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Katie Austin

London

Summary

A results-driven, ambitious business leader focused on motivational leadership and continuous improvement to drive growth and maximise revenue within a commercial environment. Committed to leveraging my technical skills and contacts within the industry drive business success and drive long term growth opportunties.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Programmatic Ad Director

Future Publishing PLC
05.2022 - 02.2025
  • Leading a team of 4 to drive new and incremental sales into the central premium programmatic team across the UK, EMEA and LATAM.
  • Identifying new commercial opportunties outside of Future's current offering/client base.
  • Responsible for growing non-endemic programmatic revenue through strategic approaches to generate revenue streams with core agency groups.
  • Responsible for maintaining SSP/Ad tech vendors relationships to ensure product needs are met.

Account Director

Future Publishing PLC
09.2021 - 05.2022
  • Agency sales including print, display and social across the Women's lifestyle titles - Marie Claire, Woman&Home and Good To Know
  • Programmatic lead within Women's lifestyle team to upskill others in our programmatic offering

Programmatic Sales

Future Publishing PLC
03.2020 - 09.2021
  • Understanding and confidently selling Future's programmatic offering to clients around the globe in order to build up programmatic revenue across every vertical of the business
  • Assisting/Supporting other teams on growing their programmatic offering through communication and knowledge sharing

Accounts Clerk

The Bath Pharmacy Company Ltd.
03.2019 - 02.2025
  • Monthly VAT accounting, including issuing and filing invoices, submitting tax returns and assisting with the processing of accounts payable and accounts receivable
  • Maintaining customer statement files using Quickbooks
  • Petty cash transactions

Sales Development Intern

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
Goodwood
06.2017 - 08.2018
  • Co-Ordination of client visits to ensure a seamless luxury experience for customers visiting Rolls-Royce.
  • Redesigned processes behind sales experiences to improve communication between team members, leading to an increase in the number of visits to Rolls-Royce
  • Launched the client gifting programme, partnering with luxury brands such as Charbonnel et Walker.
  • Assisted with new car launches at Goodwood FOS, Salon Prive, St Mortiz and Porto Cervo.

Education

BA - Business Management

Henley Business School, University of Reading
09.2015 - 06.2019

A levels - Economics, Geography, Biology

King Edward's Senior School
09.2007 - 07.2014

Skills

  • G suite
  • Microsoft office
  • Ad tech vendors - Xandr, Pubmatic, Magnite, Nexxen, GAM, Google Ad Manager
  • APS platforms
  • Quickbooks - VAT returns
  • Netsuite
  • Salesforce
  • Spanish

Affiliations

  • Spinning
  • Tennis
  • Cooking

Accomplishments

30 Under 30 PPA - Media winner

Gordon Ramsay ITV cooking show - winner

Qualified RYA Skipper

Timeline

Programmatic Ad Director

Future Publishing PLC
05.2022 - 02.2025

Account Director

Future Publishing PLC
09.2021 - 05.2022

Programmatic Sales

Future Publishing PLC
03.2020 - 09.2021

Accounts Clerk

The Bath Pharmacy Company Ltd.
03.2019 - 02.2025

Sales Development Intern

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
06.2017 - 08.2018

BA - Business Management

Henley Business School, University of Reading
09.2015 - 06.2019

A levels - Economics, Geography, Biology

King Edward's Senior School
09.2007 - 07.2014
Katie Austin