Business Development Manager – Enterprise / Display Ads

Expedia Group•Chicago, MS

5d•$90,000 - $126,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success. At Expedia Group Advertising, we offer marketers access to the world’s travel advertising platform, powered by the most robust first-party data in the industry. Our team of digital marketing professionals equip advertising partners with everything they need to connect, engage, convert travelers worldwide and exceed advertisers’ critical metrics.

Requirements

A minimum of 3 years Sales experience, Media Sales, travel industry or related field; or equivalent related professional experience and BA/BS degree or equivalent
Demonstrated media sales experience is essential; and a passion for the travel industry is desirable.
Strong understanding of the specific travel verticals (DMO, Airline, and/or Attractions) and digital and social media landscape
History of meeting or exceeding revenue targets
Ability to effectively pitch and influence at C management level
Effectively analyze partner needs and identify creative solutions
Demonstrated ability to optimize revenue gains for Media Solutions
Proven ability in consultative selling
Travel is required, valid passport highly recommended
Someone who thrives in face paced environment and embraces a growth mindset

Nice To Haves

Regional knowledge is a plus

Responsibilities

Drive and execute strategy for advertising partners, to grow our EG Advertising business. Responsible for identifying key opportunities in the travel and non-travel sectors assigned territory by selling the benefits of partnering with Expedia Group as an advertising partner of choice. This includes representing the advertising strategy of the partner to develop campaigns that meet and exceed their needs.
Create, define, and implement business strategies to optimize each partner relationship on a local, regional, or global basis, including conducting day-to-day interactions, regular face-to-face commercial updates, identifying and managing marketing and promotional opportunities, and ensuring fulfillment of all contractual obligations.
Own and lead the advertising sales process end-to-end from identification of new prospects, to developing an understanding of partner needs and mapping those needs with planning and strategic selling. Including a portfolio of domestic and international platforms. Provide customers with a consultative sales experience and build /enhance long-term strategic relationships with existing partnerships through up-selling, cross-selling, etc.
Lead aspects of the launch & ongoing, day-to-day performance of advertising partnerships and influence across other functions (including internal supply teams, marketing, operations, billing, product & media planners) to ensure campaign delivery and resolve issues as they arise.
Drives accountability for results throughout the organization. Define and deliver continuous improvement in revenue contribution to Media Solutions through insightful measurement and Return on Investment analysis of new partnerships on an ongoing basis.
Lead in all aspects of deal development - prospecting, sourcing, negotiating, and closing. Create a pipeline of opportunities that are managed & reviewed weekly/monthly/quarterly to ensure the pipeline is productive and yields profitable partnerships.
Proactively Build and maintain fruitful relationships with partners and provide clients with a consultative sales experience.
Accurately forecast media revenue demand for territory, based on Expedia Group market research data, industry insights and partner engagement. Collaboratively, work across internal functions to optimize Media opportunities. Including collaborating with our product teams to define new product offerings, engage with management on sales strategy. Other interactions include Marketing, Media Planning & Lodging and Partner Services groups. Evangelize internally, as well as externally and work with Expedia Group supply teams to increase value to our partners.
Consistently meet or exceed bi-annual revenue goals as set by sales leadership. quarterly goals will typically exceed $1,000,000 USD, depending on a number of factors (e.g., type and number of accounts, new vs existing business and future potential).