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Advertising Sales Manager.
Berlin, Germany
Full time
Since our launch in 2007, Taboola’s team of ninja-like engineers and digital media mavens have been building the world’s largest and most advanced discovery platform — or “search engine in reverse” — delivering personalised recommendations to over one billion users every month, on many of the web’s most innovative and highly-visited websites.
We work with some of the biggest names in the business. Our publisher partners include T-Online, Süddeutsche, MSN, Axel Springer, Business Insider to name a few. We have strong bonds with leading media agencies & advertisers and offer a competitive event field.
Following our continued expansion, we are seeking an experienced Advertising Sales Manager, based in Berlin, to own and develop partnerships with top advertisers in Germany.
You will join our growing DACH team and focus on building and managing long-term strategic partnerships with Tier I Brands and agencies across the Region. As a highly-valued and proactive individual, you will contribute to Taboola’s growth by advocating the power of our platform within assigned client-direct and agency accounts. Success in this role is based on consistent prospecting/networking and pipeline development, new client acquisition/activation, client retention/growth, and achievement against progressive total revenue goals. We operate in a matrixed environment, with support from a skilled team of account managers, media planners, creative strategists and agency development leaders. Our culture and win-win approach to partnerships demand that a successful candidate will bring passion, accountability and a sense of professional urgency to work every day.
Responsibilities include:
- Generate new business and manage a robust pipeline and accurately forecast new business closure rate
- Understand clients’ organisation and offer multiple Taboola products to a given client by finding the right stakeholders for each product
- Gain excellent understanding of digital technology, programmatic, video, and revenue ecosystem to be able to explain product benefits within this context
- Work closely with the Advertising sales Director to consistently achieve and exceed revenue goals.
- Coach and mentor sales team members
- Interact with the Account Management team to effectively manage client expectations and ensure successful campaign management
- Work closely with our Account Managers to manage long-term relationships with our clients
- Convey feedback from clients to Taboola’s product team in regards to product development needs
Requirements
- Fluent, Native/Bilingual or at least professional German level skills are a must have for this role
- Experienced in a key sales position, preferably selling solutions to DACH clients
- Significant experience in structuring and negotiating dealsS
- Such experience within the digital media space – a great advantage
- Experience independently build, pursue and close a large pipeline of leads
- Technologically Savvy – ability to learn what is needed to support deal’s successful implementation and optimization
- Ability to work in a fast paced, quickly changing environment and consistently learn, adapt, and develop
- Programmatic experience – necessary
Benefits
- Fantastic global career opportunities, competitive salary and generous benefits.
- The chance to be part of building something unique.
- Invaluable experience in the world’s leading discovery & native advertising platform
- The opportunity to join an international team, that’s ambitious, revenue driven with a deep technical knowledge of digital advertising so the chance to learn from the best.
- A company that embraces change, has enormous potential for growth and offers a challenging yet collaborative working environment where you will always feel valued and be given every opportunity to make a name for yourself.
- An office culture that’s international, social, and supportive.