Background to ESI Media

 ESI Media is an innovative multichannel media business, with a cross-platform reach in the UK of 22.7m. Our brands include the London Evening Standard, The Independent and London Live.

The role:

Reporting into the Head of Trade Marketing, the Marketing Executive will work in the Strategy team of ESI Media’s commercial department.

The Marketing Executive will be responsible for working in the marketing team to drive awareness of all of the ESI Media brands and the commercial solutions we can offer to advertisers, partners and media agencies through marketing communications and events.

Key responsibilities:

• Work with commercial and editorial stakeholders to create exciting marketing communications activities that inspire and excite our clients and agencies about our brands and our commercial offerings
• Run a variety of events and activations to promote ESI Media to our advertisers and agencies
• Contribute to the marketing team’s delivery of key industry events, such as Ad Week Europe
• Develop and promote success stories through case studies and awards entries
• Work alongside the Audience and Insight team to promote our research and insight
• Contribute to the marketing team’s comms schedule during the year:
  • Newsletters
  • Creating content for the ESI Media website
  • Social media – mainly Twitter and Linked-In
• Help to manage the ESI Media trade contacts database
• Look after the design and ordering of ESI Media merchandise

Desired skills and experience:

• Ideally educated to degree level
• Ideally 1-2 years’ experience working for a media owner or media company
• An understanding of the media and advertising industry
• Excellent organisation, time management and prioritisation skills required; ability to work and thrive in a multi-tasked, fast paced, dynamic environment
• Excellent written skills
• Experience of using a content management system to populate and maintain a website
• Experience of using social media, ideally in a work environment
• Experience working with a design team
• Experience of managing a database
• Demonstrated ability to think creatively
• Flexible and able to adapt to multiple priorities
• Resilient and able to persuade others

***Please send an up to date CV along with a covering letter to esirecruitment@esimedia.co.uk***

Role:

ESI Media are recruiting for a junior trading role, supporting the trading teams.

Job Purpose:

To support the trading team maximise all revenue opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

(Including but not limited to the following):

• Booking on advertising campaigns both print and digital.
• Liaising with production.
• Reporting real time trading position to the heads of trading.
• Speaking to the trading teams agency contacts when the trading teams are out of the office.
• Delivering information and insight to the agency contacts and act as an additional resource whenever Trading Account Managers’ are out of the office.
• Understanding the trading parameters of the key agency groups.
• Building a strong relationship with both the production team and the Flat Planning Team to ensure the copy and delivery process is efficient alongside the inventory management process.
• Ensuring that all sales collateral that is sent out is up to date, relevant and informative.
• Dealing with internal customers – production, editorial- finance – act as a key liaison for the Trading Teams.
• To actively seek leads from competitive press, internet, and other mediums.
• To deal quickly and efficiently with queries both internally and externally.
• To play an active role within your team to develop overall performance across the department.
• To make sure accurate sales records are kept via Adtaker, Google docs and take on new systems as they emerge – Pats, Moat etc.

Skills Required:

• Proven sales ability.
• Good working knowledge and understanding of digital advertising.
• Effective personal organisation.
• Good time management.
• Numerate to enable planning/forecasting and overall excellent analytical skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Problem solving skills.
• Self-motivated, energetic pursuit of sales goals.
• Excellent communication skills within a team, department and external capacity.

 ***Please send an up to date CV along with a covering letter to esirecruitment@esimedia.co.uk***

 

The Role:

To develop the ad hoc and contract syndication of content for new and existing clients on behalf of Independent Digital News & Media Ltd (IDNML) and Evening Standard Limited (ESL). To recognise potential new business and act as an ambassador for content from The Independent and Evening Standard.

Key responsibilities:

• Leading the ad hoc and contract sales processes, ensuring an efficient, professional and responsive service is offered to all existing and new clients. This will include organising and contributing to continuous daytime cover for ad hoc phone and email requests.
• Proactively identifying and pursuing new syndication markets under the guidance of the Content Sales Manager.
• Identifying development potential in existing accounts by studying current client spend; identifying and evaluating additional needs for up-sell potential.
• Initiating sales process by building relationships and qualifying potential while forging strong, lasting relationships with key clients.
• Leading the acquisition of corporate and academic subscriptions to the Independent Daily Edition.
• Keeping accurate and clear records of sales as well as account plans for clients and regular ad hoc clients.
• Assisting the Content Sales Manager in managing and growing all syndication points of sale (e.g. highlights emails and syndication interface).
• Working with the rest of the Syndication team to support other licensing activities and to explore and take on new business opportunities that arise.
• Contributing industry information and client feedback to sales strategies by evaluating current products offered by competitors.
• Maintaining market knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Enhancing department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Forging strong, lasting relationships with key clients.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Great understanding of the sales and buying process a must with knowledge of the corporate and educational sectors.
• Not afraid of cold calling as most sales development will be over the phone; explaining and introducing products and services, negotiating terms and fees.
• Proven sales and prospecting skills, ideally with news syndication experience or equivalent knowledge of the rights clearance process (eg. image, music, editorial).
• Exceptional presentation skills and a willingness to act as a brand ambassador at conferences and industry events.
• Proven contact building and customer relations ability including experience in building relationships with clients within the UK and in other countries and cultures.
• Very strong work ethic and ability to organise and multitask.
• Proactive, self-starting approach to developing new business and a strong account management and record-keeping ethic.
• Excellent time management and organisation skills and an ability to work to deadlines with a high level of accuracy and detail.
• Flexibility (e.g. travelling out of hours and working on syndication and licensing tasks not directly defined in this role).
• Familiarity with the ESI titles and websites.
• A structured approach to problem solving.

***Please send an up to date CV along with a covering letter to esirecruitment@esimedia.co.uk***

 

This is an exciting time for the business as we work to develop our proposition as a multi-platform media owner and compete in a competitive market. Our diverse portfolio encompasses print, digital and TV.

The Story Studio division within ESI Media commercial is made up of commercial editors, designers and project managers meeting the increased demand for solutions partnerships and sponsorships.

The role will report to the Head of Project Management and share in the delivery of cross-media projects: from one-off advertorials to long term partnerships which may require liaising with Events, Promotions and digital specialists.

Project managers work across our whole portfolio of titles, covering ESI’s main media (print and digital including social media and video). The Senior Project Manager should be the most experienced project manager of the team and at times deputise for the Head of Project Management.

Skills:

• Outstanding attention to detail.
• Pro-active team player.
• Strong communication skills.
• Exceptional organisational skills
• Skilled interpreter of briefs.
• Project risk aware.

Experience & Requirements:

• Project management background – 5 years of print or other media.
• Media owner or creative agency background.
• Client facing account management.
• Know-how to work effectively with challenging clients
• Proven ability to manage internal and external resources.
• Proven ability to manage, control and deliver successful and profitable projects, including scoping and costing 3rd party services.
• Creation of production and campaign timelines.
• Ability to tailor process to the campaign.
• Eye for design.
• Previous experience organising photo shoots, liaising with photographers, model agencies, make-up artists and art directors.
• Understanding of digital platforms.
• Previous experience working with;
• Designers
• Editorial
• Flat planners
• Sales teams
• Clients/agencies
• Freelance writers
• Ability to interpret a brief and ensure its being delivered on.
• Used to working to very tight deadlines and under pressure.
• Gravitas to deputise for Head of Project Management where required.

Please send an up to date CV along with a covering letter to esirecruitment@esimedia.co.uk

Background to ESI Media

ESI Media is an innovative multichannel media business, with a cross-platform reach in the UK of 22.7m. Our brands include the London Evening Standard, The Independent and London Live.

Main purpose of the role:

Writes the social and digital consumer-facing content produced by the commercial department. Ensures consistency in brand style and content strategy, and optimises reader engagement

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Develop ideas and write digital native features, advertorials and social media commercial content
• Create engaging stories for our readers which communicate messages effectively for our clients
• Repurpose print copy to optimise for digital UX – headlines, standfirsts, and formatting and for search
• Write copy for digital assets and drivers
• Adapt copy in response to analytics
• Attend brainstorms and put forward ideas
• Work with e-commerce to create content that drives revenue
• Work with editorial and digital teams to plan content calendars
• Implement best practise principals in digital content production and for all social media platforms
• Keep abreast of competitor activity

 Knowledge/experience/skills:

 Essential

• Proven experience of creating digital and social content for lifestyle channels, in particular fashion and beauty
• Excellent writing skills
• Excellent knowledge of all social media platforms
• Fluent in content management systems
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment with tight, multiple deadlines and project management
• Able to work quickly and accurately under pressure
• Able to work within set brand guidelines

 Desirable

• Understanding of the Evening Standard/Independent audience
• Good working knowledge of SEO

 Personal qualities

• Good commercial acumen
• Good team player
• Good communicator
• Flexible

 ***Please send an up to date CV along with a covering letter to esirecruitment@esimedia.co.uk***

Job purpose:

You will be the lead for the group on all recruitment matters ensuring that the most appropriate and cost effective tools are used. You will have HR generalist responsibility for a range of business areas, covering the full employee lifecycle. This will include case and absence management, coach and mentor line managers in employment law matters, deliver in-house training on the employee lifecycle and assist with and where appropriate lead HR projects.

The two elements (recruitment and generalist) are of equal importance.

 Key responsibilities and accountabilities – what is delivered:

• Liaise with line managers to establish recruitment requirements and advise on the most suitable process.
• Ensure that you are across and implementing the latest and most appropriate tools for recruitment and talent management including making creative and effective use of social media.
• Advise and assist managers with the creation of job descriptions, interview and assessment processes, where appropriate participate in interviews, advise managers on feedback.
• Conduct exit interviews and analyse trends, ensure the HR team and managers use this information to inform talent interventions.
• Maintain the group preferred supplier list of recruitment agencies, maintain relationships with suppliers and negotiate terms where appropriate.
• Be the first point of contact for managers from designated business areas to:

– Provide timely and appropriate advice and guidance to line managers in all aspects of HR.

– Participate in disciplinary and grievance investigations and interviews.

• Provide an impartial advisory service to all employees.
• Assist with the creation and delivery of in-house training workshops.
• Provide regular and ad hoc reports for Head HR.
• Take responsibility for a range of HR projects, either as part of a project team or as the lead.
• Where required issue contracts of employment.
• Assist colleagues on an ad-hoc basis.
• Undertake all related administration for own work including updating records and files. 

Skills and Experience:

• Well rounded generalist with strong UK employment law knowledge.
• Proven recruitment experience and knowledge of best practice.
• You have experience of providing business focused advice to managers, including seeing through cases.
• Strong communicator, can explain complex matters in a straightforward way, whether in person or in writing, know when not to use jargon.
• You have effective data analysis and excel skills and are proficient in word and power point.
• A full HR qualification is not necessary, you may be working towards it or may have gained your knowledge on the job.

About you:

• Naturally collaborative, willing to roll up your sleeves and take on any task.
• A strong communicator, develops and builds relationships with a range of people. You will get out and find people, not wait for them to come to you.
• Discrete, show integrity in what you do.
• Able to effectively influence and negotiate.
• Have great attention to detail.
• Pro-active, a problem solver who is focused on business solutions.
• You can adapt to changing needs while delivering to deadlines.
• Able to set own tasks/multi-task and prioritise own work, mindful of the impact on others.
• Know when and how to adapt working style to suit the audience.

Expected behaviours – how the remit is delivered:

• Continuous improvement – works in a smart, flexible and focussed way, is curious, open to change and suggests ideas for improvements to the way things are done.
• Collaboration – builds and maintains positive and supportive working relationships with colleagues. Helps to create an inclusive and professional work environment.
• Building capability – keeps own knowledge and skill set current and evolving and looks for ways to continue learning to support the achievement of business objectives.
• Quality service – delivers high quality and efficient service and takes account of the diverse client needs and requirements when looking at ways to improve service quality.
• Responsive delivery – works to agreed business goals and objectives and deals with challenges in a constructive and responsive way. Takes personal responsibility for quality of outputs.
• Negotiation – can drive a good deal through building effective relationships.
• Influencing – through taking a coaching approach, can encourage others to understand different perspectives and act accordingly.
• Show awareness of cultural diversity at all times, respects others.
• Show awareness of the importance of health and safety in the work place, acts if there are matters of concern.

The HR team

Working across the group providing a full strategic and operational HR remit from generalist to specialist including talent management, payroll, benefits and advice on international placements. The team works closely together in a flat structure.

***Please send an up to date CV along with a covering letter to esirecruitment@esimedia.co.uk***

 

About us:

ESI Media is an innovative multichannel media business, with a cross-platform reach of 23.1m. Our brands include the London Evening Standard, The Independent and London Live, We have offices based in the UK and US.

You will be working with a range of people from senior managers to print and digital journalists, finance, live event and commercial teams and TV.

Job purpose:

Be the first point of contact for managers and employees for all administrative matters and ensure that all systems and processes are up-to-date.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities – what is delivered:

• Manage all administration related to our payrolls, from ensuring that all the information required is received on time to creating and formatting data for uploading into the payroll system and inputting accurately to tight deadlines.
• Create and run reports and analysis for Payroll and Benefits Manager.
• Responsible for the administration for all starters, leavers, contract changes, including creating offer letters and contracts.
• First point of contact for new starters in relation to legislative requirements, ensuring the process is smooth.
• Responsible for all payroll, benefit, rewards and pension administration and queries.
• Process third party payment reports for finance colleagues.
• Provide support for HR projects.
• Responsible for the administration of training courses and employee surveys.
• Provide Head HR and the team with regular and ad hoc reports.
• Responsible for the maintenance of the HR information in the company intranet.
• Provide support to recruitment campaigns.
• Manage all processes associated with invoice payments, including liaising with our finance team and outside companies.
• Assist colleagues on an ad-hoc basis.
• Undertake all related administration for matters you are dealing with including updating HR records and files.

Skills and Experience:

• Previous experience in payroll and HR administration.
• Strong communicator, can explain complex matters in a straightforward way, whether in person or in writing, know when not to use jargon.
• You have strong data analysis and excel skills and are proficient in word and power point.
• A full HR qualification is not necessary, you may be working towards it or may have gained your knowledge on the job.

About you:

• Naturally collaborative, willing to roll up your sleeves and take on any task.
• A strong communicator, develops and builds relationships with a range of people. You will get out and find people, not wait for them to come to you.
• Discrete, show integrity in what you do.
• Able to effectively influence and negotiate.
• Have great attention to detail.
• Pro-active, a problem solver who is focused on business solutions.
• You can adapt to changing needs while delivering to deadlines.
• Able to set own tasks/multi-task and prioritise own work, mindful of the impact on others.
• Know when and how to adapt working style to suit the audience.

Expected behaviours – how the remit is delivered:

• Continuous improvement – works in a smart, flexible and focussed way, is curious, open to change and suggests ideas for improvements to the way things are done.
• Collaboration – builds and maintains positive and supportive working relationships with colleagues. Helps to create an inclusive and professional work environment.
• Building capability – keeps own knowledge and skill set current and evolving and looks for ways to continue learning to support the achievement of business objectives.
• Quality service – delivers high quality and efficient service and takes account of the diverse client needs and requirements when looking at ways to improve service quality.
• Responsive delivery – works to agreed business goals and objectives and deals with challenges in a constructive and responsive way. Takes personal responsibility for quality of outputs.
• Show awareness of cultural diversity at all times, respects others.
• Show awareness of the importance of health and safety in the work place, acts if there are matters of concern.

The HR team

Working across the group providing a full strategic and operational HR remit from generalist to specialist including talent management, payroll, benefits and advice on international placements. The team works closely together in a flat structure.

***Please send an up to date CV along with a covering letter to esirecruitment@esimedia.co.uk***

ESI Media is an innovative multichannel media business, with a cross-platform reach of 23.1m. Our brands include the London Evening Standard, The Independent and London Live. We have offices based in the UK and US.

You will be working with a range of people from senior managers to print and digital journalists, finance, live event and commercial teams and TV.

The HR team

Work across the group providing a full strategic and operational HR remit from generalist to specialist including talent management, payroll, benefits and advice on international placements. The team works closely together in a flat structure.

Job purpose

To ensure that managers and employees receive effective generalist support on a wealth of matters, from day-to-day enquiries to international placements and case management. The role is varied, from supporting the team managing our drivers, to queries from the US, to advice on absence management, working on projects, managing a range of administration tasks and meeting forever changing deadlines.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities – what is delivered

• You will have a range of areas in the business you support as well as providing pan-group advice on international matters,
• Providing first line advice and resolution of queries to managers and employees.
• Ensure that all employees on temporary placement outside of the UK have the correct paperwork prior to their placement commencing and act as first point of contact for them during their placement.
• Ensure that placement paperwork is up-to-date and meets current visa/legal requirements and that all other policies and paperwork are up-to-date for both UK and non-UK employees.
• Support managers in the induction and probation process.
• Conduct exit interviews and analyse trends.
• Provide support to recruitment campaigns and where delegated manage them end-to-end.
• Provide regular and ad hoc reports for Head HR.
• Take responsibility for a range of HR projects, either as part of a project team or as the lead.
• Manage all matters relating to maternity, paternity and parental leave.
• Where required issue contracts of employment.
• Assist colleagues on an ad-hoc basis.
• Undertake all related administration for matters you are dealing with including updating HR records and files.

 Skills and Experience:

• You have previous HR experience in an operational role.
• You have delivered generalist support to employees working in other countries
• You have experience of managing all aspects of temporary placements in other countries and the United States in particular.
• You have a good grounding in the application of employment law both in the UK and US.
• You have experience of providing business focused advice to managers, including seeing through cases
• Strong communicator, can explain complex matters in a straightforward way, whether in person or in writing, know when not to use jargon.
• You have strong data analysis and excel skills and are proficient in word and power point.
• A full HR qualification is not necessary, you may be working towards it or may have gained your knowledge on the job.

About you:

• Naturally collaborative, willing to roll up your sleeves and take on any task.
• A strong communicator, develops and builds relationships with a range of people. You will get out and find people, not wait for them to come to you.
• Discrete, show integrity in what you do.
• Able to effectively influence and negotiate.
• Have great attention to detail.
• Pro-active, a problem solver who is focused on business solutions.
• You can adapt to changing needs while delivering to deadlines.
• Able to set own tasks/multi-task and prioritise own work, mindful of the impact on others.
• Know when and how to adapt working style to suit the audience.

Expected Behaviours – How the remit is delivered:

• Continuous improvement – works in a smart, flexible and focussed way, is curious, open to change and suggests ideas for improvements to the way things are done.
• Collaboration – builds and maintains positive and supportive working relationships with colleagues. Helps to create an inclusive and professional work environment.
• Building capability – keeps own knowledge and skill set current and evolving and looks for ways to continue learning to support the achievement of business objectives.
• Quality service – delivers high quality and efficient service and takes account of the diverse client needs and requirements when looking at ways to improve service quality.
• Responsive delivery – works to agreed business goals and objectives and deals with challenges in a constructive and responsive way. Takes personal responsibility for quality of outputs.
• Show awareness of cultural diversity at all times, respects others.
• Show awareness of the importance of health and safety in the work place, acts if there are matters of concern.

***Please send an up to date CV along with a covering letter to esirecruitment@esimedia.co.uk***