Audience Development Manager - 12 Month FTC Location: London Department Times Media Salary Range: Not Specified Advertising End Date: 24 Feb 2026 **Job Description** **Your Team:** You will join the Events Marketing team, a collaborative group responsible for connecting the right people with our event content and sponsor goals. We work across functions including programming, sales, and operations to deliver exceptional experiences. By bridging the gap between strategy and execution, we ensure our events resonate with our target audiences and deliver value to our partners. **Your Role:** As an Audience Development Manager, you will play a pivotal role in executing clear audience strategies and driving engagement for our events. You will own the day-to-day delivery, translating high-level strategy into detailed execution plans while managing data integrity and campaign optimisation. This is an exciting opportunity to act as a go-to partner for editorial and commercial teams, using data and insights to shape who we bring into the mix and ensuring we reach the right audience every time. **Day to day You Will** + Execute detailed audience plans, translating strategy into action to ensure campaign readiness and targeting accuracy. + Optimise targeting and messaging by A/B testing subject lines and value propositions to improve conversion rates. + Manage CRM hygiene and data integrity, including building, cleaning, and segmenting lists from various sources like LinkedIn and Beauhurst. + Collaborate with programming, commercial, and marketing stakeholders to align themes and share insights that shape the agenda. + Drive high-touch outreach to VIPs and C-suite prospects while managing waitlists and discount codes to ensure strong turnout. + Produce daily and weekly dashboards on registrations and pipeline performance to flag risks and make course corrections. **what we're looking for from you** + Proficiency in CRM management and data segmentation with a keen eye for detail and GDPR compliance. + Ability to interpret data to create weekly performance dashboards and actionable post-event reports. + Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with internal teams and secure external partnerships. + A proactive approach to problem-solving, capable of flagging risks and making course corrections during campaign cycles. + Experience in executing integrated campaigns across email, paid media, and social channels. + Demonstrated history of managing high-touch outreach or key stakeholder relationships. If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone’s potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop. **News UK** is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. At News UK, we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in-office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements. **Life at News** Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy. At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society. **Benefits** Some of our benefits include: + Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions + Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly in person/ virtual exercise classes + ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme + Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books + Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks + Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities + Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling + A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5% + Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access + 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you to apply for any of our roles please contact us on [email protected] . **About The Candidate** **About The Company**