Director, Client Partner

Job Description

VICE Media Group is the world's largest independent youth media company. Launched in 1994, VICE has offices in 35 cities across the globe with a focus on five key businesses: VICE.com, an award-winning international network of digital content; VICE STUDIOS, a feature film and television production studio; VICE, an Emmy-winning international television network; a Peabody award-winning NEWS division with the most Emmy-awarded nightly news broadcast; and VIRTUE, a global, full-service creative agency with 21 offices around the world. VICE's content has been recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Peabodys, Golden Globes, Sundance Film Festival, George Polk, Scripps Howard, PEN Center, Cannes Lions, Knight Foundation, American Society of Magazine Editors, LA Press Club, James Beard and Webbys, among others.

VICE x Team

This team is full of people who are proactive in engaging clients and driving new business. We value self starters, problem solvers, collaborators and grit! Work with agency and brand partners to solve marketing challenges across a number of different solutions.

Role x You

You are a passionate sales executive who wants to be part of a revenue driven, client centric media and content sales team to sell across Vice Media Group (Vice, Refinery29, Vice TV, Vice News and i-D).

In the short term you'll hit quarterly and annual personal and team revenue goals through media, content, sponsorship, and experiential sales. Reporting to the VP of Client Partnerships, you'll generate opportunities weekly, via prospecting, RFPs through specified media agencies and brand direct.

After a year you will continue to drive revenue, grow your book of business and mentor junior level sellers.

Qualifications:
• Minimum 5-7 years in media sales
• Expert in media strategy, custom content, and social distribution and activation
• Expert in media and advertising industry, and what youth media publishers are doing in the marketplace
• Deep understanding of VICE ecosystem and brand ethos
• Multicultural sales experience preferred
• Expert in beauty and CPG non-food brands and agency relationships
• Consultative sales approach
• Excited to be part of a team, with a team revenue goal
• Has high level relationships across media agencies, holding companies and target brands
• Highly proficient in Keynote

We'd love if you also had these:

We want to find people who believe in our goals and feel inspired enough to grow while they're here to fill the role, rather than someone who checks the boxes but isn't invested. We encourage you to apply and show us what you've got.

If you require reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please let us know. We will work together to best meet your needs.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g679ej-18-119-135-202-42 in your application.