Oliver Kingston 🐙⚡ Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

London, England, Gb

Brighton, Gb

London, England, Gb

London, England, Gb

Gatwick, England, Gb

Brighton, Gb

Journalism.co.uk delivers up to the minute news for journalists. Our content ranges from digital subscription figures from some of the worlds biggest publishers to new technology designed to help journalists report more efficiently.My role is to ensure that our busy sales team is consistently meeting and exceeding target whilst providing clients with the first class service that they deserve. I am also constantly on the lookout for new and creative ways to put our advertisers in touch with their target audience.

PersonnelToday.com is the leading HR website attracting over 300,000 unique users a month of HR professionals from all sectors searching for up to the minute news, in depth features, research and legal advice.My job was to provide the best possible way for an advertiser to make a connection with their target audience. Using both a range of sector specific Enewsletters as well as display advertising options on our website, I worked with my clients to create a campaign to meet both their needs and budget.

I was solely responsible for running our training portfolio on one of our flagship brands - Flight Global. This included selling into the classified pages of Flight International, selling our annual training guide and our dedicated training website, www.flightglobal.com/trainingOur website was brand new, meaning I had to build revenue from scratch – this meant that I would have to work closely with marketing in order to create a product that our advertisers would love.Whilst working within this role I more than doubled the revenue for our annual Training & Development Guide.

Following the sale of the Kemps Directory. I was promoted to Team Leader of our directory portfolio and I was responsible for selling onto AgRegister - The directory side of the well known farming magazine, Farmers Weekly.This role change saw me move to RBI's head office based in Sutton.As well as making sure that my personal target was hit, I was also responsible for producing sales reports, creating new marketing plans and placing incentives for 3 other members of the team on both AgRegister and Caterer Directory to ensure the team target was hit.

Promoted to Senior Sales Executive after proving myself on Caterer Directory.I transferred to work on Kemps Directory - The market leading directory for film and television. This role saw me adapting my pitch as I would often be selling internationally and would face a language barrier. I would also have to be flexible with my working hours in order to match my clients time zones.

Moved to the FTSE 100 company as I wanted a bigger ladder to climb with more career opportunities. Recruited to sell advertising both in print and online for Caterer Directory. Quickly gained a reputation for winning new business and increasing existing contracts due to delivering results for clients.

After proving myself in the classified role, I was promoted to this customer facing role. I was the youngest in the company's history to hold this position and my first order, was the largest to have ever been taken on the publication.This role saw me further develop my sales skills to sell display advertising both in print and online. I also sold exhibition stands at The Energy Event (which was later sold to Emap).I was also given the opportunity to action innovative ideas in order to develop new revenue streams for the business. These included the idea for an annual "Green Cleaning" supplement which focused on environmentally friendly cleaning products, as well as the concept for a demo zone at our Health & Safety exhibitions (which became the most profitable floorspace at the exhibition).

Recruited to sell classified advertising in 2 market leading, bi-monthly B2B magazines - Water Energy & Environment and Cleaning Matters. Within my first 3 months I broke 2 company records. One for the highest priced classified advert sold and another for the most classified revenue in an issue.This telesales role provided an excellent introduction to media sales and saw me quickly progress to looking after all aspects of the classified section.