Job Description

Overview:
Role Overview
Planning Network equips law firms, local authorities, and planning professionals across the UK with essential tools, insights, and intelligence. We deliver the latest policy updates, legislative changes, appeal decisions, and business opportunities, helping our subscribers stay ahead in a fast-changing sector.
We are seeking a motivated and commercially minded salesperson to expand and manage our subscriber base. The role will involve working with a diverse range of clients, including leading planning consultancies, law firms, architects, local authorities, SMEs, and sole traders. You'll need to build strong relationships, adapt to client needs, and ensure long-term engagement through effective management of subscriptions, renewals, and new business opportunities.
In return, we offer a competitive base salary with uncapped commission (up to 40%), as well as a comprehensive benefits package that includes a premium pension scheme, private healthcare, lifestyle rewards, and flexible perks. You'll be joining a supportive organisation that values ambition, invests in professional growth, and fosters a collaborative, flexible culture where success is recognised and rewarded. Responsibilities:
Core objectives

• Develop and nurture your existing client base, driving growth, retention, and new business opportunities
• Run training sessions with clients to ensure maximum engagement and increased renewal rates. Face-to-face and online webinars
• Manage and improve renewals; identify and move on opportunities to upsell these to Planning Network
• Understand and sell our new 'Rhino' products to help justify price increases.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Build relationships with key identified clients within the Planning Industry
• Successful account management to ensure high renewal rates and revenue growth year-on-year.
• Win back subscribers who have previously cancelled their subscriptions.
• Chase customers who query their invoice or are behind on payment.
• Work with the Sales Team to identify successful objection-handling techniques.
• Explore and develop new market opportunities as they arise.

Skills / Experience / Knowledge / Minimum Criteria:
Key Qualities and Experience

• Self-motivated and enthusiastic about taking ownership of client relationships, from creating opportunities to building long-term revenue-driven relationships.
• Experience in subscription sales, both single and multi-user subscriptions.
• A driven and ambitious individual, able to take initiative and work independently, managing your client base.
• A highly professional individual who demonstrates integrity in their work with a long-term approach to relationship building.
• Collaborative approach working with different teams across the DCS Team.

We are a Disability Confident employer and offer guaranteed interviews to all disabled applicants who meet the above minimum criteria.
To be considered as part of this initiative, please ensure you indicate if you have a disability when applying for the post.
Why work with us?
Haymarket Media Group values its people and strives to shape a better future with remarkable content. From paid content and subscription services; to integrated advertising and content marketing packages. We deliver market-leading branded experiences that inspire great decisions. From data and digital information solutions to live events, awards and professional education services.
Our benefits include:
25 days holiday per year excluding bank holidays (increasing 1 day per year of service up to 30 days)
Work from anywhere in the world for up to 3 weeks of the year with our 'Work from Anywhere' days
Flexible working hours (core hours from 10-3) allowing you the flexibility to adapt your work schedule to your personal commitments
Generous contributory pension scheme
Health Cash Plans: With our health cash plans, you can access a range of healthcare benefits, including coverage for medical expenses, dental care, optical services, and more
More about working for Haymarket
Putting social and environmental responsibility at the forefront of our business we have aligned our current sustainability goals with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. As we serve our audiences, clients and communities, we are committed to driving the meaningful change necessary to build a better world. The principles of diversity, inclusion, respect, responsibility and sustainability are at the heart of our business.
We want to support our people to balance their personal and professional lives and we believe our range of benefits encourages this. Nothing beats face-time with our colleagues to promote creativity and collaboration, we've therefore adopted a blended working model where full time employees can expect to spend 3 days of their week in the office and the other 2 working at a location of their choice.
Haymarket is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.
If you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at .
Come and join us and see for yourself how Haymarket is a rewarding and exciting place to work.

Skills Required