Director, Midwest Sales

A tech-driven leader in sports media and marketing, Cast Iron Media is weaving brands into the tapestry of live sports and entertainment. Leveraging our unrivaled access to premium in-game inventory through league, team, and rights holder partnerships, we deploy our state-of-the-art live sports media-buying platform for Connected TV and skillfully orchestrate in-venue branding campaigns across all major sports.

Cast Iron Media is seeking a Director, Midwest Sales to drive new business media and sponsorship revenue from Midwest advertising agencies and businesses. This position will work with our sales and support team to develop and close media and sponsorship sales focused on local advertising budgets for brands active in sports.

• Utilize your network and relationships with local TV, OTT, and sports advertisers to prospect and close new media and sponsorship business with Midwest based clients and media agencies
• Oversee the full sales cycle including lead generation, cold calling, client discovery, presentations, custom pitches and proposals, campaign activation, relationship management, and deal renewals
• Work closely with the Advertising Operations and Account Management team on account maintenance including campaign management, optimization, and customer service
• Develop lasting and profitable relationships with new and existing customers to maximize revenue for the company

The ideal candidate for this role is well-versed in all aspects of local broadcast and / or local OTT media campaigns from beginning to end, specifically for local sports buys in your region:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred with 5+ years of achieving media sales quotas
• Proven record of prospecting and closing 6 + 7 figure new business deals in local media, sports, and / or OTT space
  
  Knowledge of how media, sponsor ships, and sales rights work in sports across networks, apps, teams, and leagues
• Possess a strong network of client and media agency decision makers across key stakeholders with budgets spent from the Midwest region, including clients, local agency teams, digital agency teams, and sponsorship / OOH media teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required, with experience presenting and pitching senior media executives
• Knowledge of how to pitch, sell, deliver, and renew local media and sponsorship activations across local TV, CTV/ OTT and in-arena sponsor ships. Sellers must understand local media planning, be able to develop and deliver compelling pitches in email and presentations, and have knowledge of media activation tools for proposal entry, campaign reporting, and 3rd party measurement
• Expertise breaking new business with both independent and regional media agencies as well as agency holding companies for local media or sponsorship deals.
• Solutions oriented, new business development mentality and skillset with the ability to uncover customer needs across local media and sponsorship activations
• Proficiency in MS Office and Google Workspace tools

• Opportunity to join a company that is redefining the way brands buy local sports media and sponsor ships
• Collaborative and entrepreneurial work environment
• Competitive salary and benefits package

This is a full-time position reporting to the SVP, Midwest Sales; preferred location is Chicago, Dallas, or Houston.

At Cast Iron Media, we strive to emphasize the importance of a team-oriented culture and a company we're proud to be a part of. We maintain and build a company of passionate, energetic, and optimistic teammates who can easily engage in an environment fostering connection, collaboration, and community. We value those who care about the success of their colleagues and the whole Cast Iron Media team.

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