AV Sales Executive

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

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.

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.

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.

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky . Our great 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

Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

At Sky, we want to be a community that thrives by being together. Flexible working remains a key part of that. We want our people to have the best of both worlds – time working at home, as well as time in the office.

The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the office per week.

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.

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We’re a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We’ll 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 to your recruiter as early as you can.

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

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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.