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Head of Digital Sales (Scotland)@LocaliQ UK @Newsquest Scotland

This is an excellent opportunity for a driven sales individual who is looking for a rewarding Field Sales position that offers a blended work approach, from days prospecting from home, meeting clients in person, and working from your local office.

As part of Newsquest Media Group, the UK’s leading local publisher, LOCALiQ gives you access to a network of 200+ trusted news brands, both in print and online, an award-winning events division, recruitment platforms and a wide range of multimedia marketing solutions. To facilitate our continued growth plan, we are looking to appoint a driven, motivated Digital Sales Consultant to represent the relevant LOCALIQ products and services in the Scotland region.

This is an excellent opportunity for a driven sales individual who is looking for a rewarding Field Sales position that offers a blended work approach, from days prospecting from home, meeting clients in person, and working from your local office.

As part of Newsquest Media Group, the UK’s leading local publisher, LOCALiQ gives you access to a network of 200+ trusted news brands, both in print and online, an award-winning events division, recruitment platforms and a wide range of multimedia marketing solutions. To facilitate our continued growth plan, we are looking to appoint a driven, motivated Digital Sales Consultant to represent the relevant LOCALIQ products and services in the Scotland region.

You will be comfortable working towards sales targets and KPI’s, building key relationships with LOCALiQ clients and affiliates and presenting the LOCALiQ products and services in a consultative manner. You will be confident working on your given territory or vertical and be able to ensure regular contact via the telephone to seek new opportunities and sales. You should be able to convert cold calls into meetings and enjoy getting out to meet clients as well as utilising video calling technologies. You will also be responsible for the management of some key accounts, maintaining excellent working relationships to optimise and maximise continued service delivery on a day-to-day basis.

• Business to Business sales via telephone, video and face to face meetings to prospective clients
• Selling digitally-led solutions best suited to the customer’s needs, established by effective questioning and information gathering with the client
• Conducting efficient research into the customers’ business or vertical.
• Selling and maximising marketing spend from a given category and/or territory by continuous sourcing of new / lapsed business.
• Developing “series” multimedia led revenues through self-generated calls utilising lapsed customer reports, case studies, new business lead lists
• Establishing and maintaining a high standard of customer relations, service, and goodwill at all times with all customers.
• Growing unique customer count through effective territory management and competitor management (with minimal supervision/direction from management),
• Sourcing new business opportunities from multiple sources and recognising new business opportunities
• Achieving set KPI’s based on the level of a telephone dial, conversations and conversations.

• Hybrid working
• A competitive basic salary
• Uncapped Commission Scheme
• Workplace Pension
• Perks & Discounts via “Newsquest Benefits”
• Opportunities for team building and training days
• Full 25 days paid holiday + statutory bank holidays + your birthday day off!
• Structured career progression, ongoing training, and personal performance reviews
• Discount Vouchers
• Discounted Gym membership
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Mental Health Support via Lifeworks
• Eye test vouchers plus £50 towards new glasses
• Annual volunteer charity day

If you are charismatic and enjoy a challenge, then this is the role for you. This position provides an exciting work environment, with an uncapped commission structure, individual ongoing training, and a real opportunity for career progression.

LOCALiQ is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Our recruitment process will consist of various stages and activities, as part of our commitment to fairness to all applicants, we will consider any adjustments that could help you.

We are a media company with a difference. We are committed to bringing a voice to your region by investing in a passionate team of journalists who proudly serve their communities by sharing authoritative news that readers trust. Our sales teams provide local businesses with highly responsive digital advertising and marketing solutions.

We are one of the largest regional news publishers in the UK and have a portfolio of more than 250+ local news brands and magazines online and in print. With an online audience of 41 million users a month and 7 million readers a week in print, our content is read by a substantial proportion of the UK population.

In addition to our local news brands, we own a number of digital pure play and specialist media businesses such as s1jobs and s1homes, Exchange & Mart, and Newsquest Specialist Media. We also own LOCALiQ, an award-winning digital marketing agency that specialises in driving more leads, increasing online growth and generating return on marketing investment on behalf of thousands of UK SMBs.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing and Sales

• Industries

  Advertising Services

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