Agency Sales Manager

Ultimate Asset
Agency Sales Manager
£50K base + 30% comms
My client is a respected international news and lifestyle brand producing agenda-setting content across a number of touchpoints that includes social.
We are seeking a well connected agency sales person who is a digital specialist and also has a provable blackbook of media agency planner and buyer contacts at Top 6 Agency Holdcos.
The idea candidate will be a tenacious polished seller who can present to large groups and also have a consultative style about them, able to work with internal teams of editorial and creative solutions to propose larger scale strategic propositions from the portfolio.
Role requirements:
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Excellent knowledge of digital display – programmatic and direct IO as well as cross selling video and other opps on the portfolio
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Knowledge of video advertising, YouTube advertising, pre-roll, programmatic, display
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Strong network of media agency planner buyer / decision maker relationships
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Experience of digital branded content partnerships
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Proactive seller able to build and convert large pipelines
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An interest and passion for news media and current affairs