Partnerships Manager - Hotels, Luxury & Tourist Boards

Your team: The Travel Sales team is an externally facing multimedia sales hub dedicated to maximising market share within the travel industry. We focus on the cruise and touring sectors, leveraging advertising opportunities across print, digital, video, social, and radio to position News UK as an expert thought leader in the market. Your role: You will take on a vital externally facing position, driving revenue and market share by securing and growing advertising partnerships with major travel clients. Serving as an expert and thought leader in the travel industry, you will pitch bespoke, multi-format campaigns while building robust relationships with direct clients and their media agencies to deliver overarching solutions that meet their commercial goals. Day to day you will:

• Own revenue targets for key travel categories, driving commercial growth across all brands and achieving digital growth objectives.
• Develop strategic relationships with direct clients-up to the executive level-and media agencies to deeply understand their product mix, customer segments, and future plans.
• Pitch innovative, bespoke, multi-channel advertising solutions utilising our editorial content, video capabilities, social platforms, and other unique News UK assets.
• Generate incremental revenue by up-selling cross-platform solutions, securing long-term commitments, and proactively securing business from new clients.
• Represent News UK at trade events and client functions, speaking knowledgeably on industry panels to elevate our profile within the travel sector.
  
  Proven experience in multimedia sales, with a strong track record of managing a sales pipeline and meeting revenue targets.
• Demonstrable experience developing and pitching creative, cross-platform advertising campaigns to high-level stakeholders and media agency partners.
• Strategic relationship-building capabilities, enabling you to quickly understand complex client objectives and translate them into actionable, compelling media proposals.
• Clear and persuasive communication skills, essential for negotiating deals, delivering campaign performance insights, and leading immersive client sessions.
• A proactive and highly organised approach to business development, allowing you to seamlessly collaborate with internal teams to optimise campaign delivery.
  
  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.
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. Life at News 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. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy. At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.

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