Chief Manager - Sales & Brand Solutions, Bangalore

APX Luxury; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Burda Luxury in Bengaluru is seeking a self-driven sales professional to identify, pursue, and close new consumer opportunities for our lifestyle brands. Ideal candidates have 6+ years of sales experience, strong client management, and a solid understanding of digital platforms and event production.

South Market expertise is highly valued. The role emphasizes advertising sales across print and digital, with a balance of strategic and creative thinking to craft compelling client solutions and

Qualifications

• 6+ years of sales experience in the Lifestyle category.
• Excellent client management and communication skills.
• Sound understanding of digital platforms, brand solutioning, and event production knowledge.
• Presentable with brand-solution mindset and strong market knowledge of the South market.

Responsibilities

• Advertising sales for print and online.
• Maximize opportunities to achieve sales profit and revenue plans.
• Market deepening to acquire clients and penetration objectives.
• Execute and manage digital execution and sales for the brand’s digital platform.
• Balance between strategic and creative thinking.
• Draft pitch presentations articulating client needs and solutions.
• End-to-end campaign execution management.
• Drive brand thinking and solutions when recommending to clients.
• Develop standards and unique advertising programs with strategic partnerships.

Skills

Sales experience

Client management

Communication skills

Digital platforms

Brand solutioning

Event production

South Market understanding

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Marketing/Advertising

MBA preferred

Job description

Job Summary

We are looking for a self-driven and motivated professional who is able to identify, prioritize, pursue, and close potential new consumers for the Burda Media India brands. The candidate should have 6+years of sales experience in the Lifestyle category. He/she must be presentable and ensure a good command of brand solution orientation when looking at providing solutions to clients. Should have excellent client management and communication skills. A sound understanding of digital platforms, brand solutioning, and strong event production knowledge will be preferred. The candidate must be well-equipped to understand the Lifestyle category and have a strong understanding of the South Market.

Key Responsibilities

• The candidate hired for this position will be responsible for advertising sales, including print and online advertising efforts.
• Ensure opportunities are maximized in order to facilitate the achievement of current and long-term sales profit and revenue plans for the organisation.
• Work on market deepening exercises that can help Burda Media India with client acquisition and market penetration objectives.
• Execute and manage digital execution and sales for the brand’s digital platform.
• Should be good with numbers and have the right balance between a strategic and a creative brain.
  
• Draft and conceptualise pitch presentations that clearly articulate the client’s brand/ business needs and derive solutions in the most connected manner.
• Should be able to successfully manage end-to-end execution of campaigns.
• Drive brand thinking and solutions when recommending solutions to clients.
• Have a keen understanding of the market opportunities, industry, and audience for the assigned properties, including growing and managing the market, establishing strategic partnerships, and closely working with consumers and prospective consumers in an effort to develop standards as well as unique advertising programs for the business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or Advertising
• MBA candidates will be preferred

Employee Values We Seek

• Solution-oriented
• Go-getter attitude
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Pleasant persona
• Collaborative mindset
• Team player
• Well-spoken

About Us

BurdaLuxury is one of Asia’s most vibrant and progressive independent media houses. Our portfolio includes a variety of successful regional publishing brands in lifestyle and luxury markets across Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. Print publications include AUGUSTMAN, HELLO! Magazine Thailand, Prestige, and PIN Prestige. Digital offerings include Lifestyleasia.com, Augustman.com, PrestigeOnline.com and PinPrestige.com.