Location
London Paddington office (Hybrid role: 3 days per week onsite)

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£70,000 - £80,000 per annum

About the Role
Future is a global leader in specialist media, delivering expert content and technology that build valuable communities across multiple platforms. We are looking for an ambitious, commercially driven Agency Trading Director to lead and grow strategic relationships with the UK’s major media agency holding groups and leading independent agencies. This senior commercial role is responsible for Future’s agency trading strategy, high-value negotiations, revenue growth, and strategic agency partnerships across a portfolio of over 200 media brands.

You will be the senior external face of Future and the central commercial lead for strategic agency relationships, combining commercial strategy, senior relationship management, negotiation, revenue delivery, and business development. The role balances short-term trading and revenue delivery with longer-term, multi-million-pound partnerships across Future’s full proposition, including digital, print, branded content, social, programmatic, data, creative, events, commerce, and media 360 solutions.

Key responsibilities include:
1. Leading and executing the UK agency trading strategy across assigned holding groups and major independent agencies, identifying revenue, share, and relationship growth opportunities.
2. Owning senior agency relationships as the primary point of contact, building connections across investment, trading, partnerships, commercial strategy, product, data, planning, and procurement teams.
3. Delivering revenue targets and commercial growth by managing pipelines, forecasting, risk, and leading negotiations to maximize revenue, profitability, and long-term value.
4. Acting as the strategic connector between agencies and Future’s wider commercial organization to unlock opportunities across the full Future proposition, leveraging scale, data, audience insight, technology, and specialist expertise to differentiate Future from competitors.

This role offers the opportunity to shape Future’s agency trading approach and drive significant commercial impact within a pioneering multiplatform media company.

Experience
- Significant senior experience within the UK media, advertising, or agency ecosystem.
- Established senior commercial agency relationships across UK media agencies and holding groups.
- Strong understanding of agency trading models, investment structures, and commercial negotiations.
- Proven track record negotiating complex, high-value commercial or trading agreements.
- Experience across multiple media channels and commercial propositions.

About you
- Strategic thinker with the ability to develop plans and translate them into measurable commercial outcomes.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing skills.
- Strong relationship builder capable of managing senior stakeholders internally and externally.
- Commercially driven with a focus on revenue growth and partnership development.

Qualifications
- No specific formal qualifications required; relevant senior experience and commercial acumen are essential.