Advertising & Partnerships Manager, Queensland

We are Australia’s leading youth media group and the home of the world’s most revolutionary digital media brands.

We bring young Aussies the stories they want across all of their interests – from culture to tech, business to gaming, fashion to entertainment, politics to lifestyle.

And we create innovative solutions for clients that they won’t get anywhere else.

As an Advertising & Partnerships Manager you will be part of Pedestrian Group’s Commercial Department. You will be responsible for driving revenue from agency & direct clients and/or key clients across all Pedestrian Group products and titles. You’ll also have a bloody good time working with a team of legends who are supportive and work daily to create a hungry, fearless and really fun place to work. This is currently a Brisbane based remote role - so the right candidate needs to be able to be a self starter who can drive revenue and business outcomes from this satellite market.

(PSA: hungry, fearless and real are our company values.)

The role works across all of our brands - including PEDESTRIAN.TV, VICE, Refinery29, PEDESTRIAN TELEVISION Openair Cinema, Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Kotaku. The role calls for a multidisciplinary approach, someone who can collaborate effectively with internal departments and build best in market relationships with your clients. The role is a creative sales role which will see you work through all stages of the sales cycle from brief extraction, ideation - through to negotiation, closing and seeing our award winning ideas come to life.

We’re looking for a self-starter who’s not afraid of hunting for new business and building relationships from scratch yet having the ability to nurture and grow existing clients.

Your primary duties will be to:

• Achieve quarterly targets. (And make a sweet commission doing so!)
• 8 meetings with clients per week to uncover new opportunities and/or drive commercial output.
• Track and manage your own pipeline and account activities in Advendio (our CRM) with 100% accuracy.
• Source, close, and grow new and existing business across all properties to regularly meet and exceed sales budgets.
• Build an intimate understanding of the Pedestrian Group offerings/products and their place in the industry.
• Preexisting relationships and the ability to build new relationships with clients of all levels. (Clients gotta like you.)
• Create market leading pitches across all Pedestrian platforms (Native, Video, Podcast, Events, Activations etc.) With this, you need to understand client objectives and translate these into campaigns which deliver results.
• Build comprehensive client proposals – including copywriting, insights and ultimately storytelling. (We have a full team to help you with this!)
• Must enjoy daily memes and lols. This is very important.

Requirements

• Brisbane based
• Outgoing and adept at creating professional relationships. Advertisers’ contacts at both junior senior level.
• Strong understanding of fundamentals of online advertising processes and technology.
• Active in industry trade and networking events. 
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• Exceptional communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Strong attention to detail and ability to QA own work.
• ‘Hunter mentality’, tenacity, and ability to think on your feet.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team orientated and dynamic environment.
• Be on the pulse of trending pop culture news.

This will be a remote role. 

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

At Nine, we are committed to fostering a workforce that embraces all aspects of diversity and inclusion and where practices are equitable to ensure our people experience a sense of belonging. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process in order to equitably participate, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

Disclaimer: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.