Sales Manager _ Social Gear

Manhattan Communications; Mumbai; Hybrid; INR 800,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Global market exposure

Uncapped commissions

Job summary

Manhattan Communications in Mumbai seeks an experienced Account Executive to hunt and close new brands and agencies for Social Gear. You will run in‑person and online product demos to build trust and close deals, mapping client marketing objectives to Social Gear solutions.

You will generate and manage your own pipeline, negotiate commercials, and grow closed accounts into long‑term revenue relationships, aiming to exceed monthly and quarterly targets.

Qualifications

• 3–8 years of experience selling advertising, media, or ad‑tech solutions to brands and agencies.
• Proven track record of hitting or beating targets.
• Ability to generate own pipeline without inbound leads.
• Existing relationships within Mumbai’s agency and brand ecosystem are a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Hunt and close new brands, advertisers, and agencies in Mumbai.
• Run product demos in person and virtually to build trust and close deals.
• Map client marketing objectives to Social Gear solutions.
• Build pipeline through outbound prospecting, referrals, and partnerships.
• Prepare proposals, negotiate and close deals; grow accounts for long‑term revenue.

Skills

Advertising sales

Agency relationships

Pipeline development

Product demos

Job description

About the job

Location: Mumbai Work from Office / Hybrid (our Mumbai office is your base; client meetings across the city and beyond) Role Type: Individual Contributor — a hands‑on hunting and closing role, not a team-management role Experience: 3–8 years selling advertising, media, or ad‑tech solutions to brands and agencies Compensation: 8–18 LPA fixed (calibrated to experience, network, and closure track record) + uncapped performance-linked commissions and bonuses tied directly to closed business. Exceptional candidates with proven agency/brand relationships can expect the top of the band — or beyond.

Read this before applying

This is a pure sales role based out of our Mumbai office. You will prospect, pitch, negotiate, and close — every week. If you are looking for a fully remote position, account management, marketing, campaign operations, or a team‑lead role, this is not for you. If you have never sold advertising or marketing technology to a brand or agency decision‑maker, please do not apply.

What is Social Gear?

Social Gear is a unified advertising platform that lets brands and agencies run their advertising from one interface instead of juggling disconnected tools — spanning Creator Marketing, Display, Email, Connected TV, Programmatic, and Digital Campaign Management. The backend is propelled by Amazon, Google, and other open exchanges, with targeting down to ZIP‑code level — local, hyperlocal, national, and global — including territory‑based and multicultural targeting.

Our sharpest edge today is Creator Marketing: we help brands discover relevant creators, verify authenticity, and execute campaigns that perform.

And we own something almost no competitor can claim: LYKSTAGE, our own premium video streaming platform with Connected TV inventory across Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung TV, LG TV, and Android/Google TV. When you sell Social Gear, you are selling owned premium inventory — transparency and placements resellers simply cannot match.

Social Gear serves advertisers across India, the US, UK, Canada, UAE, and Singapore.

What you will own

• Hunt and close new brands, advertisers, and agencies — with Mumbai’s agency and brand ecosystem as your primary hunting ground
• Run product demos in person and virtually; leverage face‑to‑face meetings to build trust and close faster
• Map client marketing objectives to the right Social Gear solutions
• Build pipeline through outbound prospecting, your network, referrals, and partnerships
• Prepare proposals, negotiate commercials, close deals
• Grow closed accounts into long‑term revenue relationships
• Hit monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue targets — consistently

You have personally sold to Marketing Heads, Brand Managers, CMOs, Media Buyers, or Agency Owners — and can name deals you closed with them.

You have a verifiable track record of hitting or beating targets. We will ask for specifics.

You can generate your own pipeline. No inbound leads will be handed to you in month one.

A strong added advantage: existing relationships within Mumbai’s agency and brand ecosystem; experience selling Influencer/Creator Marketing, Programmatic, or CTV solutions; familiarity with platforms such as The Trade Desk, PubMatic, DV360, or Amazon DSP from the buy side.

How success is measured

New advertisers and agencies acquired • Revenue closed • Ad spend managed through the platform • Pipeline-to-close conversion • Retention and account growth • Target achievement.

What we offer

• 8–18 LPA fixed + uncapped performance commissions
• Performance bonuses linked directly to closed business
• A genuinely differentiated pitch: owned premium CTV inventory via LYKSTAGE
• Exposure to clients across six global markets
• Hybrid flexibility with a collaborative office environment and real career growth into strategic partnerships