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
2022.05 - 2025.02
- 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
2021.09 - 2022.05
- 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
2020.03 - 2021.09
- 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.
2019.03 - 2025.02
- 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
2017.06 - 2018.08
- 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
2015.09 - 2019.06
A levels - Economics, Geography, Biology
King Edward's Senior School
2007.09 - 2014.07
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
2022.05 - 2025.02
Account Director
Future Publishing PLC
2021.09 - 2022.05
Programmatic Sales
Future Publishing PLC
2020.03 - 2021.09
Accounts Clerk
The Bath Pharmacy Company Ltd.
2019.03 - 2025.02
Sales Development Intern
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
2017.06 - 2018.08
BA - Business Management
Henley Business School, University of Reading
2015.09 - 2019.06
A levels - Economics, Geography, Biology
King Edward's Senior School
2007.09 - 2014.07