Junior Commercial Associate — Works in Progress

We are seeking a Junior Commercial Associate to join our team in London. The successful candidate will work closely with the Director of Commercial and Audiovisual across the magazine's commercial activity, including advertising, subscriptions, events, marketing, and partnerships.

Responsibilities:

• Support the advertising sales process, including preparing rate cards, pitch decks, outreach, and pipeline materials.
• Research and build target lists of potential advertisers, sponsors, agencies, founders, investors, and partners.
• Draft clear, thoughtful outbound emails and follow-ups.
• Maintain accurate CRM records, commercial trackers, and reporting.
• Support subscription growth through acquisition and retention ideas, and help measure their effectiveness.
• Help develop the events business, including sponsor research, partnership outreach, and event planning support.
• Assist with early marketing and growth experiments across paid acquisition, referrals, partnerships, direct mail, and audience development.
• Prepare decks, reports, and briefing materials that help commercial conversations move forward.
• Join meetings and calls with clients, partners, and agencies, taking notes and supporting follow-up.
• Help turn commercial ideas into clear proposals with pricing, positioning, and next steps.
• Work across sales, marketing, events, and subscriptions, adapting quickly as priorities evolve.
• Take on the practical, sometimes unglamorous work needed to help a small business grow.

Requirements:

• Recent graduate or equivalent early-career experience.
• Excited by commercial work and motivated by helping ideas turn into revenue.
• Interested in sales, marketing, partnerships, media, events, or business development.
• Highly organised and comfortable managing lists, trackers, and multiple follow-ups.
• Numerate and confident using spreadsheets.
• Sharp, clear writer who can communicate professionally over email and in presentations.
• Proactive, resilient, and comfortable reaching out to people they do not know.
• Curious, resourceful, and willing to learn quickly.
• Enjoys working in a small team where everyone pitches in.
• Comfortable with both high-profile opportunities and repetitive operational work.
• Has an interest in media, publishing, technology, economics, policy, or culture.

In return, you will get a steep learning curve, close mentorship, and the chance to contribute directly to building the commercial future of Works in Progress.