Sales Director

Footballco; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Footballco in the United Kingdom is seeking a high‑performing senior sales executive to lead agency and brand direct business in football. You will build long‑term relationships with brand marketers at major companies and craft tailored creative solutions that drive revenue.

You will own an annual sales target, manage a global pipeline, and work with strategy, creative, and editorial teams to deliver compelling branded content and media partnerships.

Qualifications

• Senior global media sales or sport sponsorship experience.
• Strong network of brand/agency contacts.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication.
• Ability to lead agency and client accounts at executive level.

Responsibilities

• Proactively reach out to brands and agencies to promote and sell Footballco's media and branded content offerings.
• Work to achieve sales targets through individual and team efforts.
• Generate new revenue opportunities with a strong pipeline of opportunities.
• Collaborate with VP of Sales and peers to identify new clients and revenue opportunities.
• Cultivate relationships with C-suite and VP level marketers to gain insights into decision-making.

Skills

Global media sales

Sports sponsorship

Brand agency network

Executive relationship management

Communication

Job description

Footballco is the world’s largest football content and media business. Reaching more than 400m football fans across the world each month, with thousands of entertaining and inspiring content pieces every single day. With a growing roster of football brands beneath our belts including GOAL, INDIVISA and MUNDIAL, no one else has our reach or depth of understanding within the game.

We are a team of over 300 people, in 16 countries around the world. We’re young, ambitious and we have some serious investment behind us.

About the Role

The Sales team at Footballco is responsible for leading the agency and brand direct business. You will target both established and emerging companies in football, building long term relationships with key brand marketing and media decision makers at these companies and ultimately unlocking new revenue for the company via branded content and media partnerships.

You will be a high-performance commercial executive with a proven track‑record of delivering revenue and be an integral member of the UK Sales team.

You will be responsible for building executive level relationships with companies that seek to align their brand with the global game, lead on the development of tailored creative solutions for your clients and brokering deals which drive new revenue.

You will be provided with a clear client remit and an annual sales target, which you will be accountable for individually, whilst contributing and playing a role in delivering against the wider objectives & commercial targets of the Sales team. You will also ensure best business practices are adopted and top‑class service levels provided, whilst being able to convey and be a key advocate for Footballco’s longer term company vision externally.

We want to work with you to help you to exceed your potential, both in terms of creative output and revenue delivery.

What You’ll be doing:

• Proactively reach out to brands and agencies to promote and sell Footballco's media and branded content offerings.
• Work to achieve sales targets through both individual and team targets.
• Generate new revenue opportunities through continuous development and maintaining a pipeline of new revenue opportunities, including media and marketing solutions for Footballco.
• Collaborate with sales team peers and the VP of Sales to identify fresh revenue opportunities and potential clients for Footballco.
• Cultivate relationships with C‑suite and VP level marketers to gain insights into the brand decision-making ecosystem.
• Clearly communicate Footballco's market position and engage in consultative selling to address client business challenges.
• Collaborate with internal teams, including strategy, creative, and editorial, to create tailored sales solutions for brand clients.
• Maintain customer satisfaction through ongoing communication and effective relationship management with clients; resolve any post‑sale issues.
• Attend industry events to educate global marketers and promote Footballco as the definitive platform for reaching football fans.
• Collaborate with the leadership team to establish revenue Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and provide accurate communication on forecasts, pipeline status, and activities related to your specific targets, categories, and areas of focus.

What you have:

• Successful track record in a senior global media sales or sport sponsorship role - preferably with experience in football.
• Knowledge of sports, tech, media and branded content marketing landscape. Strong network of relevant brand/agency contacts
• Previously sold into an extensive network of direct clients and agencies.
• Able to personally drive revenues and create demand from major brands and their agencies. An exceptional communicator (written and verbal).
• Able to act as the lead on key agency and client accounts, cultivating relationships with C‑suite and VP level marketers
• Able to work collaboratively with the support teams within the organisation in order to maximise the potential of the centralised resources available
• Be curious to explore beyond traditional media agencies and brand direct conversations, and speak to sport marketing agencies, PR agencies, and creative agencies where appropriate.

Footballco is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.