Senior Intl Agency Sales Manager - Samsung Ads

This is your chance to be part of a highly motivated group driving innovation and success within the advertising industry! Samsung Ads, a division of Samsung’s media & services business, harnesses the power of data, technology and scale to create seamless advertising experiences for brands. We deliver high-impact, targeted advertising solutions, enabling brands to reach audiences in the moments that matter. Samsung Ads is where technology meets creativity to deliver advertising experiences that captivate and inspire.

Samsung Ads won AdAge Best Place to work in 2020 and was awarded the IPA’s People First Promise badge of honour in 2025. Launched in 2015, Samsung Ads has offices in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, US, Australia, New Zealand, India, Brazil & Mexico and South Korea.

Role and Responsibilities

Your key responsibilities:

• The Senior Intl Agency Sales Manager is responsible for evangelizing the advanced TV advertising business and building the client base for the Samsung Ads European business.
• This person will build relationships with high-potential advertisers and agencies, presenting Samsung’s cutting edge marketing solutions and leading long-term strategy plans to senior stakeholders at major brands and their agencies.
• The Senior Intl Agency Sales Manager will be empowered to develop sales pipelines and to develop a strategy for long-term success by uncovering the business needs of key direct clients.
• This position will work closely with the Client Solutions Teams & Insights and Analytics Teams to help make a world class brand building solution for advertisers and to ensure our clients achieve their advertising goals.
• The Senior Intl Agency Sales Manager will be leading Publicis, so a strong existing relationship within this agency group will be required for the role.
• The candidate must be able to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• The candidate must also have an entrepreneurial mind-set, taking ownership in creating opportunities for primary ownership across their agency patch.
• Initiate, structure and negotiate high impact partnerships with client direct content partners.
• Build, prioritise, manage and communicate an active pipeline of brands.
• Proven track record of exceeding sales targets as a trusted advisor through data driven approach.
• Leverage communication and relationship-building skills to develop new business.
• Educate new advertisers on the benefits of advanced TV and persuade them to shift their marketing strategies from traditional media to digital/advanced TV.
• Analysis of Proprietary Samsung TV data to create compelling sales insights that drive revenue outcomes.
• Build compelling proposals and strategies for new and existing clients.
• Leadership across agency patch for developing key relationships with stakeholders.

Samsung Ads is committed to transforming the partnerships we create with media agencies and are looking for an individual to deliver this vision across Europe, demonstrating our core values of Humility / Hard Work / Harmony. This is a fantastic opportunity to join and accelerate Samsung’s Advertising’s capabilities as we look to positively disrupt the TV landscape.

What we need for this role

To be successful, you will possess the following skills and attributes:

• Outstanding multi-tasking and teamwork capabilities.
• 6-8 years of experience in full lifecycle sales at a media-owner, technology, or media-agency with experience in TV advertising, digital media, and advertising platforms.
• Strong connections within the international London based agencies at comms, planning, buying and account level.
• Strong relationships within Publicis agencies.
• Strong understanding of programmatic buying and agency marketplaces.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders within agencies.
• Experience building a book of business and managing against quotas.
• Understanding of digital media and the online advertising industry.
• Independent, self-starter; comfortable with ambiguity, and resilient. Thrives in a team environment.
• Impeccable communication skills and the ability to provide comprehensive advertising solutions to prospective clients.
• BA/BS required.

What does success look like?

• Meeting individual quarterly sales quota by driving revenue sales.
• Showcasing strong internal relationships and collaborative team work within Sales Teams and other customer facing teams (e.g Client Solutions and Insights & Analytics).
• Going above and beyond to drive innovative solutions for clients in order to generate new streams of revenue with ability to ‘think outside the box’.
• Building inspiring media and strategy plans using Samsung Ads range of Ad Solutions to meet client KPIs.
• Delivering customised and engaging presentations to an excellent standard for pitch meetings and responding to client briefs.
• Building a new book of contacts of agency/client patch to expand Samsung customer base and excelling existing relationships.
• Generating new spending accounts & upselling existing spending accounts from agency/client patch.
• Internal contribution for new ideas to drive solutions across the business.
• Confidence in using Samsung internal sales platforms, such as Salesforce and additional platforms such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator.

Skills and Qualifications

Benefits of working at Samsung include:

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office and 2 days at home per week.
• Bonus scheme linked to individual, team and company performance.
• Car allowance.
• Private medical – family cover.
• Income protection.
• Enhanced pension contribution.
• Three volunteering days each year.
• Flexible benefit portal and contribution of £55 per month - including travel insurance, gym membership, season ticket loan, Tastecard, dental insurance and more.
• Holiday - 25 days plus bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday.
• Access to discounts on a wide range of Samsung products.
• Access to a discount shopping portal.

A note on equal opportunities

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our Company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.