We are looking for a Programmatic Sales Executive to join our Audio XI team in London.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in overseeing programmatic revenue performance, optimising campaigns, and working with agencies and tech partners to drive success in digital audio advertising.
With fantastic learning and development opportunities, you’ll have the chance to enhance your skills, grow your expertise, and help expand Audio XI’s market presence.
Our team
Audio Xi is Bauer Media’s powerful advertising solution that will be fuelled by our high-quality audio and publishing brands’ first-party data to target audiences across a diverse range of audio content.
It will offer UK advertisers AI-enabled opportunities to build effective, addressable campaigns, accessing consumer data from over 50 of our iconic and influential media brands, including audio networks Absolute Radio, KISS and Magic Radio, and podcasts, along with quality publishing brands such as Grazia, Empire, Car and Mother and Baby.
What you’ll be doing
- Overseeing daily programmatic revenue performance, ensuring deals deliver to budget and optimising where necessary.
- Troubleshooting underperforming deals with SSPs and DSPs, managing the process end-to-end.
- Analysing large data sets to identify trends in agency and DSP buying patterns, using insights to refine strategies.
- Developing a deep understanding of programmatic vendors, partners, and RTB processes to improve efficiency and campaign performance.
- Communicating Audio XI’s product offerings effectively to internal and external stakeholders.
- Collaborating with the Programmatic Sales Manager and the wider sales team to ensure programmatic and agency sales strategies align.
- Assisting with end-to-end sales processes, from briefing to campaign management and post-campaign analysis.
- Proactively identifying new revenue opportunities to expand Audio XI’s market presence.
What you'll bring
- Familiarity with ad servers such as Google Ad Manager (GAM), AdsWizz, or similar platforms to manage digital campaigns.
- A basic but growing knowledge of the programmatic ecosystem, including SSPs, DSPs, and RTB processes.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret large data sets using Microsoft Excel (e.g., pivot tables, formulas).
- Quick-thinking problem solver with the ability to develop creative customer solutions.
- Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and key external partners.
- Strong commercial acumen, matching our product’s features and benefits to customer objectives.
If you’re a driven and analytical individual with a passion for programmatic advertising, we’d love to hear from you!
About bauer media group
We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.
What’s in it for you?
- You’ll have 25 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
- Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
- We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
- You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working.
- And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here
Please Note: We are actively seeking this position. You should hear from us within 48 hours of the expiry date. Please note on some occasions the role may be closed before date shown or need to be extended.
If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.
