Senior Advertising Sales Executive Job in New York 10003, New York US
Company Overview
Are you looking to join an award winning and growing company in the digital marketing industry?
Direct Agents is a full service performance-based digital marketing agency, providing brand advertisers with customized online advertising campaigns. With nearly 9 years of experience in launching and managing successful acquisition based online campaigns, Direct Agents is committed to helping advertisers achieve quality and measurable results. Some of our clients include ServiceMaster Brands, Lending Tree, Bloomspot, Scholastic and Disney.
At Direct Agents you will be working with top professionals in the online industry and working towards the common goal of being very knowledgeable and successful at what you do. We are looking for candidates who are dedicated and passionate about online media and who want to be part of a company and team with tremendous growth potential.
The role: Senior Advertising Sales Executive
As a Senior Advertising Sales Executive, your core goal will be to identify key client opportunities to partner Direct Agents services. The Senior Advertising Sales Executive will grow towards managing a sales team. By working alongside the media buying, account management and marketing teams, you will streamline client goals and achieve successful client campaigns. You will be actively recruiting new talent to continue team growth. You must be a hands-on self-starter who leads by example, and is able to manage and prioritize multiple client projects effectively and successfully.
Responsibilities:
- Manage sales strategy, which includes identifying key clients to target and seeing through the sales process on each client
- Build strong relationships with mid to large sized businesses and develop long term client revenue
- Help manage existing client relationships and look for ways to grow revenue across team accounts
- Actively interview, hire and train new sales candidates for the team
- Perform presentations on Direct Agents solutions to clients to help increase their online customer acquisition needs
- Attend industry conferences and represent company at various industry events globally
Requirements:
- 5-10 years of experience in sales and marketing at an advertising agency or media company
- Proven success in leading and growing a sales team
- BA/BS or MBA in business, marketing or related field with a strong academic record
- Strong understanding of the sales process with record of attaining top sales goals
- Exemplary leadership skills and business acumen
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to multi-task and work under pressure.
Compensation:
- Competitive Base salary determined by experience with uncapped commission structure plus team performance incentives
- Signing bonuses may be offered to candidates from the digital marketing industry
- Competitive and comprehensive benefits package
Direct Agents is an award winning agency having been recognized as an Inc 5000 company, a top Direct Marketing Agency in Direct Marketing News' Agency Business Report, a top agency provider of Outsourced Program Management on the Google Affiliate Network Partner Marketplace and a participant in the 2011-2012 UBS-Clinton Foundation CEO Advisory Program.