Regional Sales Head - North

Blis is looking for an experienced Regional Sales Head - North. The successful candidate will report to the Head of Sales and will be required to build and manage their own sales pipeline.

The ideal candidate will have 6 to 10 years’ experience within the market, have a strong contact list and ideally hold existing relationships with the major agencies. They will need to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the current Ad Tech market and where to leverage global spends to drive sales.

Blis is looking for an exceptional candidate who is highly focused, tenacious, and practical with commercial flair and excellent networking skills. The successful candidate will have a 'can-do' attitude and an ability to use their initiative. Most importantly, you will be able to source significant levels of new business, develop strong client relationships, and deliver the highly professional service for which Blis is renowned.

Key Responsibilities

• Working with Head of sales to manage agency relationships including trading deals and helping to drive revenue growth opportunities in the North market
• Leverage existing and new relationships to build your sales pipeline across the Blis product set. Target customers are media agencies and clients direct
• Conversion of pipeline and acquisition of new customers and accounts to achieve aggressive targets.
• Deep relationship building and account management of customers.

Skills and requirements

• Strong background in digital or mobile sales and account management.
• The ideal candidate will have 6 to 10 years’ experience within the market, have a strong contact list and ideally hold existing relationships with the major agencies.
• Expert knowledge of mobile and understanding of how mobile ads are traded.
• Currently leveraging large budgets from media / mobile agencies.
• Have a deep contact list and the experience to hit the ground running and quickly deliver on high sales targets.
• Existing senior relationships within agencies.
• A demonstrable understanding of the needs and requirements of digital media buyers. A proven track record of growing a pipeline from scratch.
• The confidence to present to large and small audiences.
• A proven ability to close deals and achieve targets.
• Demonstrable self-starter experience.
• A commitment to being a team player in a dynamic environment
• Strong references from employers and agency customers
• Commitment to Blis' Inclusion initiatives & 5 step sustainability plan

About us

Blis is the geo-powered advertising tech stack. We’ve built a radically different omnichannel advertising solution structured on geography, not identity. Audience Explorer is our powerful audience planning platform delivering actionable intelligence & insight to advertisers.

With Blis, advertisers can plan unified audiences with data from premium partners, connected by geo. Buy audiences using smart cookieless technology that can double performance and halve costs. Measure the audience, not just the channel, with patent-pending omnichannel measurement technology.

Established in the UK in 2004, Blis now operates in more than 40 offices across five continents. Working with the world’s largest and most successful companies, as well as every major media agency.

As an equal opportunity employer, we treat all our employees and job applicants fairly and equally. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination and take all reasonable steps to create a work environment in which all employees are treated with respect and dignity. We don't condone or tolerate any form of harassment, by employees or by others who do business with us.

Our Values - B.L.I.S.

Brave

We're leaders not followers

An innovation and growth mindset helps us solve everyday challenges and achieve breakthroughs. Our passion drives us to innovate. We don’t see barriers, just possibilities.

We take ownership and hold ourselves accountable for outcomes, good and bad and we don’t pass the buck.

Love our clients

We're client obsessed

We do what we say and build trusted relationships with our partners for the long term. We act with integrity. We put our clients at the center of our business. We obsess over the best insights, ideas and solutions to deliver WOW and work with honesty and accountability to get it done.

Inclusive

We're one team

We are empathetic and embrace diversity. Everyone has a voice and can bring their authentic self to work. We care about and support each other – with humility and good humor. Mutual respect and wellbeing are key. We strive to eliminate bias and be open and transparent.

Solutions driven

We're action oriented

Speed matters in business, so we're solution-driven and action-oriented. We value simplification and calculated risk taking. We are lean, agile and resourceful self-starters. We collaborate and break silos, working thoughtfully and with urgency to solve problems, while learning from mistakes and celebrating wins.

If this looks like the perfect fit for you or if you just want to have a conversation, please apply, and we will get back to you as quickly as possible!