As a science brand, we are best known for our distinctive animated videos and our elaborate products around the kurzgesagt theme worlds. Through our globally successful YouTube channel with over 21 million subscribers, we aim to inspire people around the world about science and make knowledge accessible and exciting. We believe that well-researched facts are just as important as humor and good storytelling. Nothing in the universe is boring if you tell a good story.
Our international team currently consists of about 71 great colleagues. If you want to make an impact and shape our further growth together with us, we invite you to apply and become part of our team as:
Media & Sponsorship Sales Manager (all genders)
Location: Munich, Berlin or remote within Germany
This is what you'll be doing
In the newly created role of Media & Sponsorship Sales Manager, you will take on the crucial role of acquiring sponsors, advertisers, and partners to help fund and grow kurzgesagt, the leading animated science YouTube channel. Externally, your resourcefulness and experience in building valuable partnerships from zero will expand our network and funding options. Internally, your forethought and organizational skills will ensure that all processes and decisions to facilitate our monetization are on track.
- Identify, initiate, and nurture strategic partnerships with commercial sponsors, foundations, NGOs, and other potential funding sources
- Actively pitch, pursue and acquire sponsors and advertisers, ensuring that those partners share our core values and principles
- Establish and maintain strong, long-lasting relationships with partners on a global scale
- Facilitate the development and implementation of a comprehensive sales strategy and marketing portfolios for our YouTube channel and social media platforms
- Identify, prepare and participate in tenders and lead efforts to secure funding
- Develop and oversee the maintenance of a comprehensive database / CRM of prospects and partners
- Create and deliver sales presentations
This is what you bring to the table
- Several years of relevant work experience (e.g. outbound B2B sales, key account management)
- Experience within ad, media & sponsorship sales is a must
- Experience with outbound sales and new customer acquisition
- Proactive, energetic, hands-on personality, who identifies with our brand and thrives making cold calls
- Affinity with science, and ability to assess partnership opportunities for alignment with organizational values
- Experience with international, particularly US-based clients considered a strong asset
- Willingness to travel and engage with partners in the EU and US
- Business fluent in English
- German work permit. Residence in, or willingness to relocate to Munich is considered an asset
Some perks of working at kurzgesagt
- Be part of an exciting growth phase at one of the largest Science YouTube channels
- Versatile, exciting tasks and projects and the chance to contribute your own ideas
- Environment with a good error culture, flat hierarchies and fast decision-making processes
- 30 days of vacation
- Subsidy for gym membership (within Germany)
- Subsidy for public transportation (within Germany)
- Allowance for company pension scheme (within Germany)
- Attractive discounts with many cooperation partners
- A creative and enthusiastic team that supports you in your personal and professional development
- An informal and friendly working atmosphere including company parties and other duck activities – at kurzgesagt it’s the people who count!
And last but not least, you will get a personalized avatar and bird
We believe that people should emphasise their similarities and not their differences. That we should grow together and only our own skills, values and intrinsic motivation should count. At Kurzgesagt, it doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from. No one is discriminated against or favoured. Your skills and willingness to learn are the only things that count.
Please find the relevant information on data protection in the application process at https://kurzgesagt.org/privacy/.
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Then don't wait any longer! Apply now to become part of a great team and start an exciting career with Kurzgesagt! W