Brand Partnerships Manager II

Blavity, Inc. is a venture-funded media and technology company, founded in 2014 around a simple idea: enable Black millennials to tell their own stories. Today, we are home to the largest network of platforms and lifestyle brands serving the multifaceted lives of Black millennials & Gen Z through original content, video, unique experiences, and product solutions. Blavity Inc. has evolved into a market leader for Black media, reaching 250 million users per month through our growing brand portfolio, including Blavity, Blavity360º, AfroTech, Talent Infusion, 21Ninety, Travel Noire, Home & Texture, and Blavity House Party. Our Blavity, Inc. employee community is composed of passionate, energetic, and culturally conscious individuals working together to deliver value to each other, the company, and our clients. We are always searching for new additions to our community that will help us continue to scale, contribute meaningfully to our culture, and advance our strategic direction.

Job Summary: Brand Partnerships Manager

Blavity Inc. is seeking a Brand Partnerships Manager for our Media Sales team. As a Brand Partnerships Manager at Blavity, you will develop and cultivate new and existing leads through cold calls, telephone prospecting, requests for proposals, etc. This role is expected to generate new business, identify opportunities, and pitch integrated marketing programs across branded content, social media, and live events. The Media Sales Representative candidate must have quantitative evidence of sales success as well as digital marketing knowledge.

This role will report directly to the Head of Brand Partnerships. 

Responsibilities:

• Sell Blavity Media Products (Direct, Social, Custom Content, Experiential) across our portfolio of sites by presenting our solutions against the client’s digital campaign objectives.
• Manage the entire sales cycle, from finding a potential client to securing a deal.
• Conduct research to identify potential clients in the target market.
• Reach out to prospects through cold calls, emails and leveraging your prior connections
• Respond to inbound inquiries and qualify leads by understanding the prospect’s business needs, budget, and timeline.
• Follow up with prospects to maintain engagement and