Job Description

Leicester Square - London


Commercial

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R0008650
Permanent Employee (Regular)

Accepting applications until:

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1 August 2025

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Your Role: Activation Manager

The Activation Manager will use their ability to build and foster strong relationships with key stakeholders across outdoor agencies (specialists) and ensure we deliver best in class service. You will take ownership of key accounts from an implementational perspective seeing campaigns through from planning to activation via traditional and automated trading routes with our specialists, ensuring you are maintaining weekly revenue tracking for your business unit.
As an

Activation Manager

at Global, You will:

Key Responsibilities

Understand the key challenges and issues your customers face and ensure that your team are helping to provide solutions to these challenges to ensure we are perceived as a key partner. Ensure you deliver exceptional customer service and ensure the smooth running of the day-to-day business. This will include forecasting for your business on a three-monthly rolling basis and working closely with the Group Activation Manager and Agency team to ensure the delivery of weekly targets. Understand and contribute to delivering weekly, monthly and quarterly sales targets across your sales team and floor.

What You'll Love About This Role

Think Big

: Working on the best Outdoor products in the market, including the number one programmatic offering in outdoor. Your days are guaranteed variety - dealing with client requests, working with your internal counterparts on delivering marketing growth to pitching for your (un)fair share.

Keep it Simple:

Customer facing having autonomy on your business unit from planning to trading.

Own It

: You are the face of Global within your specialist patch, with the freedom to own and develop relationships with Specialist planning and buying teams.

Better Together

: You will be part of a large, high performing team where you opinions and values will be respected.

What Success Looks Like

In your first few months, you'll have:Demonstrated a strong understanding of all Global products and environments and able to clearly articulate the sales benefits of each. With support of your Group Activation Manager and Head of Trading deliver pricing recommendations based off Global pricing guidelines. Understand the wider Global and DAXO portfolio Regular face to face time with your specialist/agencies; Hot Desk, Status Meetings & Inspiration Sessions Built strong relationships and rapport with your key contacts. Undertaken the Global Outdoor new training programme Collaborate with your OOH agencies to grow sales oppurtunities Fostered a relationship with your internal team and built am efficient way of working Presented in front of your key customers and internal colleagues

What You'll Need

Experience

: Demonstrate media sales experience as an experienced Account Manager in Trading and/or Planning division.

Time management

: Excellent time management and personal organisation.

Clear communication:

Clear communication to a wide variety of role types including to customers.

Proactivity

: Proactive sales approach and able to deliver creative and innovative solutions.

Teamwork

: Ability to work with and add value to a high-performing team.

Technical Skills:

Ability to use Keynote, PowerPoint, Excel. #####

Creating a place we all belong at Global

Just like our media and entertainment platforms are for everyone, so are our workplaces. We know that we can't possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people and that's why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone. We believe that diversity will set us apart, so no matter what you look like, where you come from or what your favourite radio station is, we want to hear from you.

We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to the recruitment process and workplace to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you require us to make any reasonable adjustments for you or to disclose a condition, please email recruitment@global.com###

We are Global

At Global, we think big, work hard, and never stand still. We're the proud home of the best media and entertainment, driven by our talented and passionate people. Our mission? To make everyone's day brighter--whether it's our Globallers, our audiences, our partners, or the communities we touch. From creating shows to making headlines, brightening everyone's day is at the heart of everything we do.###

Perks & Rewards

We offer inclusive perks and rewards, so you can get the best out of Global.####

Lifestyle

A little extra, for the moments that matter. 25 days holiday with an extra day off to celebrate your Global anniversary, free mortgage advice, purchase up to 5 days additional holiday, enhanced family leave, accessibility leave, and much more.####

Health

Put your health first with free Headspace membership for you and a loved one, access to a 24/7 virtual GP, nutrition coach, healthcare, and dental discounts.####

Financial

Protection in the important moments. Long sickness insurance, 4x salary protection, cashback benefits, discounted gym memberships, pension, discounted travel insurance, and much more.###

How we hire

Got your eye on a role?#####

Submit application

If one of our roles has caught your eye, the first step is to submit your application. You'll be asked for a CV, and sometimes a cover letter too. We love nothing more than seeing what you're passionate about, so portfolios, videos and demos are always a great addition at this stage.
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The process

If we think you're a great fit, one of our team will get in touch for a chat. This will usually be an informal call, where we get to know each other a little better. After this, you'll go into a first stage interview with the hiring team.#####

Interview and meet the team

This is where you'll meet your potential manager, and some of your teammates. Sometimes these interviews include a task to complete ahead of time, which you'll run through in the session. Aside from the task, it's a good idea to look through our values and see how they align with your own. We also love questions -- so don't forget to use this as an opportunity to interview us too.#####

What's next?

After all interviews are completed, we'll get back to you as quickly as possible. This is usually within a few weeks of applying, and slightly longer for busier roles. If our stars align, our recruitment team will be in touch with the good news! They'll talk you through the next steps, like signing your contract and the onboarding process. If you're not successful this time round, it's likely that you'd be great for another position so we would love to keep in touch!