Business Manager

Are Media is Australia’s leading omnichannel content company for women. Every day we influence, inform, inspire, and connect with 6 in 10 Australian women across magazine media, digital, video, social, e-commerce, customer review sites, podcasts, events and experiences.  Our brands include The Australian Women’s Weekly, Better Homes & Gardens, Woman’s Day, marie claire, TV WEEK, New Idea, Now to Love, Australian Gourmet Traveller, BEAUTY/crew and ELLE. Through our Change AREgenda we drive meaningful and positive change for women.

Are Media employs Australia’s best content creation talent and we are proud that our greatest strength is our people. 

Why Are Media?   

Join Australia’s leading content company for women and be part of an inspiring, creative and collaborative team. We offer excellent people programs including:

• A day of leave for your birthday,
• 4 days of volunteering leave each year,
• An inclusive parental leave program that supports all parents, families & carers,
• FREE digital access to all our titles, and
• Our unique Are Media Learning Academy (Digital Academy, Lunch N Learns, Mentoring and much more).    

We support flexible ways of working through our Activity Based Working (ABW) model. We encourage a balance of working in the office and remotely and we believe this enables our people to do their best work. 

About the role

The Business Manager is accountable for delivering their individual territory budget and market share objectives for the designated sales portfolio. This person champions the Are Media sales narrative in market, providing rich customer, category and media brand knowledge matched with commercial acumen across both print, digital and social media.

A strong focus on maintaining deep working relationships with clients and their teams, while ensuring high quality omnichannel briefs and revenue opportunities are delivered to achieve Are Media’s ad sales revenue targets. 

Working with award winning head office teams including Research, Strategy and Creative, this role provides the opportunity to lead and deliver within an exciting, transitioning company. 

Duties

• Responsible for driving revenue growth across Are Media omni channels
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients to maximise influence and develop opportunities
• Work with interstate teams to build go-to-market strategies for sponsorships and tentpoles
• Maintain pipeline and client plans within the portfolio
• Challenge the status quo with high quality, well researched, strategic plans

Skills and experience

• Media sales, specifically digital and social experience required
• Existing client relationships in market with the ability to leverage revenue outcomes
• Ability to negotiate skilfully in tough situations and navigate challenging scenarios
• Set challenging goals, think and plan ahead as well as juggle competing demands to achieve deadlines

Are Media is committed to a diverse, respectful, collaborative & inclusive workplace. We know & value the success this brings for everyone and we welcome & encourage applications from diverse backgrounds.  When you apply, please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

Please apply now and send your CV via the link.