VP / SVP Business Development Media / Advertising

A global player in the market research industry offering platform solutions to clients across a huge range of sectors. This company has a reputation for innovation, for progress and for providing strong careers for all. Their suite of products is constantly evolving to meet the needs of a fast changing consumer market and as a market leader they are in a position to create and innovate alongside their very strong client partners. Whilst covering a range of sectors this particular opportunity sits with media and clients include; platforms, media agencies, publishers, PR agencies, advertisers and creative agencies.
The opportunity:
This is a sales leadership role, highly commercial with working relationships across the globe internally and across the UK and EMEA in terms of clients. This role is a result of a restructuring and the opportunity exists for a media expert who is comfortable with a revenue line circa £15million with strong growth forecasted. The responsibilities of this role include:
+ Achieving sales targets
+ Retaining and recruiting high performing talent
+ Managing divisional budget
+ Maintain growth by identifying and leading on new client opportunities
+ Building a strong account development strategy.

You will be an existing sales leader with proven experience of successfully growing relationships, teams and business. Sector experience is critical so we are only considering applicants who understand the media landscape and who have proven experience in audience measurement, activation etc from a media and advertising perspective.