Build a brand new digital revenue stream from scratch - we’re hiring a Digital Content Sales Manager to shape, own and scale it.
Our client, a high-growth global intelligence and data provider, is seeking a talented and ambitious Sales specialist with a proven ability to sell sponsorship of high value digital content inventory to senior executives in the digital infrastructure M&A, finance and investment space.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high growth B2B data, intelligence and events business in a red-hot sector and play a major role in its next stage of growth.
Target-driven, proactive and consultative, you must be able to utilise a highly-informed sales style to match client needs for lead generation, branding and/or thought leadership with our suite of digital content products.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the sponsorship sales campaign for our suite of digital content products, including reports and other research-based analysis, market surveys, curated content, webinars and podcasts
- Hit and exceed monthly revenue and KPI targets including, calls, meetings (online & F2F)
- Grow and maintain a consistently strong pipeline in CRM to support an agreed sales plan
- Generate own new business leads, as well as cross-sell digital products to existing accounts
- Quickly gain deep understanding of our core products and audience, and the key drivers and themes in the digital infrastructure M&A, finance and investment market
- Build and communicate the value proposition for our digital content offerings
- Co-ordinate closely with the Events and Editorial teams on the digital content product pipeline and identify new opportunities for cross-team collaboration
- Represent the business across global industry events, high-value client meetings, and key commercial conversations, strengthening market presence and credibility
Required Experience & Skills
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience selling sponsorship of B2B digital content (reports and other packaged research, webinars, podcasts) to senior executives
- Proven track record of hitting sales targets and delivering new business for digital content product lines
- Strong commercial and strategic acumen, with the ability to effectively navigate decision-making units and negotiate high-value deals
- Experience of selling into global finance and investment markets essential; experience of selling to investment banks, advisory and law firms preferred
- A proactive and consultative sales approach
- Excellent phone manner and communication skills
- Ambitious, with desire to be a driving force in the Sales team and company as a whole
- Collaborative, with an ability to work with the wider Sales function as well as the Events and Editorial teams
- Proven ability to communicate with senior leadership and to work and thrive in a young media business
- Familiarity with Salesforce/CRM tools and a strong understanding of pipeline discipline, forecasting, and performance reporting within a high-growth environment
Why Join
- Lead the Growth of Digital Content Sales: Play a pivotal role in expanding the Sales focus from live events and subscriptions into high-value digital content products
- Flexible Working: Hybrid model: 3 days in the Central London office (Tues–Thurs), 2 days remote
- Time Off & Wellbeing: 25 days annual leave + your birthday off, competitive pension scheme, Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 confidential support, perks platform with discounts and rewards, paid personal and group volunteering. Annual charitable donations from company profits
- Culture & Environment: A bright, spacious office with breakout spaces, a library, and social areas including pool, darts, and table tennis. We offer a collaborative, values-led culture built around Real People, Real Relationships, Real Intelligence, and Real Impact