Brand Partnership Manager, Sales

Brand Partnership Account Manager, Balls.ie

Dublin, hybrid, full-time

About Balls.ie

Balls.ie is one of Ireland’s biggest independent sports publishers, with a diverse sports-obsessed audience across site, video and social. We build partner campaigns for brands like PwC, Centra, Diageo and Virgin Media, using the same fan-first approach as our editorial.

The role

You’ll own a portfolio of media agency and direct brand relationships and grow the revenue that comes from them, across sponsorship, display, promotions, creative, interactive and new products. You’ll work directly with the CEO and the commercial team, win the brief, and stay with it through delivery, renewal and the post-campaign report.

What you’ll do

• Own and grow a portfolio of agency and direct client relationships
• Hit weekly and monthly call and meeting targets with agencies and brands, and log it all in Pipedrive
• Forecast monthly revenue in Pipedrive and deliver the revenue targets agreed with the CEO
• Build tailored proposals and decks in Canva or Google Slides, and present them to senior marketers
• Stay involved from brief to post-campaign analysis, working with our campaign, editorial, video and social teams
• Negotiate deals and secure renewals
• Run outreach to direct brands and open new conversations
• Spot new revenue opportunities, sponsorship ideas and products
• Keep an eye on competitors and new platforms, and report each quarter on what we sell and how it performs

What we’re looking for

Essential:

• 3+ years in sales, partnerships or business development in media, digital publishing, advertising or sports
• A track record of hitting or beating revenue targets
• Strong Existing relationships with Irish media agencies and/or direct brands
• Experience using a CRM and forecasting from it (Pipedrive or similar)
• Vast Experience presenting ideas to senior stakeholders
• Able to build clean, visually strong decks in Canva or Google Slides
• Strong interest in sport, ideally Irish sport

Desirable:

• Experience selling branded content, sponsorship or integrated campaigns
• Knowledge of paid social (Meta) and digital ad products
• Experience with campaign reporting

What we offer

Competitive salary with performance-based bonus, hybrid working from our Dublin office, 21 days leave plus 10 public holidays, direct access to the CEO and commercial team, and the chance to sell some of the biggest sports partnerships in Irish media.

To apply

Send your CV to jobs@balls.ie with a short note on a deal or partnership you won and are proud of. Tell us which sport you could talk about all day.