Commercial Director, Brand Partnerships - Mumbai, India - ITP Media Group

Description

Job Description

ITP Media Group (ITP) is one of the largest media companies in the Middle East, with a portfolio of more than 80 brands. The company delivers quality up to date content to its readers, viewers, delegates and guests through digital, print, events, awards, video content, social media platforms and social media influencers. These brands include major international and regional names such as Time Out, Arabian Business, Harper's Bazaar, Construction Week, Esquire and GQ.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Generating revenue from agencies and direct clients
  
• Creative 360 degree influencer marketing plan across Platform and other ITP Live properties and pitching it to clients
  
• Managing an existing team of commercial managers and executives
  
• Introducing new businesses while retaining key clients
  
• To ensure monthly and quarterly sales targets are achieved
  
• Liaising closely with operations and production teams
  
• Leveraging on existing relationships to make an immediate impact
  
• Maximizing market share in the region
  
• Using current market information to analyze trends
  
• Setting commercial strategy for the India market
  

Personal Attributes and Essential Skills:

• Educated to a degree-level, the ideal candidate should have more than 10 years of regional digital and media sales experience, a background in digital advertising and a natural grasp on the social media and its various platforms.
  
• Experience in influencer marketing is a must
  
• The candidate needs to be ambitious, aggressive, proactive and a team player.
  
• Two key skills/attributes that will ensure his/her success are excellent communication and organization skills.
  
• The candidate also needs to have a proven track record at both selling to agencies (media and PR) and direct to clients.
  
  

Benefits

Being an ITP employee is an opportunity to be part of the largest content creation house in the region and provides the luxury of working with global brands and experienced industry leaders. To ensure we invest in the development of our team, employees are given access to a variety of learning resources and exciting career development opportunities.

We believe in recognizing the passionate efforts of our team members. Our employees are rewarded by competitive remuneration, attractive bonus structure, medical insurance and a generous leave entitlement scheme that sees annual holiday entitlement grow as tenure with company increases.

Requirements
Key Responsibilities: Generating revenue from agencies and direct clients Creative 360 degree influencer marketing plan across Platform and other ITP Live properties and pitching it to clients Managing an existing team of commercial managers and executives Introducing new businesses while retaining key clients To ensure monthly and quarterly sales targets are achieved Liaising closely with operations and production teams Leveraging on existing relationships to make an immediate impact Maximizing market share in the region Using current market information to analyze trends Setting commercial strategy for the India market Personal Attributes and Essential Skills: Educated to a degree-level, the ideal candidate should have more than 10 years of regional digital and media sales experience, a background in digital advertising and a natural grasp on the social media and its various platforms. Experience in influencer marketing is a must The candidate needs to be ambitious, aggressive, proactive and a team player. Two key skills/attributes that will ensure his/her success are excellent communication and organization skills. The candidate also needs to have a proven track record at both selling to agencies (media and PR) and direct to clients.