National Digital Account Executive

Overview

Looking for the country’s best collection of leading radio brands and premium, original broadcast, podcast, and digital content? It’s all here at Audacy. We’re a leading multi‑platform audio content and entertainment company, and we’re unapologetic champions of audio – everywhere, on every device.

The Enterprise Sales Team is a corporate sales team that partners with major national clients to develop, manage and grow revenue placed across our various Audacy platforms on a national scale. This team will consistently communicate Audacy’s full scope of marketing capabilities with frequent updates on new offerings and opportunities across all platforms. We are industry experts on ad products and solutions, incorporating our vast portfolio of podcasts, events, digital, sports, music content and more! We are expanding our team! This is a high‑velocity sales role requiring industry expertise, relationships and a proven ability for closing deals, and leading a team to exceed revenue targets.

The goal is to develop new dollars for Audacy and generate significant lift on existing business with the major Media Holding Companies. The anticipated starting salary range for Illinois based individuals expressing interest in this position is $150,000 - $250,000.

Salary will be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity. Audacy offers full‑time employees a comprehensive benefits package to include health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, vacation, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, discounted employee stock purchase, student loan payment assistance program, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for meeting quarterly revenue targets, achieved by selling OTA, Podcasts, Audacy Digital, and Live Events to National Brands and Agencies.
• Create holistic solutions that position the Audacy brand across all platforms to create the most impact for the advertiser.
• Own agency contact mapping, business reviews, education plans, and communication across US Agency/HCStructure and develop a strategic US Holding Company narrative to drive growth and adoption of Audacy's portfolio of solutions in the context of our holding company partnerships.
• Identify Holding Company initiatives and areas of focus that align with Audacy solutions to drive scalable innovation, data activation, insights, research and audio engagement.
• Be the primary liaison, internal advocate and thought leader representing Audacy with a specific focus on key C‑Level relationships, in partnership with US sales leadership.
• With experience in understanding the value of audience data, both for brands and content creators, this role will be responsible for sourcing their own new business.
• Collaborate with the Data and Analytics team to inform new capabilities needed based on market feedback as well as to roll‑out new features as they become available.
• Report on revenue trends, spending patterns and new clients specific to our partner and report to global/regional/local sales.
• Proactively identify realignment / corrective measures as needed.
• Plan, negotiate and close complex deals involving top level decision makers both within advertiser and agency organizations – meeting/exceeding quarterly goals.

Qualifications

• A min of 5 years of Brand Advertising, Media Planning and/or Brand development experience leading businesses or accounts.
• Personal network in place with Senior Agency & Brand contacts across multiple agency groups.
• Experience developing and executing multi‑platform solutions across key business categories (podcast experience a plus).
• Significant proven successful experience working in or with media & creative agencies.
• Proven track record of successfully growing revenue through the development of strategic relationships.
• Success opening new accounts and driving revenue growth across a broad spectrum of client categories.
• Strong understanding of performance based marketing & data driven sales with the ability to translate technical ideas into simple terms for stakeholders.
• Experience in working for matrix organizations working collaboratively to drive deliverable timelines from key internal cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Passion for developing high‑impact presentations and leading training programs for large audiences.
• Responsibility for creation and delivery of US holding company quarterly and annual business reviews.
• Strong negotiation skills with proven success in closing business.
• Proven success in a highly dynamic, rapidly changing environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

EEO

Audacy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Audacy affords equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, religion or religious creed, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Consistent with our commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Audacy, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call View phone number on click.appcast.io. Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case‑by‑case basis.