Local Sales Manager - Dutch Market

Are you a sports guru with a flare for commercialization? We are on the lookout for a Dutch local sales manager to support the ever-developing Media Sales division within Better Collective.

As the Dutch local sales manager you will be flying the flag for our key asset Soccernews.nl with more than 20 million monthly page views. With an additional ever growing social presence of around 500K followers and a catalogue of inventory items such as Podcasts and Youtube Shows featuring ex Dutch national team player Anouk Hoogendijk and ex Ajax and PSV coach Aad de Mos, Banner and Editorial Content working alongside the local internal stakeholders we need you to take this to the next commercial level.

The successful candidate will be responsible for not only the execution of marketing campaigns - with involvement in ideation, production, and delivery - but also the sales process, working closely with our external partners to understand and support their strategic objectives and KPI’s.

THE ROLE

Combining a blend of creative ideation and commercialisation you will be charged with developing out commercial concepts (through close collaboration with internal stakeholders) and then taking to market penetrating the local customer base, owning and building key relationships. We are keen to serve any brand looking to reach an engaged sports audience through ALL types of digital media content executions, from video through to audio and editorial solutions.

YOUR CHALLENGE

The key objective is to grow our sponsorship/brand revenue. This will be achieved through:

• Proactive collaboration with internal stakeholders to ideate new content formats - scaling our media inventory and maximizing revenue opportunities
• Working across all aspects of our sponsorship portfolio, from bespoke creative solutions to sponsored editorial and video content.
• Working closely with external partners to understand their marketing objectives & designing creative concepts to best support their needs
• Developing and maintaining a pipeline of new partners and revenue opportunities
• Developing key strategic relationships with media agencies and direct brands
• Ensuring the delivery of booked campaigns and confidently report back to partners on key performance metrics
• Reporting monthly on booked revenue and pipeline progress
  

• Flexible working hours which supports a healthy work-life balance
• Generous annual leave allowance
• A varied everyday life in a fast-paced international business
• A lot of great office perks such as coffee, snacks, social events etc.
• A professional yet casual working climate with very skilled, passionate and fun colleagues you can imagine
• A hybrid work scheme
• And more, depending on location

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Does this sound interesting to you? We look forward to hearing from you and we will be accepting applications until the 30th April 2024

All applications will be processed continuously during the next couple of weeks until we find the perfect candidate. Only applications submitted through our “Apply” function will be considered and evaluated.

Expected starting date: as soon as possible