As Director of Sales, your responsibilities will be to partner with our clients to understand their business objectives and brand strategies, building effective digital media plans leveraging 84.51°’s suite of products. Identifying new areas of growth within our existing clients, unlocking national dollars from marketing & agency teams will be critical to success. You will work with cross functional teams to develop the right plan, execute the plan, and deliver advertising recommendations that deliver against media objectives. To be successful you must understand the ever-changing industry landscape as we deliver on our promise to become the industry’s preferred media company
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Oversight of 84.51° Commercial Sales Region
- Responsible for end to end sales strategy of 84.51° Solutions with our client and agency partners, creating a pipeline of new opportunities to activate
- Partners with Director, Account Management team to drive the selling cycle with a portfolio of CPG and/or Non-Endemic clients
- Inspires and coaches team to develop strong client relationships and leads new business development for new stakeholders who influence advertising investment strategies
- Drives deals to closure in a new business environment
- Develops comprehensive account / territory plan that meets or exceeds revenue and market share, navigating complex organizational hierarchies
- Identifies and solves for barriers with cross functional teams to ensure long term success
- Identifies and partners with the product solution team to develop industry leading innovation that evolves our marketplace position
- Utilizes Sales CRM tool to track all pertinent account information and sales progress as well as forecast and prioritize to achieve quarterly quota goals
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE:
- Digital media and advertising sales experience with desired career growth in sales
- Digital media trends / technologies & acute understanding of agency landscape
- Data to insights driven acumen; experience in using insights to influence decision making
- Proven results of driving and exceeding revenue targets
- Proven client leadership skills; ability to develop relationships and influence
- Demonstrated self-starter skills; motivated by the challenge of the hunt
- Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Exemplifies 84.51° Leadership Success Factors and CSA Function Competencies
- Bachelors' degree B.A. / B.S or equivalent work experience
- 8+ years of relevant professional experience including at least 5+ years of digital media sales, analytics and/or marketing experience. Management experience preferred.
- Travel will be required; upwards of 35%-50%
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