Media is looking for an account manager to work across its beautyvoices and parenting portfolios.
Who Are We?
Are Media is Australia’s leading omnichannel content company for women. Every day we influence, inform, inspire, and connect with 6 in 10 Australian women across magazine media, digital, video, social, e-commerce, customer review sites, podcasts, events and experiences.
Our brands include The Australian Women’s Weekly, Better Homes & Gardens, Woman’s Day, marie claire, TV WEEK, New Idea, Now to Love, Australian Gourmet Traveller, BEAUTY/crew and ELLE. Through our Change AREgenda we drive meaningful and positive change for women.
Are Media employs Australia’s best content creation talent and we are proud that our greatest strength is our people.
The Role:
We are a creative digital publisher and are on the search for an account manager to work across our beautyvoices and parenting portfolios. The brands include: BEAUTYDIRECTORY, beautyheaven, BEAUTYcrew and Bounty Parents.
We pride ourselves on providing a close-knit and collaborative work environment where we strive to deliver innovative products. We promote personal development and career progression of all staff, both in their role and in gaining an understanding of the wider business, which contributes to a fun and vibrant workplace culture.
The account manager role is responsible for generating sales revenue while maintaining and growing the portfolio allocated to them across the sampling and digital offering.
Key responsibilities:
- Reach monthly and quarterly individual targets, managing media, sampling and annual membership targets
- Develop relationships on all levels with your clients so you have direct access to the decision makers in your portfolio
- Respond to client briefs by specified deadlines with a detailed PowerPoint presentation and media schedule
- Work to provide outstanding customer service and insight for brands
- Establish relationships with Brand Direct and PR companies for all brands within your portfolio
- Generate new business through being proactive
- Create bespoke opportunities for your clients and provide short term and long-term solutions to hit revenue targets
Skills & experience:
- Minimum of 2 years + within the media industry
- A desire to succeed with plenty of initiative and get-up-and-go!
- Understanding of how PR agencies and brand relationships are established and maintained
- Experience in presenting
- Outstanding customer service for clients, offering value for their membership
- Extremely driven to meet individual and group sales targets
- Proficiency in Excel (in particular putting together media schedules and insertion orders) and PowerPoint (in particular creating proposals and presentations)
- Proficiency in digital advertising terminology
- Ability to work autonomously and with the team to meet goals and share information
- Experience in the parenting, beauty or women’s lifestyle space is preferable but not essential
Are Media is committed to a diverse, respectful, collaborative & inclusive workplace. We know & value the success this brings for everyone and we welcome & encourage applications from diverse backgrounds.
When you apply, please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.
Why Are Media?
Join Australia’s leading content company for women and be part of an inspiring, creative and collaborative team. We offer excellent people programs including:
- A day of leave for your birthday,
- 4 days of volunteering leave each year,
- An inclusive parental leave program that supports all parents, families & carers,
- FREE digital access to all our titles, and
- Our unique Are Media Learning Academy (Digital Academy, Lunch N Learns, Mentoring and much more).
We support flexible ways of working through our Activity Based Working (ABW) model. We encourage a balance of working in the office and remotely and we believe this enables our people to do their best work.
Please apply now and send your CV via the link.
