Account Executive
About this role
Account Executive
Department: RS-602 - Media - Ad Sales
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: US - Minnesota
Compensation: $70,000 - $90,000 / year
Description
The Account Sales Executive will gain exposure to the sports media, advertising, and streaming industries while helping drive sales initiatives across Connected TV (CTV), digital advertising, sponsorships, branded content, and integrated media solutions.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Support the VP, Media Sales in achieving revenue targets through lead generation, prospecting, and pipeline management.
- Research, identify, and qualify prospective advertisers, agencies, and brand partners while scheduling meetings for senior sales leadership.
- Maintain accurate CRM records, tracking sales activity, pipeline progression, and client interactions.
- Assist in managing client and agency relationships by supporting meetings, presentations, account reviews, and follow-up communications.
- Develop proposals, media plans, presentations, and tailored advertising solutions aligned to client objectives and commercial opportunities.
- Coordinate with Account Management and Ad Operations teams to support campaign delivery, reporting, and performance analysis.
- Monitor advertising, streaming, sports media, and CTV trends, leveraging audience insights and market intelligence to support sales activity.
- Partner with cross-functional teams including Marketing, Product, Technology, Data, Finance, and Legal to improve sales effectiveness, client satisfaction, and revenue growth.
What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Sports Management, Media, or a related field preferred.
- 1-3 years of experience in sales, advertising, media, marketing, sports business, or client services preferred.
- Internship experience within media, sports, advertising, or entertainment industries is a plus.
- Strong interest in sports, streaming, media, and advertising sales.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong organizational and time-management abilities.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Basic understanding of digital advertising, streaming media, and marketing principles preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and CRM platforms.
- Self-starter with a proactive and growth-oriented mindset.
Benefits
Company at a glance
We are DAZN. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. Together, we bring ambition to life.
We are the digital leader in global sports media. We are home to the world’s largest, fastest-growing sports streaming service. We're using world-class technology to revolutionise the industry.
As part of our team you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere.
For us, it's all about Limitless Ambition - never settling, always restless, always wanting more for our customers. We're growing fast and have made a big impact so far, and that's just the beginning. There's so much we can do. Working with us is exciting, empowering and truly global.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment, both inside and outside of our walls, that values equality and diversity. A place where everyone can contribute at the highest level and have their voices heard. For us, this means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities.
If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, that’s fine. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience. Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible. We will do our best to accommodate adjustments for interviews.
If you're ambitious, inventive, passionate, brave and supportive, then you're the kind of person who's going to enjoy life at DAZN.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Top Benefits
- Access to DAZN
- Paid time off
- Health benefits
- Dental care
- Eye care
- Sick time package
- Parental leave
- Voluntary benefits
- Life insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- 401(k) retirement plan
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