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Media Sales Recruitment

We specialise in recruiting the finest candidates for the media sales industry, meeting our clients' needs with the best talent available.

What is a media sales business?

The media sales sector specialises in selling advertising space and solutions to businesses across a number of different formats like online, TV, radio or Out of Home advertising. The majority of these organisations are headquartered in London but have regional offices in Manchester to service the North where they will have smaller, more sales focussed teams. There is significant spend around seasonal and campaign activity which media sales companies must be prepared for to hit targets and compete for budgets. Roles within this sector involve selling media and advertising space with the majority of the role being focussed on identifying new clients, pitching to them and creating presentations to offer solutions for their briefs. They will then maintain and grow relationships with clients to increase advertising spend within the area or client portfolio they are responsible for whilst justifying the spend through campaign metrics and analysis. 

How do media sales businesses work with recruitment agencies?

You’ll find positions like Media Sales Account Managers, Executives, Managers or Directors who all sell and manage clients across both advertising agencies and client direct. Recruitment agencies will identify candidates with outstanding client management skills, a strong commercial ability and be able to solve problems whilst producing presentations and plans to execute briefs. This will mean examining skillsets of junior candidates for career development in a role or having a quality network of experienced candidates to be able to present to clients for their vacancies. There are only a limited amount of recruitment agencies who specialise in this sector, but they will be well connected and have the ability to produce fast and quality shortlists because of their market involvement. 

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Why do media sales agencies work with The Candidate?

Being located in Manchester since 2012, we operate in one of the largest regional hubs for media sales professions who have worked alongside advertising agencies and large regional clients for decades. We know the candidates who have the strongest client relationships, that have worked on the biggest pitches and generated the biggest revenues for their clients. By understanding their suitability to your sales product, we can identify synergies that will ensure a great return from one of our recruited candidates. Our team have worked in the media industry and in particular media sales so we grasp exactly what our clients require. We’re part of the community and submerge ourself within it, attending events and supporting it where needed. 

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I recommend Laura to all of my clients that are seeking to make an executive appointment. Having worked together on a number of projects I am lucky enough to have seen first hand her passion for exceeding client expectations. Laura's commitment to understanding the brief at hand, combined with her pride in the job and desire to win, always results in happy clients; it is common for CEOs and CMOs to call and thank me for making the introduction. Always a pleasure to spend time with, professionally and socially. If you want to hire the right person for your business, make sure you speak to Laura.
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