Job Description

Want to do the best work of your life? Make your mark at Europe\xe2\x80\x99s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll do:

• Create innovative and best-in-class cross-platform sponsorship sales assets for all relevant programming/content across your designated platforms.
• Build and maintain key internal relationships at Sky to ensure efficient flow of information, setting of expectations and delivery of sponsorship deals.
• Deliver excellence in account management, ensuring sponsorship deals are trafficked and delivered at an operational level, leading sponsors, media agency and creative agency customers, to ensure Sky Media goes above and beyond.
• Support, and where relevant manage all deal admin that pertains to allotted channels and platforms. This includes but is not limited to internal comms, pricing, contracts, invoicing, deal tracking and reporting.
• Work alongside the Activation Manager to help deliver award-worthy sponsorship activation campaigns for key sponsors including deal renewals across allotted channel portfolio.

The Activation team sits within Sky Media\xe2\x80\x99s Planning Division will be accountable for the creation, sale and account management of over 100 cross-platform sponsorship and contextual advertising partnerships a year across Sky\xe2\x80\x99s \xe2\x80\x9cwholly-owned\xe2\x80\x9d channels.

Sky Media is the advertising sales arm of Sky, offering businesses of all shapes and sizes an exciting array of opportunities on TV, online and on the go.

Reaching over 95% of the UK population, Sky Media represents all of Sky\xe2\x80\x99s channels and sites including Sky Sports, Sky News, Sky One, Sky Cinema, Sky Arts, Sky Atlantic and Sky Witness. Sky Media also sells on behalf of a range of renowned broadcasters and channels including Channel 5, Discovery, National Geographic, MTV, FOX, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll bring:

• Validated experience within the media, sports or entertainment industry, at a media owner or agency.
• Knowledge of broadcast channels and understanding of the sponsorship marketplace from event sponsorship assets to media sponsorship.
• Effective communication, numerical, analytical and presentation skills, balancing multiple projects and prioritise accordingly to hit targets.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Ability to use Landmark and TechEdge is desirable.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with colleagues to deliver the best outcomes for advertisers and brand partners.
• An understanding of how TV and Digital media are traded (desirable).

The rewards:

There\xe2\x80\x99s a reason people can\xe2\x80\x99t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our phenomenal range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place!
• A generous pension package!
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband

How you\'ll work:

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We\'ve adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You\'ll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Your office base:

Brentwood

This location takes some beating: we\xe2\x80\x99re practically in Brentwood station, which has regular trains to London Liverpool Street. If you find it easier to drive, there\xe2\x80\x99s some onsite parking, while Chatham Way car park is a short walk away.

Inclusion:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we\xe2\x80\x99ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we\xe2\x80\x99ve committed \xc2\xa330million to support the fight against racial injustice. We\xe2\x80\x99ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky, we don\xe2\x80\x99t just look at your CV. We\xe2\x80\x99re more focused on whom you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we\xe2\x80\x99re happy to discuss flexible working.

And we\'ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can\xe2\x80\x99t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we\xe2\x80\x99ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

Sky Group