Footballco

Footballco

Sales Manager

New York, New York

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 44 days ago
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About the role

  • Footballco is looking for a Sales Manager based in New York City to help expand our US Region.
  • You should have a natural ability to ensure strong coverage of the market and shape compelling propositions to prospective clients.
  • You will use your market knowledge to feed into the positioning of our brands within North America whilst working also closely with our content teams to align commercial opportunities with editorial output.

Responsibilities

  • Manage campaigns, upsell where possible and secure repeat business
  • Identify opportunities and develop media and branded content packages around major soccer tournaments and editorial tentpoles

Requirements

  • Minimum 2-3 years Digital media agency and client-direct sales experience
  • Demonstrated ability to make 10+ sales calls per week and a solid reputation in the market as a consultative seller capable of exceeding targets
  • A proven record in driving revenue from new spenders and converting them to repeat spenders
  • Experience in pitching complex branded content partnerships, video, unique ad formats and standard media
  • Work within the soccer space, or sports industry at-large, with a working knowledge of the vast US media landscape

Compensation

  • The role offers a base salary plus a commission structure.

Company info

  • Footballco is the world's leading football media company, built for the next generation of fans.
  • Our mission is to give fans more of the game by building football communities that entertain, inform, and inspire action.
  • We cover everything in football from news and analysis, original reporting, and social media content, to web stores, video, podcasts, newsletters, and live scores.
  • With over 1 billion video views per month, 100 million social followers globally, and a reach of 800 million across web, social, and video platforms, Footballco is the world's largest football media company and one of the largest digital media companies in sport globally.
  • Work in collaboration with our global sales organization to target relevant US-based brand leads and ensure we are communicating with all key decision makers globally, with agencies and clients alike

Equal opportunity

  • Footballco is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

This listing is sourced directly from Footballco's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.