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Future PLC is currently hiring for a Golf Account Director to work across Golf Monthly magazine and golfmonthly.com

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Future is a leading global publisher for golf participants and golf fans through our Golf Monthly magazine brand and golfmonthly.com website

The Sports commercial sales team at Future is responsible for generating significant revenues from golf manufacturers, technology brands, apparel and accessories brands, retailers, and also non-endemic brands. We work with brands like Acushnet, TaylorMade, PING, and their related agencies on a global level.

We are looking for an exceptional sales professional with a passion for working in the golf industry to join our team. Ideally, you will have experience working in a sales and target-driven environment but this might be your first step in building a successful career in media sales. Also desirable is a demonstrable interest in golf and any experience in the golf industry.

Our sales teams have a reputation for being creative, and delivering exceptional service to our clients and advertising agencies, they are experts in the verticals in which they work and are adaptable, flexible, and embrace a challenge. We have a strong work ethic and determinedly go the extra mile to ensure we hit our targets.

What you will be doing…

You will work from our Bath office on a hybrid basis and be responsible for selling a range of advertising solutions across our network of magazines, websites, and events, generating annual sales revenues of £400K + per year.

You will use your knowledge and skills to build relationships with clients and be a trusted advisor and expert in your market. You will be managing the sales process from a client patch of 50+ clients. You’ll be an independent thinker and positive self-starter, who takes pride in your work

What's In It For You…

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year.

Internal job family level C6 .Please note, the salary range for this position is £39,500 - £45,500

Who Are We…

We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it.

Want to know more… 

Inclusion and Diversity at Future

We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs.

Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness. Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.

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Elliott Heath
News Editor

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!

Elliott is currently playing:

Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV