National Podcast Account Executive
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- Lead national sales of Gamut’s podcast inventory, targeting ad agencies and brands.
- Consistently meet and exceed monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue goals across direct, agency, and sponsorship business.
- Conduct independent prospecting, identifying key decision-makers at target companies, and tailoring outreach based on insights.
- Collaborate with the GM to develop and customize sales materials, presentations, and sponsorship proposals for various clients.
- Build and maintain relationships with national ad agencies and brands, owning follow-up and driving deals to close.
- Partner with local market sellers as needed to ensure a cohesive sales strategy.
- Maintain a working understanding of podcast distribution and measurement across platforms, including YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts, and IAB-certified download and impression metrics.
- Stay current on host-read, programmatic, and dynamic ad insertion (DAI) buying models, and clearly explain the trade-offs to clients.
- Regularly update the GM on sales activity, pipeline, and progress against forecast.
- Contribute content and insights to Gamut’s LinkedIn presence to support brand visibility, thought leadership, and lead generation.
- Obtain credit approval for new national accounts and ensure timely payment of receivables, coordinating with finance on collections for past-due business as needed.
- Attend special events involving clients, which may occur after business hours and on weekends.
- May be assigned other duties as needed.