TAG is Hiring: Director of Sales and Marketing
Director of Sales and Marketing
TAG Strategic
Location: Los Angeles
Type: Full time
Job Description:
TAG Strategic is a digital entertainment consulting firm focused on leveraging its collective experience and expertise in accelerating business development, strategic partnerships, licensing, and industry visibility for digital entertainment companies. TAG provides expert strategy, guidance, market intelligence, product ideation, business modeling and business development services to multinational companies and select emerging businesses. TAG delivers market leadership and sustainable, defensible advantage in the dynamic and rapidly evolving global marketplace.
TAG Strategic is hiring a Director of Sales and Marketing for its Los Angeles headquarters. The position will report to the Managing Partner.
The Director of Sales and Marketing position involves:
– Manage sales process for finding new clients for TAG Strategic, from sourcing to closing
– Source potential new clients through online research, conferences, networking events, direct outreach, etc
– Meet with and vet potential clients, determine whether their goals and objectives are a good fit for TAG, draft proposals, and follow through to close
– Manage TAG’s co-marketing relationships with conferences, trade associations, and networking events
– Produce high-level, TAG-sponsored networking events, sometimes in association with clients
– Sectors of focus to include digital music, film, television, games, live entertainment, brands/agencies, and the VC/startup community
Required:
– 5 years experience in a sales and marketing position within digital entertainment with a proven track record of closing leads; this is not a “learn as you go” job
– A strong network of contacts within the digital entertainment industries including digital music, film, television, games, live entertainment, brands/agencies, VCs/startups, consumer electronics, and brands/agencies
– Expert with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook; excellent presentation preparation skills
– Excellent research, writing, verbal communication, and follow through skills
You will fit in well here if you have all or most of the following:
– Passion for new technologies: you are an early adopter because you can’t help yourself; you are the first of your peers to sign up for the latest social media, music streaming services, etc; always have the newest smartphone; read Wired and TWICE cover to cover for fun; have waited in line on the opening day’s sale of a new consumer electronic device; digital entertainment isn’t a job for you, it’s a lifestyle
– Outgoing personality, like to meet new people, enjoy conferences and travel
– Resourceful, self-starter, quick thinker, efficient with your time
– Enjoy event planning and are detail-oriented
– Team player and enjoy a collaborative working environment
Please send a cover letter and a resume in the body of the email to jobs at tagstrategic dot com with “Director of Sales and Marketing” in the subject line. No calls.
Posted by Ted • Monday, June 3, 2013 .