Sales Manager

expand group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive commission

Autonomy to shape agency strategy

Progression opportunities

Sell across holding companies and ind.

Job summary

expand group is seeking an experienced Sales Manager to drive contextual YouTube advertising solutions across UK agencies and advertisers. The role focuses on building relationships with both holding-group and independent agencies, developing new business, and delivering compelling platform demonstrations.

You will own a strong pipeline, engage with planners and senior stakeholders, and translate campaign objectives into actionable solutions, with uncapped earning potential.

Qualifications

• Experience selling digital media, video, YouTube, social or programmatic advertising solutions.
• Strong relationships within UK media agencies.
• Understands how agencies plan and buy digital video campaigns.
• Comfortable generating new business as well as developing existing accounts.
• Able to communicate technology and targeting capabilities clearly.
• Confident presenting to day-to-day buyers and senior decision-makers.
• Entrepreneurial, proactive approach with freedom over target accounts.
• Motivated by ambitious revenue goals and uncapped earning potential.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage relationships across holding-company and independent agencies.
• Develop new business opportunities with planners, buyers, programmatic teams and senior agency stakeholders.
• Sell contextual YouTube advertising solutions to agency and advertiser partners.
• Create a strong pipeline of new opportunities and convert into revenue.
• Deliver presentations, proposals and platform demonstrations.
• Respond to briefs and develop solutions aligned with clients’ objectives.
• Grow existing agency relationships through repeat business and penetration.
• Collaborate with internal campaign, strategy and client-service teams.
• Represent the company at agency meetings and industry events.

Skills

Digital media sales

YouTube advertising

Agency relationships

Programmatic advertising

Job description

Sales Manager (Contracting) | Contextual YouTube Advertising

Salary: Up to £75,000 base + commission

We’re partnering with a fast-growing advertising technology company that is looking for an experienced Sales Manager to join its UK commercial team.

The business provides advanced contextual targeting solutions that help brands and agencies reach the right audiences across YouTube, combining intelligent technology, relevant content environments and measurable campaign performance.

This is a broad agency-facing position with no restrictive agency patch. You’ll have the freedom to develop relationships and generate revenue across the major holding companies, leading independent agencies and specialist media businesses.

The Role

You will be responsible for:

• Building and managing relationships across both holding-company and independent agencies
• Developing new business opportunities with planners, buyers, programmatic teams and senior agency stakeholders
• Selling contextual YouTube advertising solutions to relevant agency and advertiser partners
• Creating a strong pipeline of new opportunities and converting these into long-term revenue
• Delivering compelling presentations, proposals and platform demonstrations
• Responding to briefs and developing solutions aligned with clients’ campaign objectives
• Growing existing agency relationships through repeat business and wider account penetration
• Working closely with internal campaign, strategy and client-service teams
• Representing the company at agency meetings, industry events and networking opportunities

About You

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has experience selling digital media, video, YouTube, social or programmatic advertising solutions
• Has strong relationships within UK media agencies
• Understands how agencies plan and buy digital video campaigns
• Is comfortable generating new business as well as developing existing accounts
• Can communicate technology and targeting capabilities in a clear, commercially engaging way
• Is confident presenting to both day-to-day buyers and senior decision-makers
• Has an entrepreneurial, proactive approach and enjoys having freedom over their target accounts
• Is motivated by ambitious revenue goals and uncapped earning potential

What’s on Offer

• Base salary of up to £75,000, depending on experience
• Competitive commission structure
• Freedom to sell across independent agencies and major holding companies
• A differentiated contextual YouTube solution in a rapidly growing market
• Strong autonomy and the opportunity to shape your own agency strategy
• Clear scope for progression as the commercial team expands

This is an excellent opportunity for an agency sales professional who wants greater ownership of their market, an innovative product to sell and the freedom to build relationships across the entire UK agency landscape.