| Publication or Company |
DIRECTV
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| Industry |
Entertainment, Internet/Online/New Media, Mobile, Sales/Advertising Sales, TV/Cable |
| Salary |
Competitive |
| Benefits |
401K/403B, Bonuses, Dental, Health, Stock/Options |
| Job Duration |
Full Time |
| Job Location |
El Segundo, CA |
| Job Requirements |
In this newly-created role, you will report to the VP, National Sales and your mission will be to leverage your 8+ years’ combined sales experience (TV, Digital, Data, Tech or Consulting) to expand our Traditional ad business and scale the largest Addressable TV ad product in the industry. Based in our El Segundo headquarters, you will utilize your consultative sales approach to work with C-suite clients and their agencies and position DIRECTV as a long-term strategic partner whose advanced targeting methodologies predictably and reliably deliver the industry’s best ROI. As a member of a Fortune 115 company with innovation in its DNA, and supported by our internal analytics team and an external data partner, you will be responsible for fundamentally changing the way TV advertising is planned and executed from an awareness vehicle to a precision targeted product.
To learn more about DIRECTV Advertising Sales, please visit: www.directvadsales.com
REQUIREMENTS:
• 8+ years of sales experience, preferably with an emerging product that required client-side selling. Could be from a mix of national cable, digital, data, tech, or consulting sales.
• Must be willing / able to travel consistently (50%)
• Ability to listen, converse, and create solutions at the C-suite level
• Deep experience solutions selling directly to clients
• Ability to translate data and insights to help drive revenue
• Significant client-side contacts, high-level agency contacts with a skew towards strategic planners
• Strategic thinker
• Strong work ethic
• Personable
• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA preferred
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| About Our Company |
DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV), is the world's most popular television service delivering state-of-the-art technology, unmatched programming, the most comprehensive sports packages available and industry leading customer service to its more than 24.5 million customers in the U.S. and Latin America. In the U.S., DIRECTV offers its 18.4 million customers the capacity for more than 200 HD channels in Dolby 5.1 theater-quality sound, access to exclusive sports programming such as NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM), award winning technology like its DIRECTV(R) DVR Scheduler and higher customer satisfaction than the leading cable companies for nine years running. DIRECTV Latin America, through its subsidiaries and affiliated companies in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, and other Latin American countries, leads the pay-TV category in technology, programming and service, delivering an unrivaled digital television experience to 6.1 million customers. |
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