Client Partner (Ad Sales)

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

25 days holiday per year

On Site Gym

Free soft drinks

Cycle garage and showers

Hybrid working

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a seasoned sales and marketing professional to build long-term advertising partnerships with PlayStation's key partners. This role focuses on defining strategic approaches, nurturing executive relationships, and driving revenue growth through multi-channel campaigns in the PlayStation ecosystem.

You will work across cross-functional teams to deliver compelling ad solutions, manage client expectations, and report on forecasted revenue, with a hybrid

Qualifications

• Experience in gaming/entertainment, digital media, marketing or advertising industries.
• Strong understanding of PlayStation ecosystem and partners.
• Proven track record delivering multi-channel ad campaigns.
• Demonstrated ability to drive profitable revenue growth.
• Experience working in large or high-growth organisations with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; strong relationship management.
• Team player who develops colleagues and cross-functional partners.
• Willingness to travel as required.
• Discretionary bonus opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Define PlayStation's approach within a segment of the addressable market.
• Cultivate relationships with client stakeholders at all levels.
• Lead strategic conversations and provide platform recommendations.
• Drive revenue growth, new product uptake and customer satisfaction.
• Maintain revenue tracking, pipeline, and forecast updates.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build business cases for ad revenue growth.
• Serve as primary contact for clients, including escalations.
• Represent PlayStation with integrity and high ethical standards.

Skills

Gaming industry experience

Advertising campaigns

Revenue growth

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Strategic client relationships

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment isn't just the Best Place to Play - it's also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we're part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

Role Overview:

The PlayStation Network Advertising team is a sophisticated, global advertising sales organisation focused on servicing strategic platform partners. As a leader in gaming and entertainment we are continuously diversifying our business models to align our service with the needs of our customers. In the last couple of years, we have accelerated rapidly beyond our anticipated growth trajectory and we are seeking an experienced, service oriented, sales and marketing professional to build long-term advertising partnerships with PlayStation's key Partners.

What you'll be doing:

• Help define PlayStation's overall approach within a designated segment of our addressable market, including on a specific set of key client responsibilities
• Seek to understand customer needs, challenges and strategic priorities by cultivating lasting relationships with client stakeholders at all levels
• Drive strategic conversations by defining objectives and providing recommendations on how to best leverage the PlayStation platform
• Deliver holistic success of your accounts measured by revenue growth/profitability, new product and solutions uptake, and customer satisfaction
• Manage and update revenue tracking documentation, pipeline and opportunities, and report revenue forecast predictions to internal stakeholders
• Work with cross functional client facing teams to build business cases which support advertising revenue growth to take to rev ops and product teams as improvement ideas
• Operate as the primary point of contact for any and all matters specific to your clients, including escalations
• Represent PlayStation by acting fairly, with integrity and with the highest ethical standards in external partner meetings

What we're looking for:

• Proven years of working experience in gaming or entertainment, digital media, marketing or advertising industries
• Strong understanding of PlayStation, our ecosystem, and its core players
• Proven track record of delivering multi-channel advertising campaigns with familiarity of advertising best practices, trends, terms & conditions
• Demonstrated ability of achieving profitable revenue growth
• Experience working in and navigating a large or high-growth organisation with many cross functional stakeholders
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to structure, negotiate, and maintain significant and complex strategic relationships
• A true team player that nurtures and develops team members and cross functional partners
• Ability to travel as required
• Discretionary bonus opportunity
• Hybrid Working (within Flexmodes)
• Private Medical Insurance
• 25 days holiday per year
• On Site Gym
• Free soft drinks
• Access to cycle garage and showers

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