Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

The Creative Solutions Manager leads our creative response to Agency and Client briefs, using Sky Media’s unique assets to deliver market leading, creative ideas that will support and drive our continued success, revenue growth and be worthy of Industry Award recognition.

What you’ll do:

• Creative owner of briefs; to lead on ideation and creative sessions.
• Support Sales and Client teams on Agency and Client pitches – predominantly on response to briefs whilst acting as the primary contact for all partnerships.
• Support our frontline Sales teams to increase partnership revenues from Agency and Client briefs through delivering best in class creative solutions on brief responses.
• Champion Creativity across Sky Media by delivering pro-activate creative propositions.
• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders and team colleagues.
• Support promotion of partnership opportunities outlining Sky Media’s point of difference/USP.
• Ensure clear, definitive delivery plans with Activation, Sales and Operations teams.
• Continue to champion and explore new ways of revenues growth through Sky Media’s assets and platforms.
• Support the Controller and Head of Department to evolve and deliver outstanding PCA reporting on Partnerships.
• Promote insights, case-studies and creative examples to substantiate partnership credentials.
• Handle internal reporting of briefs, conversions and pipelines.

What you’ll bring:

• Proven track record in Creative Partnerships, Branded Content and idea generation that can demonstrated through a portfolio of work.
• Experience in 360 sells across Sports/Multisport would be advantageous.
• Knowledge and understanding of Branded Content within Digital and social media.
• Strong presentation skills – both oral and written (inc PowerPoint/equivalent software).
• Strong Stakeholder Management skills.
• Clear understanding of the production process/timelines & budgets.
• Can balance entrepreneurial spirit with process and campaign delivery.
• Excellent knowledge of the advertising industry, offering/products, including proficient knowledge of media competitors.
• Knowledge of Sky’s portfolio of channels, their offering to the market (and point of difference) and competitor set.
• Ability to pitch ideas to Clients and Agencies – briefs and pro-active.
• Natural networker with the ability to see the bigger picture.
• Behaviour to reflect Sky’s Values and Sky Media’s VOGs.

Team Overview:

Sky Media is the advertising sales arm of Sky, offering businesses of all shapes and sizes an exciting array of opportunities on TV, online and on the go. Reaching over 95% of the UK population, Sky Media represents all of Sky’s channels and sites including Sky Sports, Sky News, Sky One, Sky Cinema, Sky Arts, Sky Atlantic and Sky Witness. Sky Media also sells on behalf of a range of renowned broadcasters and channels including Channel 5, Discovery, National Geographic, MTV, FOX, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.

The Rewards:

There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you’ll work:

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We’ve adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You’ll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Your office base:

Osterley:

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose! You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon!

Inclusion:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion. We’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more passionate about who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working.

And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.