Manager- Social Media Sales

Job Description

Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Discovery's International Digital Sales Team.

We are looking for a talented Manager - Social Media Sales to help deliver our ambitious revenue growth targets across our International Digital Brand Solutions business.

Your primary role will be to Identify and develop new business through a digital social sales strategy.

Working to secure outstanding digital client solutions against a globally renowned portfolio of content properties, including Discovery, Eurosport, Discovery Golf, GCN, TLC, Now This and The Food Network et al.

Core Responsibilities
• Delivering against a digital revenue target, through generating new business sales activity.

• Identify, establish and win long term new business via an international digital social sales strategy.

• Prospecting, pitching and delivering new clients to the business.

• Identify digital monetisation opportunities across Discovery's International Sport and Lifestyle platforms and properties.

• Social Platform partnership management, the point person for all direct commercial relations with the major platforms, working in parallel with Discovery's social editorial teams.

• Working closely with the Director of Digital Brand Solutions Sales to grow the international digital business.

• Productising Discovery's International social solutions and delivering on client requirements.

• Being the lead expert, Internationally in Discovery's social media client solutions.

Additional Responsibilities
• Acting as a digital ambassador internally and externally within a global content business.

• Client management, central contact for all client servicing and campaign management activities.

• Representing Discovery International to external stakeholders and advocating our business within the industry.

• Attending key industry events and feeding back market intelligence, trends and impacts.

Role Requirements
• Extensive, demonstrable new business sales experience across social platforms.

• Strong experience in selling and delivering digital audience first solutions to Tier 1 global brands and advertisers.

• Proven track record of reaching and exceeding revenue goals.

• Strong understanding and experience of the EMEA or APAC advertising markets.

• Digital expert – strong market knowledge, comfortable with delivering a consultive solutions sell to savvy clients.

• Self-starter and hungry to develop the business, an imperative.

• Ability to work under pressure, autonomously and within a complex, global business.

• Passionate about the digital ecosystem and securing new business.

• Outstanding pitch and presentation skills, comfortable at selling at all levels of stakeholders (internal and external).

• Client relations, experience in building lasting credible relationships with key clients and agencies.

• Previous Global Media Owner / Digital Marketing Agency experience – desirable.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rj8x01-18-222-125-171-42 in your application.