No one knows the city like Time Out because we’ve been discovering the brilliant and searching out the secret and extraordinary since 1968 in locations across the globe. If you want to know about food, attractions, art, culture, shopping and nightlife, then Time Out is your social companion. With a world-class digital platform and top-quality curated content, Time Out connects brands and local businesses to the city.
In the evolving digital world, our expertise and our growing community of Time Outers and Tastemakers put the very best of the city in the palm of your hand. We are global, and no one knows local better than we do.
Since June 2016, Time Out Group is listed on London's AIM stock exchange, trading under the ticker symbol 'TMO'.
Current vacancies
We've got some great news, we're hiring! See below for current vacancies in our Shanghai office. Time Out Shanghai is the city's highest-quality English-language lifestyle media brand, reporting all aspects of the city's culture and entertainment scene.
Marketing
Marketing and Events Manager
We are seeking a Marketing and Events
Manager who will be our go-to for planning and executing Time Out Shanghai marketing
campaigns and sponsored events and activities. This person will also act as a
primary point of contact as well as a liaison between our clients and Time Out.
Much like the Time Out brand, this person
knows everything that’s happening and exciting in Shanghai and is eager to be
an active part of it. She/he will create custom experiences and offerings for
our clients to ensure that they are the first to know about Time Out’s newest
features and events as well as producing top-shelf, branded events for our
audience.
We prefer a candidate with a background in
marketing or sales as the position will require the creation of event decks,
proposals and budgeting. It will also necessitate a detail-orientated
personality who is proficient with logistics.
Responsibilities
- Create, plan and execute successful Time
Out marketing initiatives and sponsored events
- Cultivate and maintain strategic
relationships with the Time Out Shanghai client base
- Partner with Commercial and Editorial teams
to provide custom offerings to our clients and events for the public
- Grow and develop the Time Out brand among
Chinese and English audiences in Shanghai
Qualifications & Skills
- Professional working proficiency in both
Chinese and English
- Some marketing experience in a digital
media or entertainment/lifestyle environment preferred, with a demonstrated
track record of event planning, as well as maintaining strong client
relationships
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Strong familiarity with and passion for
Shanghai lifestyle, culture, art and entertainment
- Understanding of the Time Out brand and its unique
selling points and positioning
This role is full time and based from the office. To apply, please email your CV and cover letter to Director of Sales and Marketing Yining Yang at y.yang@timeoutcn.com.
Sales
Sales Account Manager/Executive
Time Out Shanghai is currently looking for a talented, persuasive Sales Account Manager or Account Executive to develop creative, forward-thinking sales plans and generate new client business.
We value a self-starting candidate that has a strong background in advertising sales, business to business sales or experience in sales for a specific product(s) with a demonstrated track record in delivering and hitting sales targets. However, while experience is welcomed, we are willing to train. The right candidate will be an individual who is creative and has an entrepreneurial spirit, engaging personality and strong work ethic combined with good industry contacts and a commitment to creating new business opportunities. Most importantly, our candidate has innate and cultivated interpersonal communication abilities, with a prowess for creating and maintaining relationships.
Personal knowledge of or familiarity with the Shanghai lifestyle industry is strongly preferred but not necessary.
Responsibilities
- Establish the Time Out brand and story with advertisers
- Meet and exceed revenue targets every quarter
- Engage and strategise with senior executives at client companies and media agencies to demonstrate how working with Time Out will drive awareness, consideration and sales
- Pitch and create advertising packages that meet clients' needs and budget
- Identify and create revenue-generating opportunities
- Develop and deliver presentations and pitches
- Related administration
Qualifications & Skills
- Previous experience in sales, ideally in a media setting
- Comfort working in both English and Chinese
- Able to establish durable partnerships with clients and identify new prospects
- Experience negotiating
- Understanding of the Time Out brand and its unique selling points and positioning
Personality
- Must be a confident and credible individual, enthusiastic, self-motivated and with self-set high standards of workmanship
- Possess the gravitas and personal characteristics to communicate at all levels when dealing with clients and all teams involved
- Show initiative and enterprise at all times
- A creative and lateral thinker
- Hungry to succeed in a competitive media landscape
This role is full time and based from the office. To apply, please email your CV and cover letter to Director of Sales and Marketing Yining Yang at y.yang@timeoutcn.com.
Internships
Time Out Shanghai internships offer the opportunity to be part of a passionate and experienced team in helping to produce both our magazine and website. Part-time and full-time placements are available. All positions are unpaid but expenses are available.
Editorial Internships
We are looking for enthusiastic, hard-working and creative bilingual Chinese and English speaking interns to support our editorial and online staff. Interns will do a lot of information gathering around Shanghai, assisting our writers and editors to research stories and discover new and exciting events across the city.
You will also be involved in the day-to-day development of the
Time Out Shanghai website such as managing our events calendar, creating and uploading website content and contributing to our blog.
Internship positions for Summer 2018 are currently all filled. Vacancies are available from September 2018 onwards. Please send your CV along with writing samples and an idea of your availability to tosh.web@gmail.com.
