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Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals, and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.

We're now looking for a Senior Solutions Manager to represent the Guardian across a dedicated agency patch, driving revenue growth and cultivating strong, strategic relationships. This role offers the opportunity to work with big clients on complex campaigns across all Guardian products.

About the Role

• Manage and provide the best responses to briefs across all Guardian products, ensuring high-quality solutions for clients.
• Build and maintain relationships with publishing and partnership teams to enhance collaboration so we can provide the best responses and post-sales service.
• Host innovative and effective internal briefing sessions.
• Coordinate with internal teams to ensure smooth campaign execution.
• Utilise campaign performance data to offer data-driven insights to clients, enhancing advertising strategies.
• Provide valuable feedback from the marketplace to improve our responses.
• Supporting and coaching the wider Solutions team including day-to-day support, media plan oversight, delegation of Ad enquiries, leading weekly internal meetings, feedback on weekly pipeline updates and collateral for the team.

About You

• Proven customer-facing experience in advertising sales, agency, digital, marketing, product, or communications.
• Experience managing and pitching complex advertising campaigns.
• Knowledge of digital advertising channels and products.
• A strategic thinker with a proven ability to identify and lead initiatives to drive business performance.
• Deep understanding of advertisers' challenges across full-funnel objectives.
• Proficiency in analysing data and extracting insights to assess campaign performance.
• Proactive troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• A proactive attitude with exceptional response curation and analytical skills.

The salary range for this role starts at £43,000 plus up to 40% commission (paid quarterly).

We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people. We aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve, where our people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard and can contribute to our future. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.

How to Apply

Please upload a copy of your latest CV. You don't need to provide a covering letter but we would like you to share your responses to the following two questions:

• Tell us about your best sales achievement or project that you have worked on.
• Tell us about a challenging client or campaign problem and how you went about solving it.

Don't worry we're not looking for an essay response, we'd like you to share roughly a paragraph (the suggested word count is 100-200 words per paragraph) for each question as part of the application process. Please provide your responses to our questions on one document and upload it along with your CV as part of your application.

The closing date for applications is 16th July 2025.

We appreciate the time taken to prepare each application we receive. We do not use AI-assisted technology to review applications; every application is reviewed by a member of our recruitment team.

All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply. It is important to us that you feel supported and comfortable throughout your recruitment process, in order to perform your best. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to help your application, this includes providing documents in accessible formats or personalising the process to better support your needs. Please contact Alice on alice.connor@guardian.co.uk to discuss further so we can work with you to support you through your application.

Benefits at the Guardian

You'll have 30 days of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days. Our pension scheme is generous; if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8-12% (depending on your age). We believe in giving back, which is why employees are given 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving. Season ticket loans are also available.

You are entitled to private healthcare, life cover, income protection, and eye tests. You can also opt in to dental insurance.

We have enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place. We also support our employees by offering an IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy.

Culture and Wellbeing

We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian and we champion diversity of thought. Our various employee forums provide a platform to use their voice to foster an inclusive workplace. We became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.

We offer tools to help you prioritise your wellbeing including access to our employee benefits platform which provides tailored support for health and wellbeing. In addition, we also offer free yoga and pilates classes, corporate gym membership and a cycle to work scheme. Our canteen has views overlooking the Regents Canal and caters for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Learning and Development

We encourage personal and professional growth. Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions, and we are happy to support the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships.