About Super League
Super League Gaming is a global leader in the mission to bring live and digital esports entertainment and experiences directly to the more than 2 billion everyday gamers around the world. The company operates premium city-vs-city amateur esports leagues, produces thousands of live competitive and social gaming events around the country, and publishes multiple forms of content celebrating the love of play on its websites and all major platforms including YouTube, Twitch and Instagram. Super League’s vibrant audience of players and viewers spans age groups, skill levels and game titles, including an avid community of Minecraft players on Minehut, highly engaged viewers across one of the largest social video networks in gaming through Framerate, and local communities that have developed through partnerships with high-profile venue owners such as Topgolf, Cinemark Theatres and numerous independent fast-casual restaurants. Super League also is becoming the primary consumer-facing brand on PCs in more than 600 gaming centers around the world through a partnership with ggCircuit, giving the company a daily global footprint on a true grassroots level. With firm conviction that gaming together is more fun than gaming alone, Super League provides players with a global competitive framework and engaging content designed to foster the long-term growth of esports.
Position Overview
In the Director of Sales role, you will drive net new business at scale for Super League. You will effectively grow relationships at all levels, coordinate internal and external stakeholders during the life cycle of the deal, and be a Super League ambassador and evangelist in the market. The right individual will have extensive experience selling complex enterprise level deals while bringing thought leadership to our company.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for building and maintaining revenue, and when possible exceeding goals through creative and strategic selling.
- Focus on initiating and developing relationships with senior client contacts.
- Work with potential clients to determine their business needs and formulate comprehensive sales solutions.
- Develop sales plan based on business and functional diagnosis during sales cycle that results in successful closing of long-term deals.
- Ability to develop cross platform strategic solutions across Super League’s properties including events, content, and audience network.
- Ability to learn new systems and platforms quickly to keep up with evolving esports and gaming landscape.
- Work cross functionally with internal teams including Product, Marketing, Creative, Content and Event Operations.
- Track and manage revenue pipeline to inform and exceed quarterly business goals.
- Ability to prospect for new business and accounts
- Prepare regular monthly, quarterly and yearly sales reports
- Use rigorous ROI based metrics to gain agreement on pricing models
- Ensure partnerships team has all product, marketplace and competitive media information to maximize on new and existing partnerships
- Strong presentation and written/oral communication skills.
Requirements
- Preferably more than 8+ years sales experience with proven track record of closing complex, long-term deals
- Strong analytical skills
- Process-driven
- Ability to think strategically
- Highly developed communication, negotiation and presentation skills (both written and oral)
- Demonstrable ability to take ownership and accountability and act on client goals and objectives
- Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and manage time effectively
- Effective problem solver and decision-maker
- Ability to make well balanced business decisions, with a high level of emotional intelligence.
- Ability to work with a wide range of people at all decision-making levels to develop strong internal and external working relationships
- Driven to succeed - drives results beyond expectations
- Responds well to a challenge and thrives in fast-moving, start-up environment
- Takes the initiative - proactively identifies new opportunities, etc.
- Flexible, team-oriented collaborator
- Experience with digital advertising and sponsorship sales a plus
- Knowledge of the gaming industry and esports is also a plus