Sales | Manager

Zoho; Bengaluru Urban; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Only Much Louder Entertainment, based in Bangalore, seeks an experienced sales leader to drive business growth across South India for brands and agencies. You will own relationships, pitch, negotiate, and close deals across branded content, influencer marketing, IPs, and live experiences.

The role requires 5–9 years in media sales or related fields, with a deep understanding of the creator economy and digital platforms. Join a dynamic team shaping India's entertainment landscape.

Qualifications

• 5-9 years of experience in media sales, branded content, influencer marketing, entertainment, digital marketing, or integrated marketing solutions.
• Proven track record of driving revenue growth and acquiring new business.
• Strong understanding of the creator economy, digital platforms, and evolving brand marketing landscape.

Responsibilities

• Own and grow relationships with brands and agencies to drive revenue across OML's offerings, including branded content, influencer marketing, creator partnerships, IPs, production, live experiences, and sports marketing.
• Drive end-to-end sales, from prospecting and pitching to commercial negotiations and deal closure.
• Proactively identify and convert new business opportunities through outbound pitching and sharp lead management.
• Stay current on creator economy trends, brand campaigns, pop culture, and the content landscape to spot and act on opportunities quickly.
• Collaborate with internal teams across creative, talent, influencer marketing, content, production, legal, finance, and operations to deliver seamless client solutions.
• Maintain accurate pipeline trackers, revenue reports, and sales forecasts with consistent hygiene and timely follow-ups.
• Contribute to business growth initiatives and key account development across OML verticals.

Skills

Business Development

Revenue Growth

Negotiation

Client Relationship Management

Strategic Thinking

Proposal Development

Creator Economy Understanding

Job description

Only Much Louder Entertainment is a market-leading, full-service creative and entertainment business network that has instigated pop culture for over two decades by creating iconic moments across television, digital content, fan experiences, branded entertainment and in the artist-creators community. Celebrated for creating India's first multi-genre music festival, the NH7 Weekender, Only Much Louder has built India’s independent music and comedy scene from the ground-up. They won the first-ever Branded Content and Entertainment Cannes Lion for ‘Dewarists’ and have been the first homegrown content business to have a strong footprint in over 22 countries.

Our businesses include:

Move Over: OML’s creative agency on a mission to bury the boring. Turning ads into entertainment people actually want to watch, share, and talk about. We help brands act like creators and build fandoms, not just followings.

Hypothesis: One of India’s fastest growing creator-first & influencer marketing agencies, specializing in data-driven solutions to connect brands with the right audiences

OML Talent: OML’s legacy business representing over 90+ of the most influential creators, comedians, writers, and storytellers shaping India’s entertainment landscape.

OML Studios: India’s premier production house developing original IPs for leading OTT platforms. Also helps brands conceptualise and produce original IPs, manage syndication and licensing.

EighteenSixtyTwo: Bacardi’s offsite content and advertising agency, with campaigns in 20+ countries, delivering top-tier creative and content marketing solutions.

OML Sports: A creative content studio crafting high-impact ads, social media campaigns, and sportainment content for leading teams and leagues. We bring sports stories to life with innovative formats and audience-first storytelling.

Key responsibilities:

• Based in Bangalore, this role is dedicated to driving business growth in the South region and will involve managing and growing a portfolio of brands and agencies based across South India.
• Own and grow relationships with brands and agencies to drive revenue across OML's offerings, including branded content, influencer marketing, creator partnerships, IPs, production, live experiences, and sports marketing.
• Drive end-to-end sales, from prospecting and pitching to commercial negotiations and deal closure.
• Proactively identify and convert new business opportunities through outbound pitching and sharp lead management
• Stay current on creator economy trends, brand campaigns, pop culture, and the content landscape to spot and act on opportunities quickly
• Collaborate with internal teams across creative, talent, influencer marketing, content, production, legal, finance, and operations to deliver seamless client solutions.
• Maintain accurate pipeline trackers, revenue reports, and sales forecasts with consistent hygiene and timely follow-ups
• Contribute to business growth initiatives and key account development across OML verticals.

Skills:

• Business Development & Revenue Growth
• Consultative & Solution Selling
• Client Relationship Management
• Negotiation & Deal Closure
• Strategic Thinking
• Proposal Development & Presentation Skills
• Understanding of Content, Creator, Influencer & Media Ecosystems

Qualifications and Prior Experience:

• 5-9 years of experience (preferably in Bangalore) in media sales, branded content, influencer marketing, entertainment, digital marketing, or integrated marketing solutions.
• Proven track record of driving revenue growth and acquiring new business.
• Strong understanding of the creator economy, digital platforms, and evolving brand marketing landscape.
• Existing relationships with brands and agencies will be an added advantage.

Why This Role?

A chance to work at the intersection of culture, creators, and brands and an opportunity to shape revenue strategy at one of India’s leading new media companies, where you get to work with the best in the business

Our values:

• We build opportunities for our artists, brands and fans; and it’s important for us to be reliable and efficient
• We demonstrate honesty, excellence and commitment to success
• ‘It’s not my job’ is not part of our vocabulary, we even stuff envelopes
• We make mistakes, but only to learn from them to build resilience
• We take care of ourselves and our colleagues
• We are our own managers
• We are committed to equality and inclusion
• We are mindful of the strain on the Earth's resources and are committed to reversing the trend with our behaviors where possible

Thank you!

Thank you for taking the time to go through the opportunity we have to offer.

If you apply, please do not share your photo, age, gender, religion or ethnicity in your resume. You do not even need to share your last name. (We want to eliminate biases on any of these parameters while we decide on our shortlisted candidates)

We will get in touch with you if your profile gets shortlisted.