Enthusiast Gaming is seeking a highly motivated individual seller to add to our growing UK media sales and partnership team. We’re looking for a passionate person with extensive knowledge of the media landscape, in addition to a basic understanding of gaming and esports. A skilled and strategic mind for relationship building should be at the forefront of expertise.
Responsibilities:
- Drive sales for digital media, custom content, esports sponsorships and events and programmatic direct campaigns, PMP’s, while meeting and exceeding all sales goals
- Focus on media agencies and clients direct in the UK
- Work directly with agency leads that buy MCN pre roll on YouTube
- Create a strategic plan for prospecting new leads and gaining proactive proposals across both endemic gaming partners and fortune 500 companies
- Respond to RFIs and RFPs in a quality and timely manner
- Maintain a collaborative and creative approach with internal teams to develop new solutions tied to client success metrics
- Work hand in hand with our UK/EMEA VPs, growing Account Management and Integrated Marketing teams to shape the business from a client services perspective
- Have a finger on the pulse of the industry and stay ahead of digital advertising, media and gaming trends
Education & Experience
- 4+ years of experience in the digital media industry, cursory knowledge of the Direct and Programmatic marketplace.
- Experience in selling MCN YouTube pre roll and/or premium video solution + have a network of buyers for immediate testing opportunities
- Experience selling custom content & brand integrations
- A strong understanding of the advertising and gaming eco-system
- Have a significant rolodex of key media agencies and brand direct contacts
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:
- A hunter’s mentality where prospecting is a daily behaviour
- Deep understanding of media agencies with deep relationships across strategy, planning and buying teams
- A self-starter who thrives in fun and result-oriented work environment, is passionate about problem solving and enjoys working on a wide variety of projects
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple overlapping projects and schedules
- Must be a team player! Willing to go the extra mile to succeed and can work in a flexible environment
Enthusiast Gaming is the largest vertically integrated gaming network in the U.S., Canada and UK, globally reaching over 300 million gamers monthly. We are committed to building gaming communities of like-minded fans, providing sources of trusted gaming information, and producing engaging advertising experiences. With our combined portfolio of news and editorial websites for passionate gamers, our Esports teams through Luminosity, and our popular live expo EGLX, we have more access points for brands to authentically speak to gamers than any other publisher in the world. Built by gamers, for gamers.
We’re growing fast, already the number one destination for gaming content and videos in the UK (Comscore) reaching 15M unique users per month, with more reach than Twitch, Fandom, Activision, Roblox or IGN!
For more information about us, please visit www.enthusiastgaming.com.
Enthusiast Gaming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes and encourages applications from all interested and qualified candidates. Enthusiast Gaming will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please inform Enthusiast Gaming staff of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.