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The Financial Times

Department: Advertising Sales
Responsible To: Luxury Sales & Partnerships Senior Manager, Asia Pacific
Salary: 20K - 28K plus quarterly target-based commission

JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Purpose
The Luxury Sales & Partnerships Executive/Manager is in charge of the overall production and advertising co-ordination for the How To Spend It magazines, FT magazines, insight series magazines, and newspaper advertising from the luxury sector.   He/She will have to effectively manage and sustain key client accounts in the luxury sector with every effort on growing revenue and the existing business base.  He/She will be coordinating both above the line initiatives as well as below the line events for our clients.

Main Duties and Responsibilities
Reply to general requests from media-agencies and clients
Create sales presentations for the team
Offer after-sales support in terms of creative artwork submission and overall coordination with clients
Manage the production of the different supplements from ad placement, flatplan approval to printing.
Event planning and execution for clients
Editorial coordination for custom publications
General admin for the luxury team
Long-term goal would be to develop more business for the division and meet plus exceed annual revenue targets

PERSON SPECIFICATION
Qualifications / Competencies / Skills / Experience

The successful candidate must be pro-active and display responsibility, proficiency and initiative. The successful candidate must also show an ability to think on their feet and be able to demonstrate creative thinking when applied to client servicing.  Given the structure of the team, the successful candidate must not only be a self-motivator, but must also demonstrate that he/she is a team player.

Essential
3 years relevant work experience
Face to face meeting experience
Knowledge of media sector and advertising sales
Experience in event management and execution
Ability to build successful relationships with external clients and internal stakeholders with the FT Head Office.

Desirable
Cantonese speaker preferred
Experience with dealing with media agencies and key accounts
Exposure to luxury brands
Regional Asia-Pacific experience
Experience in lifestyle magazines / PR
Good sense of humour.

Please send c.v. to CareersHK.AdSales@ft.com on or before 28 July 2008.

Pearson is committed to equality of opportunity.  We are determined to create a diverse group at all levels of our company -- and we welcome all members of the community we serve to apply for openings with us.

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There are numerous related websites that are of interest to our members. Below are just a handful of examples. If you have any other links which you think would be interesting to include, please let us know.

Business Associations :

Hong Kong Association of Business and Professional Women – a networking group for Business and Professional Women in Hong with aims of promoting excellence and ethics;

Hong Kong Women in Publishing – a networking group for women in publishing.

 

Media Industry Organizations and Women’s Media Organizations:

International Women's Media Foundation – An organization that provides programs designed to move women into key positions in the news media by providing them with the information, skills and connections they need to succeed.;

A Toronto-based women in film and television group – An affiliated industry organisation that recognises, trains and advances women in screen-based media ;

Women's Educational Media -An organization which produces and distributes films on variety of issues with the goals of creating social change;

The State of Women and Media in Asia (the actual name of the website is Isis International Manila). They are a feminist NGO dedicated to women’s information and communication needs.

http://www.nwmindia.org/ -- Network of Women in Media, India, is a similar association in India;

Oxygen Media - Oxygen Media is a 24-hour cable television network with programming, which caters specifically for women.

 

Social/lifestyle :

Women.com – an Internet site for women;

iVillage – an Internet site for women

 

Film Festivals :

Reelasian Film Festival – A film festival comprised of short and feature by and about Asians and screening workshops for all those interested in the media industry.