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Founding Advertising Sales & Partnerships Manager
Location: Remote / Hybrid
Employment Type: Full-time
Experience: 6+ years
About the Role
We are building an advertising marketplace for offers, deals, and local commerce in India.
We are looking for a senior, hands-on sales professional to acquire brands, merchants, and advertisers for the platform. You will be one of the first commercial hires and will own the complete sales cycle, from prospecting and pitching to negotiation, onboarding, renewals, and upselling.
This role is suited to someone who can independently build a pipeline, close paying advertisers, and help establish the company’s advertising sales function from the ground up.
What You Will Do
- Acquire D2C brands, retail chains, SMBs, local merchants, and enterprise advertisers.
- Build a strong pipeline through cold outreach, LinkedIn, referrals, networking, and partnerships.
- Sell sponsored placements, coupon campaigns, promotional solutions, and advertising packages.
- Conduct product demos, create proposals, negotiate commercials, and close deals.
- Build long-term advertiser relationships to drive renewals and repeat campaigns.
- Help shape pricing, packaging, outreach strategies, and sales playbooks.
- Work closely with Product and Marketing to improve advertiser offerings.
What We Are Looking For
- 6+ years of experience in B2B sales, advertising sales, brand partnerships, merchant acquisition, or business development.
- Experience selling digital advertising, sponsored listings, marketplace solutions, subscriptions, or promotional campaigns.
- Proven ability to independently generate leads and achieve revenue targets.
- Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
- Experience working with both SMB and enterprise clients.
- Comfortable working in an early-stage startup with high ownership and limited supervision.
Preferred Background
Experience with companies such as Magicpin, Nearbuy, Zomato, Swiggy, Justdial, Sulekha, IndiaMART, InMobi, Amazon Ads, Flipkart Ads, or similar advertising and marketplace businesses.
Success in the First Six Months
- Build a qualified advertiser pipeline.
- Close the first set of paying advertisers.
- Establish repeatable outreach and sales processes.
- Generate recurring revenue through renewals and upselling.
How to Apply
Apply with your resume or LinkedIn profile and briefly mention:
- Your advertising or brand-partnership experience.
- The types of advertisers you have worked with.
- Your recent sales targets and achievements.
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