Agency Sales Manager, UK

Building on the double digit growth of 2025, the Equativ UK sales team requires an ambitious Sales Manager looking to take the next step in their career. Equativ is a global end‑to‑end media platform with an advanced suite of products designed to fulfil the needs of advertisers and agencies at scale. Our product offering ranges from managed services (IO) to programmatic (PMPs, PG and curated marketplaces). The sales team is focused on driving conversations on Equativ’s media, targeting and buying solutions with agency and advertising partners, including growing trends such as CTV.

About the team: The agency sales team is made of forward‑thinking and energetic online advertising experts that help bring Equativ’s programmatic and managed service solutions to market. They deliver revenue and build long‑term relationships with our strategic agency partners, representing some of the largest players in the AdTech industry, guiding them to maximise their investment. The agency team is a critical component of driving Equativ adoption and shaping and driving growth for the UK market.

If you have experience of working with both agency holding groups and independent agencies and if you believe that you have what it takes to help deliver our growth ambitions, we would love to talk to you.

What we are looking for:

• Proactive, diligent and energetic sales person with 2-5 years experience working within digital UK media agencies.
• The ability to build trust with clients, solve problems and identify solutions.
• A solid understanding of how the media industry and UK agencies operate.
• A good understanding and experience in selling programmatic campaigns to agencies and brands (SSP experience is a bonus!).
• Proven track record and hands‑on experience working and selling digital and programmatic campaigns and having contact with agencies and trading desks and other programmatic platforms.
• Proactive, sales‑orientated hunter that can identify new business opportunities as well as grow existing accounts across their portfolio of clients.
• Creative and entrepreneurial spirit to identify opportunities within your agency group.
• Ability to learn fast and act quickly.
• Driven and hungry to succeed in a fast‑paced environment.

Your role will be to:

• Be an ambassador for Equativ within the UK media industry.
• Be present with clients at industry events and in meetings.
• Manage and deliver a high volume of daily meetings with agencies and advertisers.
• Define key advertisers and verticals, drive initial and following conversations to build your pipeline.
• Build strong relationships with agencies and brands through regular meetings, calls and recommendations.
• Run and oversee the full sales lifecycle for prospective and recurring clients.
• Collaborate with the Client Services team to ensure delivery and performance across campaigns.
• Develop a very good understanding of the programmatic marketplace and Equativ products and solutions.
• Operate and grow business with UK‑based digital and CTV buyers at media agencies, trading desks and direct advertisers.
• Ensure focus on objectives that will have the biggest impact on your patch of agencies.
• Drive new business and grow existing business across the agencies you are focused on.
• Accurately update and maintain Salesforce day‑to‑day with all sales activities and pipeline developments.

About Equativ: Equativ, a leading independent ad platform, brings scale and simplicity to digital advertising. Following its recent merger with Sharethrough and the acquisition of Kamino Retail, advertisers, media owners, and technology partners rely on Equativ’s advanced SSP, curation, and retail media services and technology to achieve maximum business outcomes. With a focus on privacy‑first programmatic video, CTV, and data‑driven solutions, Equativ enables clients to activate across the digital ecosystem while protecting consumer privacy. The company’s global expertise is also backed by a team of over 750 employees across 19 countries. Equativ has been awarded the HappyIndex@Work label and is proud to be among the best companies in the ChooseMyCompany ranking, recognized for its flexible working environment.

Equal Employment Opportunity: Equativ is an equal‑opportunity employer. Equal access to employment, services, and programs are available to everyone, regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you require reasonable accommodation throughout the application and/or interview process, please contact the recruitment team at ta-team@equativ.com.