SoGlos vacancy: Sales executive

SoGlos is recruiting for an ambitious sales executive to join Gloucestershire's leading media brand in 2025. The successful candidate will have some experience of winning new business, will work as part of a thriving sales team and will help a diverse range of partners with successful lifestyle and business marketing and advertising campaigns.

Published
SoGlos is looking for an advertising sales executive to join its successful team.

SoGlos is growing in 2025 and is recruiting for an ambitious sales executive to join its thriving Partnerships Hub team - with responsibility for winning new business and securing advertising revenue across a range of business and lifestyle sectors.

About the role

You will be responsible for:

  • Identifying and winning new business opportunities: crafting advertising campaign proposals, delivering presentations to senior management and overcoming objections

  • Meeting KPIs and hitting an individual sales target 

  • Developing and growing strong relationships with partners across both business and lifestyle sectors

  • Effectively managing a busy calendar of sales activity

  • Working to achieve the wider business strategies as part of a successful sales team


About you

We are looking for someone who is / has:

  • An ambitious sales person, with some experience working in a fast-paced, target-driven environment
  • Able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Charismatic and pro-active self-starter who enjoys working on your own initiative; outgoing, personable and unwaveringly positive
  • Able to remain calm under pressure, taking the initiative to find solutions to challenges
  • Great organisational skills, able to prioritise and manage individual activity
  • Good working knowledge of Gloucestershire across a range of sectors. Strong local business contacts would be an advantage
  • Ideally, experience in a similar sales role in the media, marketing, recruitment, technology, estate agency or professional services sector as some examples
  • Knowledge of advertising, sponsorship and event sales would also be an advantage
  • Proficient in embracing modern technologies – including CRMs (ideally HubSpot), websites, social media platforms, Office 365 and SoGlos’s in-house proposal system

Salary and benefits

  • Generous starting salary plus commission, with OTE of £50,000 per annum, uncapped
  • Flexible working hours and hybrid office / home working options  
  • In-house training, personal performance reviews and career progression opportunities
  • 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays 
  • An additional day’s holiday for every year with the company 
  • Regular #SoGlosSocial team get-togethers

Employment basis: Full-time, permanent (part-time also considered for the right candidate)



About SoGlos

This is a unique chance to join SoPublishing, a vibrant independent media company based on Imperial Square in Cheltenham, which produces SoGlos - Gloucestershire's leading media brand.

You will be working closely with a team of passionate and creative professionals in a positive environment to celebrate the county and help our partners thrive. 

For more information see SoGlos Insightsmeet the SoGlos team and discover more about SoGlos Successes



To apply

Email SoGlos’s office manager, Tracey Gamble, at tracey@sopublishing.com  with your CV and a short covering note about why you’re the perfect person for the role. 

We will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis, so please don’t delay in applying. 

More on SoGlos careers More

More on Cheltenham More

More from Home More