The Young Women s Lifestyle Division is looking for a dynamic and motivated Account Executive to join the commercial team and drive weekly revenue goals across all brand pillars. Working across both Grazia and Cosmopolitan Middle East, the appointed candidate will uncover new business opportunities driving week on week revenue growth, nurture existing relationships with key clients, be an in-market ambassador for the division and an authority on all that both brands stand for and the audiences they reach. This role is client-facing and requires a candidate that is tenacious, highly motivated and results focused. The appointed candidate must have enthusiasm and knowledge across fashion, beauty and lifestyle, along with an understanding of social media platforms and the demographic.

The division includes the following brands across all platforms; magazines, online, social media and events:

• Grazia Middle East
  
• Cosmopolitan Middle East
  

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Driving & contributing towards weekly revenue across the Young Women s Lifestyle portfolio
  
• Identifying and business development of new business for Young Women s Group
  
• Responsible for pitching innovative executions for a wide variety of different clients
  
• Exceed revenue targets via professional, high-quality pitching and presenting, both in response to briefs provided by clients and by proactively developing and pitching new concepts to potential brand partners
  
• Deliver week on week incremental revenue to contribute towards the group target
  
• Drive brand-new revenue across both brands by establishing relationships with new partners and clients
  
• Manage a client list and work closely with PR and media agencies, building and maintaining strong relationships in the industry
  
• Create monthly and seasonal offers and products to increase and diversify opportunities for brand and commercial partners, identifying potential for events and activations
  
• Create high-quality presentations that bring each pitch to life during the sales process, and flawless post-campaign reports
  
• Work with the Key Account Director to ensure client briefs are exceeded and the appropriate editorial teams to ensure all executions reflects overall content / editorial standards and strategy
  
• Have your finger on the pulse of the local scene, using professional contacts and social media networks to identify the next big thing in the market
  

• A highly motivated self-starter
  
• Superb organisational skills
  
• Driven by exceeding revenue targets
  
• Perform well in a fast paced and highly demanding environment
  
• Deliver weekly incremental revenue across the Young Women s Group
  
• Strong understanding of all media formats and platforms in Grazia & Cosmopolitan Middle East s brand stable (digital, print, social, events, et cetera), and globally
  
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills
  
• Passion for coming up with creative pitches and seeing through to fruition
  
• Able to work creatively and efficiently under pressure and to tight deadlines
  
• Education: Must be educated to degree level or equivalent industry qualification
  
• Essential: Proficient in MS PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Outlook
  
• Is excited by the challenge of last-minute, ad-hoc projects in addition to daily output
  
• Highest standard of accuracy and attention to detail
  
• Flexibility and a professional approach at all times.
  
  

What we look for in a candidate
ITP Media Group is company filled with individuals as diverse as the subjects we cover. At the same time there are common characteristics we all share. To join our team you ll want to

• Have a high sense of ownership, urgency and drive
  
• Either have experience at or want to dive headfirst into a fast-paced digital-first company
  
• Think BIG
  
• Have excellent communication and relationship building skills
  
• Be commercially astute
  
• Be a team player
  
  

Miscellaneous

• Ad hoc projects as required
  
• Assisting in raising the profile of Grazia Middle East, Cosmopolitan Middle East and ITP Media Group
  
• Any other reasonable requests from the company directors
  

Benefits