Accepting applications until: 

16 November 2026

Job Description

We Are Global

We think big, work hard and never stand still. It’s our talented and passionate people that make us leaders in creativity and innovation and the proud home to the best media and entertainment on the planet.

We’re here to make everyone’s day brighter. That’s everyone from our Globallers, to our audiences, every partner we work with and every community we work in. Whether we’re making shows or making headlines, making everyone’s day brighter is behind everything we do.

Whether we’re in the studio, building a world-class Global Player app, or producing fast-moving digital content, we’re at our best when we’re working together. It’s why we show up, deliver great work and above all, it’s the reason we all love to work here.

Job Title

Media Executive

Reporting of the Role
 

This role reports to the Group Investment Manager

Role Overview
 

Working as part of Global’s high performing National Sales team, the Media Executive is responsible for planning and booking Airtime and DAX advertising campaigns for a portfolio of media agencies, across the Global audio portfolio. This is a great role as a foundation for your progression and growth in a media sales career! Your activity at point of sale is crucial to the success of the business and is highly valued.

In this role you administer clients’ investment into Global’s brands and audiences through the use of our industry leading systems. You have the opportunity to develop your influencing skills as you maintain a strong focus on sustainable growth by balancing your customer and Global’s needs. Reporting to the Group Planning Manager, you will achieve both sales and operational goals. You also actively support your wider Agency team to implement business plans and strategies.

3 Best Things About The Job

• Opportunity to build technical and sales expertise whilst developing positive relationships with a variety of internal and external partners
• Exposure and input into our evolving business systems and processes which underpin and drive operational excellence, innovating for growth.
• Belonging to a highly collaborative and productive team

Measures Of Success – 

• Expertise in gPlan and associated systems.
• Continuous improvement on agreed set of critical metrics.
• Challenge every agency brief productively, using facts, figures and insight to do so.
• Demonstrate excellent patch management, especially trading administration, and contribute to process improvements within the team.
• An excellent knowledge of Global brands and audiences and a good understanding of your agencies’ and clients’ motivations.
• Encourage trust and co-operation from our customers.

In The First Few Months, You Would Have -
 

• Focused on learning how to use Global’s business systems, primarily gPlan: this includes technical skills and required workflow.
• Got to know operational and sales needs and actively contribute to achieving key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Familiarise yourself with your agency and client portfolio and customer service requirements.
• Established good relationships with key internal partners outside your team, such as; Inventory Operations (capacity management) and Revenue Management (pricing).

Responsibilities Of The Role
 

• Build expertise in Global’s business systems and processes, to ensure excellent delivery.
• Ensure all campaigns are planned accurately against requirements.
• Optimise customer requests through gPlan and collaborate closely with Inventory Operations and Pricing to ensure clients’ requirements are delivered optimally.
• Carry out administrative and reporting tasks accurately and efficiently.
• Proactively Manage a large volume of daily administrative and data-led tasks whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail.
• Provide excellent service both internally and externally.
• Sell the benefits of alternative scenarios, crafting the best solution(s) for the customer and for Global.
• Build a detailed understanding of media pricing (relevant costs and deal mechanics)
• Develop an understanding of how we monetise our data and inventory portfolio.
• Work closely with your Group Investment Managers to identify areas of opportunity and growth within your patch of business; creating proposals and pitches to take to customers.

What You Will Need

The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:
 

• Manage your work whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail.
• Organise and prioritise your work to ensure all deadlines are met.
• Have a can-do attitude that adapts to our clients changing business needs.
• Build phenomenal relationships with internal and external partners.
• Work well in a team, communicating and collaborating effectively.
• Be a problem-solver, using your initiative to find solutions.
• Thrive in a hard-working sales environment
• Proactively seek to break habits and in doing so, deliver better results.
• Show adaptability and resilience