Regional Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 7+ years of media, advertising, or comparable B2B sales experience, including at least 3 years managing or leading a sales team.
• Demonstrated track record of meeting and exceeding revenue targets, with the ability to set quotas and hold a team accountable to them.
• Strong sales coaching and people-development skills — a genuine player-coach who can both mentor reps and sell.
• Comfort selling across a multiplatform portfolio (digital, print, newsletter, social, events, and ticketing); cross-channel and event sales experience is a plus.
• Proficiency with CRM and sales reporting tools, and an analytical, data-driven approach to pipeline and forecasting.
• Excellent relationship-building skills with advertisers, agencies, and partners at all levels.
• Adaptable, entrepreneurial mindset; thrives in a dynamic, fast-moving environment and is willing to roll up sleeves in a lean organization.
• Mission alignment: belief in the civic and cultural importance of alternative media and community-rooted journalism.

Nice To Haves

• cross-channel and event sales experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Seattle and Portland sales team. Manage, coach, and develop a team of account executives and sales coordinators across both markets — setting expectations, managing the sales pipeline, running one-on-one meetings, and supporting hiring and onboarding for the sales team.
• Own regional revenue targets. Carry responsibility for advertising, sponsorship, events, and ticketing revenue across the Seattle and Portland markets, setting individual and team quotas and tracking performance against goal.
• Drive sales strategy and execution. Build territory and account plans, prioritize high-value opportunities across digital, print, newsletter, social, and event products, and package inventory in ways that meet advertiser objectives.
• Coach to results. Provide hands-on sales coaching — joining pitches, reviewing proposals, and helping reps advance and close deals while building repeatable, scalable sales practices.
• Manage key relationships. Personally own and grow relationships with the region’s most important advertisers, agencies, sponsors, and ticketing partners.
• Partner with Publishers. Collaborate closely with the Seattle and Portland Publishers on revenue priorities, local market strategy, and cross-functional initiatives spanning advertising, events, and membership.
• Maintain forecasting and reporting. Keep the CRM current and deliver accurate, timely pipeline forecasts and revenue reporting that enable data-driven decisions.
• Champion the products. Ensure reps are fluent in Noisy Creek’s evolving product set, rate cards, and packages, and feed market insights back to product and marketing teams.

Benefits

• Health Insurance: Employer-subsidized medical, dental, and vision premiums
• Retirement Plan: Employer match program
• Paid Vacation: Accrued vacation earned throughout the year at a rate of two weeks annually, increasing to four weeks after five years.
• Paid Sick Time: One week accrued per year, with rollover
• Paid Holidays: Nine paid holidays, a paid holiday week between December 24 and January 1, plus two any-day floating holidays
• Additional Paid Leaves: Bereavement leave, jury duty leave, plus options to supplement state-paid family and medical leave
• Commuter Benefits: Discounted transit pass
• Professional Development: Annual stipend to support training and career-related learning
• Employee Assistance Program: Access to wellness and financial support services
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA): Pre-tax.