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Sales Account Director, Travel | 12-Month FTC | Leading UK Newsbrands
We’re working with one of the UK’s most iconic media businesses – home to some of the country’s most trusted and widely-read print and digital titles – to find a brilliant senior salesperson for a maternity cover role in their Commercial Travel team.
This is a genuinely exciting opportunity to step into a high-profile position, leading travel agency relationships across a premium travel advertising portfolio – think tour operators, cruise lines, airlines, and tourist boards – and driving creative, multi-channel partnerships across print, digital and beyond.
What you’ll be doing:
🤝 Managing senior agency relationships and delivering compelling commercial proposals, with a strong focus on PRINT
📊 Owning budget and forecasting across classified and print sections
🎯 Pitching integrated campaigns across print, digital, video, audio and events
👥 Mentoring and developing an Agency Sales Manager
🤝 Negotiating trade deals and contracts
🤔 Collaborating closely with editorial and planning teams to deliver exceptional products
What we’re looking for:
A proven media sales professional whose well-versed in print and trading conversations, comfortable with senior stakeholders, and genuinely excited by travel as a category.
Experience selling multimedia campaigns is key, and knowledge of travel-specific clients is a real bonus.
Most importantly? Someone who brings energy, commercial instinct, and the kind of collaborative spirit that makes a team better.
The details:
📍 London (hybrid, 3 days in office) ⏱ 12-month FTC 📰 Leading UK media company ✈️ Travel sector