Global Media Sales & Partnerships Director

Purple; Oldham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote and hybrid working

Flexibility in schedule

Life insurance

Company pension

Private Healthcare

Long Term Incentive Plan

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Job summary

Purple is seeking a Media Sales Director to lead our global advertising and sponsorship business. You will own a senior quota, win new advertisers and partners, and design sponsorship packages with measurable results to drive revenue.

Working with Product and Marketing, you will shape the proposition, manage a robust pipeline, and represent Purple at industry events while building trusted relationships with senior brand marketers and agencies.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in advertising, media or sponsorship sales with proven revenue growth.
• Strong relationships with brand marketing teams or media agencies.
• Hands-on knowledge of paid social and search (Meta, Instagram, TikTok, Google) and audience targeting.

Responsibilities

• Own a senior quota for advertising and sponsorship revenue worldwide, starting with UK.
• Win new advertisers and sponsors and build long-term partnerships.
• Lead campaign planning: audience strategy, channel mix, budget, measurement.
• Grow revenue through performance reporting and renewals.
• Move clients to always-on activity and multi-year partnerships.
• Shape media proposition, packaging and rate card with Product and Marketing.
• Maintain accurate pipeline and forecast in CRM.
• Represent Purple at industry events.

Skills

Advertising & sponsorship sales

Pipeline management

Client relationship management

Strategic planning

Tools

CRM (Salesforce)

Analytics tools

Job description

Purple is seeking a Media Sales Director to lead our global advertising and sponsorship business. You will own a senior quota, win new advertisers and partners, and design sponsorship packages with measurable results to drive revenue.

Working with Product and Marketing, you will shape the proposition, manage a robust pipeline, and represent Purple at industry events while building trusted relationships with senior brand marketers and agencies.