Senior Director Business Development, Media Solutions

POLITICOseeks a Senior Director based in New York, New York or California with a passion for storytelling to join our dynamic and growing Media Solutions team. The Senior Director will leverage a deep understanding of POLITICO's audience to provide thoughtful, creative and consequential opportunities for brands to engage with our audience. The Senior Director must be entrepreneurial in spirit with the ability to craft insightful solutions as we problem solve for our clients. Ideal candidates will have a firm understanding of the public affairs ecosystem and advertising market trends.

AsPOLITICO's Media Solutions team grows, we have re-envisioned the way a business development team engages with clients and agencies. We embrace individuals from immensely diverse professional and personal backgrounds in an ongoing effort to create a comprehensive and collaborative team that is driven to support not only our clients but one another.

What You'll Do:

• Forge and lead integrated partnerships for a wide range of clients including: Fortune 500 companies, associations, coalitions, and non-profits
• Conceptualize partnerships leveraging POLITICO's journalism platforms for brand storytelling
• Maintain and grow existing client and agency relationships
• Respond to RFPs with creative solutions
• Execute campaigns and analyze performance with the assistance of your dedicated Account Manager
• Continue to embody the successful brand presence of POLITICO in the market

What We Are Looking For:

• Passion for journalism: individual who reveres and respects the art, science and creativity involved in journalism and its impact on our democracy
• Knowledge of political influencer market: individual who understands the dynamic and complex ecosystem that drive public affairs decisions
• Creativity: individual who wants to think outside of turnkey solutions for clients and is willing to dig deep into their initiatives and KPIs to create campaigns that will move the needle
• Initiative: individual who has a desire to grow within their role and not only take on but create new opportunities
• Collaboration: individual with the ability to collaborate across departments and work closely with POLITICO's marketing and product development team to balance the company's editorial integrity with client goals

What You'll Need:

• BA/BS degree required
• 3+ years of experience in sales and digital advertising
• Deep understanding of how owned, shared, earned, and paid media work together and remains on the forefront of industry trends
• Communication Skills: excellent oral and written communication skills to be used in presentations and written memos
• Experience with Keynote, Microsoft Suite, especially PowerPoint to be used in presentations and written memos
• Prior public affairs or communications experience is preferred

This role can be based out of New York, NY or out of California state. The anticipated salary range for this role is $95,000.00-$145,000.00 per year. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, type of years of experience within the industry, etc.

In addition to base salary, we offer a competitive bonus structure, on-going career development coaching, a flexible vacation plan, fully paid six-month parental leave, 401k match, medical, dental, and vision insurance, phone and commuting reimbursements, and more.

We are driven by our values. We are relentless contributors, disruptors of the status quo, collaborators, talent cultivators and DEI stewards. Our culture is defined by grit, total integrity and a prioritization on innovation.

We value our people.We offer a competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package, including health and wellness benefits, commuter and cell phone reimbursements, retirement plans, as well as work-life balance flexibility and opportunities for career development. Click here for more on what we offer and what it's like to work for POLITICO.

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