Exploding Kittens is a leading game and entertainment company with a mission to inspire people to connect, laugh, and play fun games in the physical world. After initially seeking to raise $10K through Kickstarter, the Exploding Kittens campaign raised $8.7M in 30 days from 219,000 backers. To date, Exploding Kittens is one of the #1 most-backed projects in Kickstarter history and has sold over 18 million tabletop games to date.

Started by former Xbox game designer Elan Lee and The Oatmeal’s founder Matthew Inman, Exploding Kittens and its family of games seek to reshape traditional game night into an entertaining person-to-person experience. Today, there are nearly 30 games available for purchase as well as an Exploding Kittens mobile app that is one of the top 30 premium games on both iOS, Android, and the Nintendo Switch console, as well as a free-to-play app, Kitty Letter.

Exploding Kittens is seeking an experienced Director of Sales, New Accounts to join our North America Sales team. In this role you will manage a key component of our business including the developing and implementing our 3 year North America strategy including target customers, growth objectives and success metrics.

The position should then be able to proceed to leverage your and our outstanding network to open these doors to Exploding Kittens and contribute a significant percentage of our total global revenue. To develop processes around creating and maintaining sales and inventory forecasts for these new customer accounts, partnering with existing sales teams responsible for core accounts including Amazon, Target and Walmart.

This role will monitor account orders and sales performance, and partner with our Production and Logistics teams on forward-looking inventory needs to ensure our customers remain in an ideal inventory position for our continuously expanding assortment of games and more. This role will also partner with the Marketing division, to ensure marketing plans and tactics support the business strategy.

HOW YOU’LL CONTRIBUTE:

Achieve and exceed sales and profitability goals for exploding kittens product including physical games, puzzles and ancillary product
Partner with executive leadership and Sales team to review, revise and implement short-, medium-, and long-term sales strategy for all new Retail and Distribution trade accounts in North America. Manage ongoing execution of this strategy
Drive continual expansion of retail customer base to increase revenue and diversify business risk by setting annual account and quarterly growth goals and tracking performance against these goals
Actively monitor consumer and retail trends via vendor reps, retailers, and industry data sources. Apply these learnings to secure additional customer accounts and additional item placement in existing accounts
Use market research, account and customer feedback to identify market opportunities for new products. Act as liaison across sales, game development and marketing to build product/customer roadmap
Identify new retail account opportunities (regional and national) and prioritize efforts to secure these new accounts
Aggressively pursue new accounts through your extensive network as well as vendor representatives, distribution partners, or by direct outreach to these customers
Quickly build trusting relationships with customers and secure placement of Exploding Kittens products
Understand the needs of customers and identify white space opportunities for new games or new configurations of our existing product
Negotiate trading terms to maximize revenue opportunity while balancing profitability goals
Partner with marketing team to develop sales materials to be used specifically for new account acquisition
Manage the onboarding process of these new accounts in partnership with an assigned Sales Coordinator
As business grows, handoff day-to-day account management to assigned Sales Manager

WHAT WE NEED:

Proven track record of opening a high volume of regional and national retail customer accounts in a short timeframe (1-2 years)
10+ years experience in consumer products sales role specifically selling games or toys to mass market and hobby retailers
Strong follow up skills and comfort with the persistence required to secure new business
Ability to solve problems creatively and anticipate challenges during the sales process
Outstanding negotiation capabilities
Exceptional analytical and organizational skills
Expert at Microsoft Excel, and competency in other relevant software such as Google Drive, Google Docs and Google Sheets
High service orientation, hands-on mentality and attention to detail
Entrepreneurial mindset, with experience working in a fast-paced, agile environment
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

WHAT WE OFFER:

100% Company paid medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
Flexible spending account options (medical, dependent care, transit)401k with company matching
Flexible paid vacation, Half-Day Fridays, Paid Winter Vacation
Learning & development allowance
Monthly wellness benefit + complementary wellness stipend
Complimentary lunches on Fridays (where we play games together!)

Please apply directly at jobs.lever.co/explodingkittens. Make sure to include a PDF of your current resume along with a cover letter.

As an Equal Employment Opportunity employer we are committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunity to applicants and employees regardless of sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), race (including protected hairstyles such as dreadlocks, braids and twists), religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, gender (including gender identity and gender expression and/or the fact that an individual is transgender, transitioning or transitioned), color, ancestry, national origin, possession of a driver’s license, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information/trait/condition, marital or familial status, family care or medical leave status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, membership in military reserves, political affiliation, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation We consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local, state and federal “ban the box” and “fair chance” laws.