Media Sales Executive – 12 months FTC

Sky Media is the advertising arm of Sky; offering brands an exciting array of channels, websites and apps as means of reaching existing and future customers.

Sky Media represents all of Sky’s channels and sites, including Sky Sports, Sky News, Sky Showcase, Sky Cinema, Sky Arts, Sky Witness, Sky Atlantic and Sky.com. Sky Media also sells on behalf of a host of other famous and renowned brands, including Discovery Networks, Viacom, Fox and NBC Universal.

Sky Media offers many different ways of connecting with consumers, whether at home or on the move. From traditional spot ads and sponsorships to advertiser funded content and product placement – all on an ever-increasing array of offline and online platforms

Team overview:

We are a small regional team based in Manchester, responsible for supporting all agencies outside of London, including Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.

What you’ll do:

• Act as a trusted partner to designated agency stakeholders, taking ownership of the end-to-end delivery, optimisation, and commercial success of campaigns across your portfolio.

• Represent Sky Media in high-stakes agency conversations by bringing insight into campaign delivery challenges, commercial constraints, and revenue opportunities

• Drive campaign health and commercial yield by influencing trading outcomes, resolving delivery risks, and leading cross-functional coordination with Operations and offshore teams.

• Act as a primary liaison for offshore team, responsible for oversight of campaign management, making judgment-led decisions and aligning cross-functional teams to deliver quick, commercially-sound resolutions

• Lead on performance reviews and data-led discussions with agencies to ensure campaigns are optimised and aligned with commercial KPIs.

• Support Managers on proactive sales prospecting support trading strategy and maximise late sales opportunities.

• Use initiative to flag emerging delivery issues, negotiate effective mitigations, and suggest tactical upsell strategies to capitalise on late market opportunities.

What you’ll bring:

Essential Criteria:

• Proven experience in a media, advertising sales, or campaign management role.

• Experience managing live campaigns end‑to‑end, including delivery, optimisation, and performance tracking.
• Confidence working with media agencies or commercial partners, building trusted working relationships.

Desirable skills and experience: 

• Strong commercial mindset, with the ability to balance delivery challenges and revenue objectives.

• Comfortable using data and insights to support optimisation and performance conversations.

• Experience collaborating with cross‑functional teams to resolve issues and drive outcomes.

• Proactive, organised, and able to make sound decisions in a fast‑paced environment.

• Clear, confident communicator with strong attention to detail.

Benefits and perks

There’s one thing people can’t stop talking about when it comes to life at Sky: the perks. Here’s a taster:

• Free Sky TV or NOW package, including Sky Sports and Sky Cinema

• Pension package with up to 9% employer contribution

• Private healthcare with mental health support

• Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance

• Discounts on Sky products, including Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband, Sky Glass and Sky Protect

• Sharesave and Tech schemes
• A range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you’ll work

We’ve adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the office per week.

Your office base 

Manchester Cotton House:

The Sky Media Manchester team are based in the city centre, a two-minute walk from St Peter’s Square tram stop. Parking is available on site on a first come, first serve basis. The team have access to a newly renovated roof terrace (to enjoy when it’s not raining!) and can take advantage of services and events through the Bruntwood Collective. These include access to fitness classes, book club and other socials.

Who we are

We’re Sky, a leading media and entertainment company who connect millions with entertainment, sports, news and arts through innovative products and services. Working with us means you’ll be bringing the joy of a better experience to more people, every day. All so we can do better and deliver better for our customers, colleagues and society.

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We’re a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need as early as you can.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll 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.

To be eligible for this role you are required to have the appropriate right to work in the UK. Please be aware Sky does not offer sponsorship for this position.

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