Sales Manager – Digital Ads (Entertainment Publishers & Social Pages)

You’ll drive ad revenues across our entertainment network—film/celebrity news sites, Instagram pages, YouTube channels, Snapchat shows, and partner inventories. From brand briefs to closed deals, you’ll package creator/page reach, branded content, AFP/integrations, and media (CPM/CPV/CPC) into solutions advertisers love.

• Own a revenue book:

  Prospect, pitch, negotiate, and close direct deals with studios, OTTs, FMCG, fashion, tech, auto, fintech, and agencies (GroupM, Publicis, IPG, Dentsu, Madison, Havas, etc.).

• Solution selling:

  Build

  bundles

  (IG Reels + YT videos + Snapchat shows + site takeovers) with clear objectives (awareness, VTR, clicks, footfall).

• Branded content & AFP:

  Celeb integrations, red-carpet/pap coverage, launch-day takeovers, reel series, contests, live streams,

  always-on

  packages.

• Media planning:

  Propose

  CPM/CPV/CPC

  buys, frequency capping, and flighting around tentpoles (movie releases, awards, cricket, festivals).

• Pipeline & forecasting:

  Maintain CRM hygiene, weekly forecasts, and deal-stage visibility; track lead → IO → delivery → invoice.

• Pricing & margins:

  Build rate cards, negotiate value adds, protect floors, upsell add-ons (whitelisting/PAID partnership, cutdowns, edits, language versions).

• Cross-functional:

  Partner with Editorial/Creative/Video, Ad Ops, PR, and Legal for mockups, approvals, measurement, and contracts.

• Measurement:

  Turn results (reach, views, VTR, ER, CTR, watch time) into post-campaign reports and case studies.

• Market intel:

  Map categories, monitor competitor pages, surface new revenue streams (affiliate, programmatic direct, brand stores, commerce).

• 2–6 years in

  digital ad sales / branded content

  ; entertainment/celebrity/creator ecosystem is a plus.
• Strong agency & brand relationships; confident pitching CXO/VP levels.
• Solid grasp of

  social video

  (IG Reels/Shorts/Snap), creator economics, brand safety.
• Data-first storyteller with sharp deck/email skills.

HubSpot/Salesforce, Google Workspace, Keynote/PowerPoint; Meta/YouTube analytics, GA/Looker Studio; basics of IOs, tags, tracking, brand lift.

Net revenue vs target • Avg deal size • Win rate • New logos & category penetration • Repeat rate & multi-property adoption • Collection TAT.

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Sales Manager → Senior Manager → Key Accounts Lead → Head of Sales

hr@digitalsukoon.com

“Sales – Digital Ads (Entertainment)”