Men in Blazers is the No. 1 Soccer Media Network in the U.S. With a wide reach and a diverse, vocal fan base, we engage with teams, players, celebrity fans, and brands we love, to share our passion for soccer across the nation. Using humor, emotion, intelligence, and to-the-minute pop cultural aptitude, we provide fans with unique content that breaks down the biggest stories in the game in ways that are authentic, meaningful, and compulsively entertaining.
We are looking for a Director, Sales to join our growing sales team, focusing on growing our reach and engagement in the US soccer markets. This person will have an intuitive understanding of the global soccer landscape, and the ability to align brand partners with the various digital content that Men in Blazers Media Networks is producing.
Director, Sales - General Markets
Location: United States, Remote - NY Preferred
What you’ll do:
- Using your comprehensive understanding of the global soccer community, you will approach and sell to partners across the US to partner Men in Blazers’ digital content with best in class organizations that resonate with soccer fans across the world.
- Build and deliver engaging proposals to brand partnerships, soccer leagues, or any other organization involved in US soccer.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with various buyers and partners to nurture and develop their connection to the Men in Blazers Media Network
- Stay up to date on changes in and around soccer communities across the country to better align potential partners with our community
- Work closely with the wider sales teams to find opportunities to better package the complete portfolio of Men in Blazers content (podcasts, digital video, live events, social media, etc)
- Utilize data heavily to continuously improve how and where we go to market to find brand partners
What you need:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or a related field.
- 5+ years of content partnerships experience in a similar environment, preferably in a digital media and/or sports organization
- Significant experience & established relationships with brand partners & agencies that could be utilized to grow our engagement and reach in the US soccer community
- In depth knowledge and existing relationships with the wider soccer landscape (MLS, NWSL, WSL, Fifa, etc)
- Ability to utilize ongoing trends in the soccer & digital media landscape to creatively package digital products for our sponsor partners
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to interpret and present data in a digestible way
- High level of communication skills
- High level of organization skills
- Willingness to move off the ball to assist other team members
- Flexibility to be available during stoppage time, when necessary
- Empathy - Passion - Courage - love of Football
Men In Blazers LLC is an equal opportunity employer.
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