We seek a sports sales professional to join our Live Sports Sales team and lead innovative sports media partnerships across holding companies, independent agencies, and clients directly. They will need to drive budgets through agency strategy teams and buying groups and evangelize the power of Prime Video's growing Live Sports portfolio. They will also need to partner seamlessly across internal divisions and teams to drive pan-Amazon business results benefiting our viewing fans and advertising customers.
Key job responsibilities
This is an exciting opportunity to represent Prime Video's growing lineup of Live Sports properties and to join a fast growing, entrepreneurial and ambitious Live Sports Sales team within Amazon Ads.
In particular, this sports sales leader will:
• Drive Upfront and annual sports commitments across holding companies, independent agencies, and clients directly
• Develop and execute bespoke customer-led sports sales strategies to onboard new brands
• Establish and deliver the Live Sports narrative in the marketplace to grow our position and influence in sports
• Lead the education and execution of business both externally with customers and internally across vertical partner teams
• Identify opportunities to establish new innovative sports media and Amazon ads partnerships
• Achieve quarterly and yearly sports sales targets, negotiate partnerships with clients and agencies, and deliver the highest level of sales and customer service
• Act as a leader within Amazon Ads to drive Live Sports revenue, grow current partnerships, and educate internal partners on the power of Amazon's Live Sports advertising properties
The ideal candidate is a sports sales professional with a track record of leading multi-platform partnerships, driving innovation, and delivering meaningful results for customers.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 6+ years of B2B sales experience
- 6+ years of digital media ad sales experience
- 4+ years of advanced TV/OTT advertising experience
- 4+ years Experience with Sports Sales
- Experience working cross functionally across several teams
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience of high level negotiation and successful internal and external relationship management
- Experience coordinating and tracking high volume of work through an end to end workflow
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments, restricted stock units (RSUs), and sales incentives. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, NY, New York - 98,000.00 - 171,500.00 USD annually