Linkby is a global VC-funded ad tech business that connects both established and emerging D2C e-commerce brands with the world’s largest publishers, including Mail Metro Media, LADbible Group, Reach Plc, News Corp Hearst Media, Bauer Group, ESI Media, Hello! and hundreds more – helping them to work together more profitably, and effectively, than ever before in an AI discovery world, through our suite of products and services.
As we continue to expand our UK footprint and product offering, we’re looking for an all-guns-blazing UK Partnerships & Growth Manager to join our team to onboard new brand partners onto the platform, and continue to grow their revenue quarter-on-quarter. This role is open to candidates who can travel to our Manchester office.
This is a unique opportunity to work with a global team intent on disrupting the way the world’s most exciting digital media brands monetise their audiences, with a focus on high-quality e-commerce content that sits perfectly alongside publishers’ organic content. An ideal candidate has 3+ years professional experience in a targeted, revenue driving role, with preferred experience in digital marketing, advertising, publishing or media relations/PR.
Job Description
New Business Growth: Prospect, conduct meetings, and onboard/sell Linkby bespoke native articles and intelligent content distribution products to key prospective advertisers, affiliate networks and agencies.
Revenue Generation: Take ultimate responsibility in line with KPIs for scaling clients on Linkby, driving revenue, and maximising the lifetime value of clients who engage with our platform.
Client Expertise & Management: You will play a pivotal role in our company's growth and success by becoming the primary point of contact and subject-matter expert of creating your own client patch. Your expertise will be instrumental in scaling their businesses and fostering long-term relationships.
Prospect Nurturing & Lead Generation: Be at the forefront of Prospect Nurturing, cultivating leads, and converting them into lucrative revenue opportunities.
Strategic Prioritisation: You will be in charge of developing and maintaining a prioritised client patch, focusing on revenue opportunities across multiple products that align with our company's strategic goals.
Client Retention: Client retention will be a top priority, you will be in charge of taking proactive measures to manage cohort and churn rates, ensuring our advertisers remain actively engaged on our platform, and creating a loyal and repeat customer base.
Team Collaboration: Operate within a pod structure, seizing opportunities and ensuring seamless client integration with the account manager(s).
Qualifications
Minimum 3+ years experience selling Digital Marketing, Publishing and/or Adtech products/solutions.
Proven sales-based track record.
Inherently motivated to lead new initiatives, problem-solving challenges, and identify existing opportunities to optimise / improve.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills are a must, as this role entails everything from crafting compelling cold email outreach to confidently closing deals through video calls or in-person meetings.
Enjoy & thrive in a fast-paced environment - especially working remotely.
Having an existing network of brands that you could onboard onto the platform to test would be highly advantageous.
CRM experience (Hubspot preferred) is a bonus.
Experience with LinkedIn - Sales Nav is a bonus.
Experience with Rocketreach is a bonus.
Compensation & Benefits
£45k - £50k Base Salary, based on experience.
£10,000 Variable Compensation Based On KPIs Paid Quarterly.
Competitive ESOP (Employee stock option program).
Parental Leave Benefits.
Work-From-Home Flexibility (With WeWork Membership available).
Home-Office Credit.
About Linkby
Linkby connects D2C brands and premium publishers and facilitates performance-based cost-per-click quality content. Our solutions help make brands famous and allow publishers to better monetize the billions of moments of trust they create with their audiences. Founded in Australia, Linkby operates in Sydney, London, Manchester, LA, New York, Toronto, Vancouver, Singapore and more.
Skills Required
- 3+ years experience selling Digital Marketing, Publishing and/or Adtech products or solutions
- Proven sales-based track record
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Able to travel to Manchester office
- Thrives in a fast-paced, remote-friendly environment and self-motivated to lead initiatives
- Existing network of brands that could be onboarded
- CRM experience (HubSpot)
- Experience with LinkedIn Sales Navigator
- Experience with RocketReach
What We Do
Linkby helps advertisers get more editorial coverage via cost-per-click press releases sent to the world's most premium publishing brands. Performance Based Publishing Linkby gets you featured with full articles on premium news & lifestyle publishers but you only pay for the clicks back to your website via CPC. Full Control on Publishers You control the publishers who can write up your content from the likes of Urban List, Pedestrian.tv, Broadsheet, Starts@60, Mamamia & TimeOut. Full Control Over Budget You set your maximum budget, your campaign timeframe and your chosen CPC. Then sit back and let your chosen publishers make your brand famous! ------------------------ Hear what our happy clients have to say about Linkby: "The CPC model means we are well rewarded for the traffic, awareness and sales we drive for partner brands" - Susannah George, Founder at Urban List "Linkby lets us land sales focused stories into trusted publishing sites while driving ROAS in line with our other advertising" - Alyce Tran, Founder & CEO at Tde. "Linkby has quickly become an integral part of our overall Marketing channel mix and allowed us to significantly scale up our brand and news coverage" - Liana Lorenzato, Head of Marketing at Modibodi "Using Linkby's platform to leverage the credibility and conversion power of publishers has enabled Up to materially improve ROI versus direct response advertising" - Rukmal De Silva, Partnerships at Up ------------------------ Pitch to and get featured across some of the world's most well known and trusted publishing brands in 24 to 72 hours.
