Associate Director, Ad Sales

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Job Description:

Are you a highly motivated and goal-oriented individual seeking a new career adventure? We have an outstanding opportunity for you! Activision Blizzard Media (ABM), a leader in the gaming industry, is actively looking for an Associate Director, Ad Sales to join our team.

As a Associate Director, Ad Sales at Activision Blizzard Media, you will foster deep partnerships across the entire German market, focussing on both client and agency partners. You will collaborate closely with the team to create and implement strategic plans that enhance brand visibility and boost sales. Your enthusiasm for gaming and marketing knowledge will be essential to our achievements.

Responsibilities:

• Lead all aspects of existing high-value German partnerships with support from dedicated account management and sales leadership
• Nurture and craft relationships with strategic investment partners across our key Agencies and clients
• Grow our core business in region whilst building out a clear go to market strategy to scale our revenue impact
• Be a thought leader for the German market and represent ABM with both industry bodies and industry events
• Lead business and technical critical issues and continually communicate requirements to all partners, internal and external

Requirements:

• Extensive experience in an ad agency partnership or direct media sales capacity, preferably in the gaming industry.
• Confirmed management experience working through cross functional teams with strong analytical and organizational skills
• Deep relationships across the major media agencies and key clients
• Working knowledge of programmatic execution and understanding of technology eg. Google Ad Manager, video/mobile media products, audience targeting and the programmatic landscape
• Confirmed experience in sales-focused or partnership role selling through agencies and building and handling relationships with clients direct
• Ability to articulate sophisticated requirements to achieve results and track record of exceeding client and revenue expectations

At Activision Blizzard Media, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment. We believe that diversity drives innovation and creativity, making us stronger as a team. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage qualified individuals from all backgrounds to apply.

We also value the well-being and individual needs of our employees. If you require any reasonable accommodations or adjustments throughout the application process or within the workplace, please let us know, and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

About King

At King, we’re Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We’re the creators behind it. With game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and Malta, we have a 20-year history of delivering some of the world’s most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry and are on a mission to level-up the little moments for our more than 200 million active monthly users. But we aren’t just crushing it with candies, we’re also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games. As a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, King is part of Activision Blizzard, which was recently acquired by Microsoft.