Acast Looking for Key Account Director – Mexico at Ciudad de México, México Full Time

Acast is the world’s largest independent podcast company. Founded in 2014, we have pioneered the open podcast ecosystem ever since – making podcasts available on any listening platform. Our role is simple: we provide a marketplace to help podcasters find the right audience to monetize their content. We believe in the power of a world connected through storytelling and want to empower anyone, anywhere to connect through and benefit from podcasting. Today, we host 92,000 podcasts, with more than 430 million listens every month. We operate worldwide and are headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

About The Role

We are looking for a highly experienced Account/Sales Director to join our dynamic and growing México sales team. We are looking for a confident & driven individual to help manage and develop a portfolio of key media agencies and brand relationships. This role is ideal for a proven media salesperson, ideally with an established track record of success selling audio and/or digital media, who has a deep passion for podcasts, has experience in a fast-moving media environment, and displays confidence in presenting and building relationships. This is an amazing opportunity to join a pioneering company, in one of the fastest growing mediums. Additional responsibilities include;

What you’ll do?

You will drive revenue growth across your assigned agency and direct brand portfolio of business and present Acast to agencies, clients and partners. You will evangelize, educate and sell the Acast Marketplace — Ads, Sponsorships and Branded Content– through both direct IO and programmatic channels. You will collaborate with counterparts in other regions across the Acast global footprint.

Who you are?

You are a target driven, self starter, fantastic negotiator with strong relationship and interpersonal skills. To fit for the role you are a team player who thrives in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. We are looking for someone highly experienced with a proven track record of success selling to agency holding groups and brand direct. Ideally, you have been experience selling audio/podcasts or experienced in a fast-moving media environment or digital media and have a strong network in the media landscape. You are also well versed in the programmatic advertising landscape .

(Due to the Holidays, our response will be a bit slower)

Acast is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin or any of the other wonderful characteristics that make us different.

Culture is our number one priority as a business. We believe people come first, and we work every day to enable autonomy, continuous improvement and bring out the best in people. We’re global and have remote teams, so it’s even more important that we strive for an open, inclusive and caring environment where everyone feels visible and welcome. We consider ourselves a modern organization driven by strong values to create the best, most fulfilling and nurturing culture.

We very much look forward to finding the next great person to join our cause!