Advertising Sales Director

Welcome to the global No.1 Business Data Platform - Statista

With our high-end data platform and other various smart data analytic products and services, we empower people worldwide to make fact-based decisions. Hundreds of the most successful international companies and institutions trust Statista.

Statista averages over 30 million visitors each month.

Founded 15 years ago in Hamburg, we have quickly developed into a global company. In our 12 office locations, we employ over 1,000 colleagues from more than 60 nationalities.

In our international working environment, everyone is encouraged to contribute ideas to make Statista a special place to work. Our culture, framed by clear goals and a supporting team, paves the way for us to stay a profitable, leading player in the market.

We look forward to having you be a part of our team!

Responsibilities

• Building the digital display advertising division from the ground up (banner ads, newsletters, social media, etc.)
• Acquiring new business and further developing our B2B client base across all company sizes (from SMB to global operating companies)
• Generating and creating a media plan to fit each clients requirements
• Proactively developing sales opportunities from a variety of business product categories and through media agencies
• Drafting, conceptualizing, and pitching new sales campaigns and ideas within our growing team
• Working with clients throughout the entire sales cycle
• Establishing and maintaining a high volume of outreach KPIs
• Consistently achieve individual monthly sales targets

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years direct sales experience. Preferably selling digital products/services, online solutions, or advertisements
• MUST-Have: Experience in outbound B2B sales as well as in acquiring new business
• Competitive sales nature with a desire to win
• Able to negotiate with Corporate or Director level employees
• Experience selling to advertising agencies, creating RFPs, and ability to monitor ad performance analytics
• CRM Management (we use Salesforce)
• Communicate value over price