Digital Account Executive – Sports
Job Location: Chicago, IL
Overview:
Ready to Win Where Sports Fans Spend Their Time?
Audacy isn’t just a media company – we’re where sports fans show up every day.From premium sports podcasts and streaming audio to digital video and creator-led content, Audacy connects brands with some of the most passionate and engaged audiences in media.
We’re looking for a hungry, high-performing Digital Account Executive to join our Chicago team. If you know how to close digital business, are passionate about sports, and want to combine your relationships with the scale, content, and reach of Audacy’s nationwide footprint, this is your next big move. You will focus on driving revenue through Audacy’s portfolio of sports podcasting, streaming audio, digital video, and performance marketing solutions while helping brands connect with fans wherever they consume content.
What You’ll Do (And Win At):
- Build the Pipeline: Attack the market. Prospect, develop, and close new business relationships with local, regional, and national brands looking to connect with passionate sports fans.
- Sell the Passion of Sports: Leverage Audacy’s premium sports podcasts, streaming audio, digital video, and creator-led content to put brands at the center of the conversations fans live for.
- Create Winning Game Plans: Build customized, multi-platform campaigns that combine podcasting, streaming audio, digital video, OTT/CTV, paid social, programmatic, and audience targeting solutions designed to deliver results.
- Own the Entire Season: From the first call to the signed contract, you’ll quarterback the sales process, manage your pipeline, and drive opportunities across the goal line.
- Put Points on the Board: Consistently exceed revenue goals, grow your book of business, and establish yourself as a top performer in one of the fastest-growing segments of media.
Who You Are:
- A Proven Closer: You have 5+ years of success in digital advertising, media sales, sports marketing, podcasting, or performance marketing with a track record of exceeding goals.
- Digitally Fluent: You understand digital media, audience targeting, attribution, and performance-driven marketing solutions.
- Sports Obsessed: You follow sports, understand fan passion, and recognize the value premium sports content creates for advertisers.
- A Strategic Thinker: You don’t sell products – you solve business problems and deliver measurable outcomes.
- A Hunter: You thrive on prospecting, opening doors, creating opportunities, and winning new business.
- A valid driver’s license, satisfactory completion of a motor vehicle record check, and, if the position requires use of applicant’s own vehicle, proof of insurance, is required.
Why You’ll Love It Here:
- Uncapped Earning Potential: Competitive base salary plus aggressive commission opportunities built for top performers.
- National Scale: Access to Audacy’s nationwide sports footprint, premium podcast network, streaming platforms, and digital inventory.
- Premium Sports Content: Represent influential sports podcasts, personalities, and fan communities across the country.
- The Ultimate Toolkit: Sell podcasting, streaming audio, digital video, OTT/CTV, social, search, and programmatic solutions from one trusted partner.
