Vice President of Sales
12 days ago
New York
Job Description Job Title: Vice President of Sales Company: Wave Sports & Entertainment Location: New York Reports To: SVP, Head of Sales Compensation: $200,000 - 250,000 base salary + Commission/Bonus Company Summary: Wave Sports & Entertainment (Wave) is the leader in the athlete and entertainer vodcast space. Wave’s award-winning, original programming is led by some of the most popular athletes and personalities in sports media -- including the hit digital series “Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce,” “Almost Athletes with Dude Perfect”, “7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony” and more! -- dishing out entertaining commentary, unique perspectives, expert analysis, and behind-the-scenes stories about the players and events that are shaping the world of sports. Wave also holds partnerships with 100+ rights holders and sports properties, providing always-on programming to followers of the internet's largest and most engaged social communities. Wave Sports & Entertainment is seeking a VP of Sales to join the Wave Sales Team. The Account Executive will play a pivotal role in managing client relationships, driving revenue growth, and ensuring the successful execution of Wave Sports + Entertainment’s direct response campaigns. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking, client management skills, and a deep understanding of the audio business with an emphasis on YouTube and Social distribution. Key Responsibilities: Sales Leadership & Strategy: • Leverage high profile industry relationships to design upfront partnerships across the Wave Sports slate, • Lead and develop the sales strategy to achieve revenue targets and drive growth across Wave Sports' ecosystem with an emphasis on YouTube, Social and Audio distribution., • Build, manage, and mentor a high-performing sales team, fostering a collaborative and results-driven culture., • Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with existing and potential corporate clients, brand partners, and sponsors., • Drive new sales opportunities while managing and growing existing client accounts., • Partner with the content, production, marketing, and legal teams to ensure seamless execution of sales campaigns and client deliverables., • Experience: 10-15 years of experience in ad sales. Must have experience selling sports content and be comfortable regularly designing 7- to 8- figure deals., • Leadership: Proven ability to lead, mentor, and motivate a sales team while driving results in a fast-paced environment. You do not need to have previous formal management experience, but tangible examples of your leadership skills are necessary., • Strategic Thinker: Strong track record of developing and executing novel sales strategies that deliver significant revenue growth. This role is for someone who can create new solutions to the challenges we face., • Relationship Builder: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a talent for cultivating strong relationships with clients, partners, and internal teams., • Be part of a dynamic and rapidly growing company at the intersection of sports, entertainment, and technology., • Work in an innovative environment that values creativity, collaboration, and results., • Competitive salary and benefits package, including performance-based incentives., • Simplify and Get It Done, • Master Your Craft, • Practice Hospitality, • Be Direct Pay Transparency + Benefits At Wave, we’re transparent from the get-go—we want our candidates to know as much about us as possible, even before applying. We’re excited about our candidates and want them to feel the same about us! This role is a full-time position with a base salary range of $200,000-250,000/year, with an aggressive commission plan. Actual salary at the time of offer may vary based on multiple factors, including an individual's experience level and qualifications. We believe in investing the very best in our employees, so in addition to the base salary for this role, all eligible full-time employees at Wave receive: • Unlimited paid time off and 11 paid holidays, • 100% company-paid premiums for Employee medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage, • Company sponsored 401(k) plan, • Stock options, • Paid Parental Leave, • Capacity to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery and hardware, • The ability to communicate and exchange information clearly and accurately, • Work is sedentary and involves sitting for the majority of work hours, • Able to work full-time M-F and nights and weekends as needed, • The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions and work is performed in a business office environment, • The worker may be exposed to variable lighting conditions (brightness or darkness) and noise during production when in the office At Wave Sports + Entertainment, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We are a Bullpen Sports Network, Inc. affiliate company Direct Applicants Only Powered by JazzHR fdZglPxLHt