Sky Media Marketing Manager (12 Month Fixed-term Contract)

This is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract for ‘Marketing Manager, Sky Media’. Sky Media is the advertising sales arm of Sky, and the Marketing team is responsible for setting and delivering Sky Media's marketing strategy across the advertising industry.

As ‘Marketing Manager’, your role is to translate a specific department(s) commercial objectives into marketing plans and then deliver those plans using a capability layer of internal resource that covers content, digital & social, events and creative. This role will be creating plans to target CMOs / Media Directors at brands a various roles inside their media agencies.

This is a role defined by influence rather than authority. The Marketing Manager reports directly to the Head of Marketing, but all capability is managed by the Marketing Controller. Success comes from planning credibly inside a capacity model, building the relationship with the Controller, the capability and the department. You will be supported to deliver your marketing plans by resource that covers content, digital & social, events and creative as well as via dedicated project management.

The role requires someone who is comfortable communicating with senior stakeholders in the business, but just as happy to roll up their sleeves and work alongside capability and who finds it easy to build and maintain relationships that get the job done.

Department partnership

Programme planning

Delivery through shared capability

Measurement and reporting

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

Osterley:

Our Sky Group HQ. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and workspaces, there’s plenty of space to see your big ideas come to life. Here you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants and cafes. You can re-energise at our gym, catch the latest films at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Our Osterley Campus is just a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station, or you can get one of our free shuttle buses from Osterley, Gunnersbury and Ealing Broadway stations. Plus, there’s free onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.

• Experience owning a marketing plan or program end to end, including planning, delivery and reporting.
• Demonstrable experience delivering through people who do not report to you.
• Strong stakeholder management with senior commercial audiences, including the ability to say no and keep the relationship.
• Commercial literacy: comfort with revenue targets, pipeline and the mechanics of how the aligned department(s) makes money.
• Excellent briefing and written communication.
• Planning discipline — the ability to build a plan that survives contact with a capacity constraint.
• Experience in media, broadcast, advertising sales or a media agency.
• Experience of matrix or shared-service marketing models.

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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.

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