Business Development Manager

Overview

Audacy San Francisco has an opening for an experienced, high-energy, high-achieving multi-media and sports savvy sales manager in San Francisco. In this role, you’ll work alongside a team of passionate colleagues and leaders with a high-achieving culture, committed to delivering results, marketing excellence and unwavering customer service. Best of all, you’ll receive best-in-class training, incentives and benefits from Audacy, a scaled, multi-platform audio content and entertainment organization with the country’s best radio broadcasting group.

We are industry leaders in broadcasting, podcasting, digital, live experiences, music, sports and news.

We’re looking for a competitive, highly creative sales leader with strong experience in leading and training sales talent in broadcast, new business development, sports sponsorship sales, experiential, digital and podcasting platforms. If you are passionate about sports, you will be partnering with world-class sports franchises and leading the San Francisco market’s most dynamic sports media assets with play-by-play partnerships and tremendous growth potential.

You will lead a dedicated sales team and work alongside passionate management colleagues and high-profile, client-friendly media personalities within a veteran sales organization committed to marketing excellence and unwavering customer service. At your disposal will be industry-leading creative services, digital marketing support, best-in-class training modules and comprehensive market research tools; in short, everything you and your team need to be successful.

Bring your talent, experience and passion to our team and lead our sellers to victory!

Audacy’s San Francisco market features world-class audio and digital assets and the most successful brands in the media business, led by a highly talented, experienced and passionate team. All of this is surrounded by the Bay Area/Silicon Valley and one of the world’s most coveted cities.

Audacy offers full-time employees with a comprehensive benefits package to include: health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, vacation, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, discounted employee stock purchase, student loan payment assistance program, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.

What You’ll Do:

• Responsible for exceeding revenue objectives including sports-related sales revenue targets by impacting people (account executives and clients).
• Develop, lead, refine, and maintain discipline on sales training for sellers in business development using traditional, digital and other non-traditional marketing channels to meet client’s objectives.
• Lead and train sales team in evolving media trends— including but not limited to — digital audio, attribution, data, digital.
• Develop, renew, solidify and maintain strong relationships with clients, prospects & agencies to grow our sponsorship client base.
• Hold the sales team accountable to all priorities, with the ability to manage through both internal direct reporting relationships and peer groups to drive results.
• Effectively manage sports stations and play-by-play assets by adhering to policies regarding pricing, inventory, management, merchandising, commercial content, competitive product protection, etc.
• Leverage our data, scale and resources to guide sound management and operational decision-making across the sales organization.
• Create sales opportunities (audio, digital, experiential, etc.) that align with client needs & demand.
• Own financial metrics of the department, including pricing, inventory and expense management, and weekly revenue, pacing and forecasting.
• Monitor competition and trends in the market.
• Entertain clients— including weekend and evening sports events.
• Other duties as assigned; this position reports directly to the VP of Sales.

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About You:

• 3+ years previous sales management experience in…