Senior Ad Sales Executive

King; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative gaming company is seeking a strategic sales professional to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will leverage your experience in digital sales to build relationships with key clients and agencies, primarily focusing on the mobile gaming sector. Your mission will be to establish the company as a must-buy for advertisers and drive commercial growth through impactful advertising solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a leading player in the gaming industry, where creativity and collaboration are at the forefront of everything they do. If you are passionate about gaming and have a knack for problem-solving, this could be the perfect role for you.

Qualifications

• Experience generating demand in media agencies for digital sales.
• Strong background in selling digital video and mobile apps.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic relationships with key accounts and agency partners.
• Drive meaningful commercial growth through client engagement.

Skills

Digital Sales

Relationship Building

Programmatic Advertising

Strategic Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Creative Thinking

Tools

Google Ad Manager

Job description

Craft:

Advertising & Sales

Job Description:

Activision Blizzard Media (ABM) is an embedded business unit of King - the makers of the world’s most successful mobile gaming franchise Candy Crush and wholly-owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard.

Harnessing its global monthly reach of 250M+ players, Activision Blizzard Media is building a world-class business to bring innovative, impactful, and exciting advertising experiences. Delighting our huge audience of highly engaged players with a mobile focus, to craft powerful solutions embraced by the world’s biggest marketers is our mission!

Does it sound like your future challenge? We can't wait to talk to you!

Your role in our Kingdom

• We are seeking a passionate, innovative, and strategic sales professional working across a wide range of strategic clients across Publicis and Independents.
• Ability to establish ABM as the gaming must-buy for advertisers, primarily through ad solutions on the King mobile app portfolio.
• Nurture relationships that unlock ongoing spend with strategic accounts - with a focus across Publicis and Dentsu - UK and MultiMarket.
• Set clear business plans that identify key accounts, agency partners at all levels, and actions required to unlock spend.
• Meet high levels of external client activity - meetings, calls, and prospecting - business development skills core.
• Ensure delivery of meaningful commercial growth consistently.

Skills to create thrills

• Confirmed experience of generating demand in media agencies and clients from the ground up for digital sales teams in London and internationally.
• Ability to demonstrate key relationships across Strategy, Comms, and Digital teams - within agencies including a focus on Publicis & Dentsu.
• Guide in building and handling relationships across business collaborators.
• Background in selling digital video and experience in mobile app are a strong bonus.
• Proven understanding of programmatic including Google Ad Manager, DSPs, video/mobile media products, audience targeting, and measurement.
• Strategic problem solver - you are able to overcome objections and build partnerships at senior levels.
• Being steadfast - you are willing to overcome tough objections and win the support of key external collaborators.
• Creative and hardworking, you are driven by problem solving and are an outstanding teammate.
• Excellent communicator and presenter, you have an adventurous spirit and proven track record of exceeding sales goals.

About Activision Blizzard Media

Activision Blizzard Media is the gateway for brands to the #1 cross-platform gaming company in the western world, with hundreds of millions of players across over 190 countries. Our legendary portfolio includes iconic mobile game franchises such as Candy Crush, esports opportunities like the Call of Duty and Overwatch Leagues, and some of the top PC and console gaming franchises such as World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, and StarCraft. The idea is simple: great game experiences offer great marketing experiences.

A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes

King strives to be a place where everyone can be their most authentic self. We recognize that diversity, equity, and inclusion is a vital and continuous conversation, and that change only happens when we all come together. It’s our mission to build a diverse and inclusive Kingdom for our people, players, and community.

Making the World Playful

Making the World Playful is our mission – it’s the thread that connects our people, our players, and our passion for our games. Let’s face it, who doesn’t love a bit of fun?

Kingsters are seriously playful: creative thinkers who balance art and science to bring moments of magic to millions daily. But our players aren’t the only ones that can level up. We’re always looking for ways to champion each other and make what’s already great, even better.

So, if this feels like a fun way to spend your days, and you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful.

Applications need to be in English.

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