The Sr. Ad Sales Director will develop client relationships, drive ad revenue growth, and negotiate partnerships while managing complex sales processes.
Sr. Ad Sales Director - Brand Partnerships
Remote - US, UK, France or Germany
About Brave
Brave is on a mission to protect the human right to privacy online. We’ve built a free web browser that blocks creepy ads and trackers by default, a private search engine with a truly independent index, a browser-native crypto wallet, and a private ad network platform that directly rewards you for your attention. And we’re just getting started. 85 million people have switched to Brave for a faster, more private web. Millions more switch every month.
Summary
Brave is looking for an experienced Ad Sales representative to join our sales team. This is a role focused on finding and developing new client relationships to place ads within the Brave Ecosystem. You will fast-track Brave’s revenue and growth by adding to our base of clients and increasing our Ad revenue across the US, Canada, UK, France or Germany.
Responsibilities
- Identify, qualify and quantify advertising clients at both the agency and directly with brands to directly grow Brave’s revenue.
- Develop business cases and create innovative proposals for potential customers that drive value for both parties
- Foster relationships, and lead discussions and negotiations with partners from C-level execs to key functional leads
- Own, maintain, and develop a pipeline of potential advertiser leads in priority verticals
- Work cross-functionally with product, design, marketing, and account management as we develop and onboard partners
- Influence key discussions about overall partnership strategy and platform roadmap
Requirements
- Advanced 4-year degree in Technology or Business. MS or MBA is a plus
- Experience working in an Ad sales environment.
- Demonstrated success in selling a variety of advertising products inclusive of search, managed service and self serve related campaigns
- Ability to structure and operate complex business deals
- Highly organized in managing all aspects of the pre-sale, sale and working with client service teams regarding campaign maintenance and upsell opportunities
- Experienced in executive-level presentations, both internally and externally
- 10+ years of business and advertising sales experience
Working at Brave
- Industry-leader in privacy, with a research and engineering team that’s innovating everyday to keep people safer online and beat Big Tech
- Highly competitive salaries & benefits, and generous home-office stipends
- Fully remote team (no office, no commute). Hybrid opportunity available if needed as well!
- Welcoming, humble, ridiculously smart teammates, and a truly flat org structure
- Opportunity to get in early at a hyper-growth company, and revolutionize the web
Oh, and did we mention Brendan, our CEO & co-founder, invented JavaScript?
Top Skills
Advertising Products
Business Strategy
Client Relationship Management
Sales Operations
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