Sales Director, Moonbug Entertainment
WPP
Entertainment company for kids
Open for applications
Entertainment company for kids
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create shows that kids & parents love.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years in digital advertising, with proven success in selling
- Strong relationships with agency groups, specifically WPP agencies and their direct client
- Have a deep understanding of digital media landscape, including content companies, tech platforms and measurement companies
- Strong presentation skills and ability to sell through ideas to clients
- Excited to be a part of a fast paced environment
- Result driven
- Solutions oriented with strong problem solving skills
- Exceptional interpersonal, communication and analytical skills
- Must possess strong leadership and time management skills
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Sales Director to drive meaningful revenue growth by building and expanding strategic relationships with WPP agencies and their direct brand clients across the Northeast
- This role owns a strategic account list, delivers and exceeds revenue targets, navigates complex holding company structures, and unlocks high-impact partnerships including rate cards, preferred programmatic deals, and content integrations
- You will manage the full sales cycle from RFP through close, build trusted client relationships through a deep understanding of their business, and collaborate cross-functionally to bring creative, data-driven solutions to life, all while becoming a subject matter expert across Moonbug’s world-class IP and helping connect iconic kids’ brands with the families who love them
- Deliver and exceed sales revenue targets
- Build, manage and grow a strategic account list with a focus on WPP agencies and their clients directly, within the northeast
- Ability to navigate complex holding company structure and negotiate strategic partnerships with key stakeholders (ratecards, preferred programmatic deals, content deals, etc.)
- Devise an individual sales strategy that proactively identifies short-term & long-term opportunities, building a pipeline of revenue
- Develop strategic relationships with your clients, understanding their business, their challenges and their needs
- Manage all client communication, from the RFP process (briefing to conversion) to leading client meetings (presenting to follow ups)
- Collaborate with internal stakeholder teams; client success, media & ad ops, data, creative, marketing & finance
- Become a subject matter expert for all Moonbug IP's
- Stay up to date with industry needs
- Other duties as assigned
Our take
Moonbug Entertainment is a global entertainment company producing fun, engaging and safe content for kids. With bases in London and Los Angeles, Moonbug’s video and audio content is produced with the goal of teaching compassion, empathy and resilience to its young audience.
The company owns properties including Blippi, Little Baby Bum and CoComelon, content that is distributed around the world on platforms including YouTube and Netflix, with the latter’s first series generating over 30B minutes of viewing. Its market presence is strong, with accompanying merchandise sold via Walmart and Amazon, and adjacent offerings such as its CoComelon video game.
Following the acquisition of Singapore-based One Animation, Moonbug has worked to increase its footprint in Asia, as well as making plans to take on South America and the Middle East. A 2023 rebrand has helped to raise the profile and recognisability of the brand as it continues both growth and diversification - for instance by partnering with Audible on a series of family-friendly podcasts.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jul 2020
$120m
SERIES B
Dec 2018
$145m
SERIES A
Total funding: $265m
Company HQ
Camden Town, London, UK
Leadership
John Robson
(Co-Founder & COO)Previously served as Executive Vice President of Base79, an Advisor for MTV Networks and Signet, Vice President & General Manager of Global Content for HTC, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Digital Distribution for Paramount Pictures, and served in various Marketing roles for Sainsbury's.
Rene Rechtman
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded NN and CSSE, acting here as Management Consultant. Served as Head of Non-Linear Media for The Walt Disney Company International, President Inter for Maker Studios, CEO for goviral, Vice President and Managing Director for TradeDoubler, Business Development Director for Incentive, and as Account Director for KS Consult.
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