UK Agency Sales Lead (May 2026 End Date)

Samsung Electronics America; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in advertising is seeking an Agency Sales Lead in London to drive the advanced TV advertising business. The role involves building client relationships, developing sales pipelines, and leveraging Samsung's unique insights to persuade brands to shift their advertising strategies. The ideal candidate will excel in a dynamic environment and demonstrate strong sales capabilities.

Benefits

Bonus scheme linked to performance

Car allowance

Pension contribution

25 holiday days plus bank holidays

Access to discounts on Samsung products

Qualifications

• Experience in full lifecycle sales at a media-owner or agency with TV advertising.
• Ability to manage a book of business and quotas.
• Understanding of digital media and online advertising.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with key clients and present advertising solutions.
• Manage and communicate an active pipeline of brands.
• Educate advertisers on the benefits of advanced TV advertising.

Skills

Multi-tasking

Teamwork

Communication

Relationship-building

Job description

Position Summary

About Samsung Ads

This is your chance to be part of a highly motivated group driving innovation and success within the advertising industry!

Samsung Ads, a division of Samsung’s media & services business, harnesses the power of data, technology and scale to create seamless advertising experiences for brands. We delivers high-impact, targeted advertising solutions, enabling brands to reach audiences in the moments that matter. Samsung Ads is where technology meets creativity to deliver advertising experiences that captivate and inspire.

Samsung Ads won AdAge Best Place to work in 2020 and was awarded the IPA’s People First Promise badge of honour in 2025.

Launched in 2015, Samsung Ads has offices in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, US, Australia, New Zealand, India, Brazil & Mexico and South Korea.

Why join our team?
Samsung’s Advertising Sales Team operates at the intersection of display advertising and connected televisions offering advertising solutions with the goal of helping our advertisers reach their target audiences across our TV platform and beyond. Using our unique first party data this is a new initiative at Samsung with the potential for substantial growth and opportunity!
Samsung Ads (part of ESBO - European Service Business Organization) is responsible for identifying, evaluating and determining new opportunities on top of the global footprint of European Samsung Smart TVs. The EU advertising team is working to bring value for partners, advertisers, and agencies through its unique insights into content consumption in the shifting media landscape.

Role and Responsibilities

Your Key Responsibilities

The Agency Sales Lead is responsible for evangelising the advanced TV advertising business and building the client base for the Samsung Ads European business. This person will build relationships with high-potential clients, presenting Samsung’s pioneering marketing solutions to senior executives at major brands and their agencies.

The Agency Sales lead will be empowered to develop sales pipelines and to develop a strategy for long-term success by uncovering the business needs of key clients. This position will work closely with the account management team to help make a world class brand building solution for advertisers and to ensure our clients achieve their advertising goals.

You'll thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and will have an entrepreneurial mind-set, taking ownership in creating opportunities.

• Initiate, structure and negotiate high impact partnerships with key UK agencies

• Build, prioritise, manage and communicate an active pipeline of brands

• Proven track record of exceeding sales targets as a trusted advisor through data driven approach.

• Leverage communication and relationship-building skills to develop new business.

• Educate new advertisers on the benefits of advanced TV and persuade them to shift their marketing strategies from traditional media to digital/advanced TV

• Analysis of Proprietary Samsung TV data to create compelling sales insights that drive revenue outcomes.

Samsung Ads is committed to transforming the partnerships we create with media agencies and are looking for an individual to deliver this vision in the UK, demonstrating our core values of Humility / Hard Work / Harmony. This is a fantastic opportunity to join and accelerate Samsung’s Advertising’s capabilities as we look to positively disrupt the UK TV landscape!

Your key people management responsibilities

• Initially you will be responsible for 1 sales specialist (exec).

• Support the development of your team through regular mentoring, coaching and feedback, 1:1s and on the job learning opportunities.

• Role model inclusion for your team to build trust and psychological safety.

• Ensure communication with your team is a core focus area including cascade of information from LT’s and relevant business updates.

• Manage the on boarding, off boarding process and the entirety of the colleague lifecycle process for all team members.

• Manage all annual people management cycles such as goal setting, evaluation and salary reviews to a high quality and in a timely manner.

• To be accountable for ensuring your team are compliant with company processes and procedures; such as compliance, meeting mandatory business cyclical deadlines, and understanding the company values.

What we need for this role

To be successful, you will possess the following skills and attributes:

• Outstanding multi-tasking and teamwork capabilities

• Experience in full lifecycle sales at a media-owner, technology, or media-agency with experience in TV advertising, digital media, and advertising platforms.

• Experience building a book of business and managing against quotas.

• Understanding of digital media and the online advertising industry.

• Independent, self-starter; comfortable with ambiguity, and resilient. Thrives in a team environment.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to provide comprehensive advertising solutions to prospective clients.

What does success look like?

Given this is a sales role, ultimately success will be based on the ability to drive revenue for the business. In order to achieve success, the candidate will be expected to establish relationships with Agency buyers, planners, and evangelise about Samsung Ads to ensure there is a deeper understanding of our offering.

Initially success will be measured through an evaluation period within the first 4, 8 and 12 weeks. Your manager will arrange meetings to discuss performance and to ensure we are doing all that we can to support your progress. After this probationary period your manager we support you and agree key success achievements.

Skills and Qualifications

Benefits of working at Samsung include

• Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days at home per week

• Bonus scheme linked to individual, team and company performance

• Car allowance

• Pension contribution

• Three volunteering days each year

• Holiday - 25 days plus bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday

• Access to discounts on a wide range of Samsung products

• Access to a discount shopping portal

• Partner Colleagues are not eligible for Samsung Enhanced Paid Sick Leave but may be eligible for statutory payments from their payroll agency

• Up to 20 (pro-rata) Partner Absence days per calendar year to be used in times of need

A note on equal opportunities

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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to requestaccommodation.

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