Job Abstract

Industry Dive is looking to further increase our content and strategic-selling expertise by adding to the Black Belt Strategy team, with an additional Sales Manager, studio. ID. Through their content marketing experience and expertise, the Sales Manager, studio. ID will work with A - Es to broaden the scope of opportunity, and further pull clients across Industry Dive’s full brand-to-demand solution suite. The role will mainly focus on partnering with A - Es and front-line Sales Managers on spec... more details

Job Description

Industry Dive is looking to further increase our content and strategic-selling expertise by adding to the Black Belt Strategy team, with an additional Sales Manager, studioID.

Through their content marketing experience and expertise, the Sales Manager, studioID will work with AEs to broaden the scope of opportunity, and further pull clients across Industry Dive’s full brand-to-demand solution suite. The role will mainly focus on partnering with AEs and front-line Sales Managers on specific opportunities, increasing their size and scope through our studioID content solutions.

In particular, the key focuses and measures of success of the role will be:

Drive overachievement of the sales team’s quarterly Industry Dive sales number.
Drive overachievement of the sales team’s quarterly studioID number, maintaining a share of at least 40% of the overall ID sales number.
Ensuring an optimal mix and volume of enterprise accounts, driving year over year increases in enterprise account volume and spend.

A typical “week in the life” will consist of the following:

10-15 client-facing meetings with AEs and the required prep for these meetings
Weekly huddles with AE teams
Weekly pipeline reviews with Sales Director and front-line Sales Managers.
Weekly huddle with rest of Black Belt Strategy team
Partnering across the organization to help drive further best practices around our marketing, product development, sales process, tools, etc.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate is a black belt at:

Applying their content marketing expertise to prescribe optimal content-based solutions for prospects
Advising clients on content marketing best practices and how to address audiences across the buyer journey with content
Leveraging their strong curiosity to enable deep account and opportunity discovery
Helping clients and prospects identify and communicate their biggest marketing pains
Commanding a room of marketers across all seniority levels
Understanding the optimal routes for opportunity and account growth. Adding content, distribution to new dives, international solutions, etc.
Strategic sales process. Understanding an account’s buying committee, their metrics and processes.
Learning how to situationally manage across a wide spectrum of sellers and managers - with different strengths and experiences.
Orchestrating and collaborating with internal SMEs to optimally bring our expert power to the forefront of all opportunities.
Bringing consistent value to the AEs - in order for this system to work, reps need to find value in your expertise, enjoy working with you, and constantly be asking for you to enhance the client relationship/experience
The salary range for this position is $80,000 to $90,000, plus commission incentives.
The job description expires on May 8, 2024.

Additional Information

Why work at Industry Dive, an Informa Company

Employee experience is very important to us at Informa. On top of joining a supportive, diverse and ambitious team that welcomes all types of candidates. We are also flexible with different working patterns and prioritizes promotions internally. Our benefits include:

Learning and development plan to assist with your career development
Unlimited days PTO plus 10 national holidays, 4 days for volunteering and a day off for your birthday!
Competitive Benefits with 401k match
Paid parental leave
Work with a high quality of specialist products and service
Bright and friendly staff who are all “expert’s experts” and additional training and development for helping you achieve your career aspiration
ESPP - become a shareholder

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