We are now looking for an Integrated Marketing Director to join our Advertising team for a 12-month fixed-term contract.
About the role
You will ensure that the Guardian is a trusted tier one partner for business-critical clients and we are able to leverage these relationships to develop meaningful long term partnerships. You will drive brand growth, audience engagement, and commercial impact by uniting creative storytelling, data insights and multi-platform activation. You will be the conduit between the editorial team and the commercial team.
- Build a cross‑platform commercial product offering that works to give clients and advertisers unique access to our global audience
- Lead the planning and execution of multi-platform campaigns (video, social, influencer, experiential, live, content partnerships)
- Lead strategic conversations that enable us to deliver best-in-class partnerships that deliver innovation and campaign excellence
- Craft market-leading pitches that fit the client or agency brief to obtain new or repeat business opportunities
About you
- Experience selling the sale of multi‑platform content‑based partnerships that meet a client’s objectives
- Experience leading a team to deliver integrated brand partnerships
- Clear experience of innovation and building commercial packages that work to effectively reach audiences on social
- Demonstrable expertise in understanding a brief and developing the right integrated proposal as a response
- Proven contacts within the industry, excellent negotiation skills
- Ideally you will have experience of sales at a social first/video media owner
Benefits
You’ll have 30 days of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days. Our pension scheme is generous; if you contribute 5% we will contribute 8-12% (depending on your age). Employees are given 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving. Season ticket loans are also available. You are entitled to private healthcare, life cover, income protection and eye tests. You can also opt in to dental insurance. We have enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place as well as IVF, menopause, baby loss and trans equality policy.
All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply. We actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.
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