We are looking for a super star with a fantastic track record of building and maintaining media agency relationships. The role is newly designed to meet the rapidly growing demand from top tier advertisers and agencies for building meaningful relations to the huge gaming community which constitutes current mainstream culture. The role is stationed at Esportal’s head office in Stockholm and reports to the Chief Commercial Director. As a rapidly growing company, for the successful candidate the role holds potential to develop into Nordic Brand Partnership Manager.

The role
As Key Account Manager (Nordic Brand Partnership Manager) within agency sales you will spear head our presence at media agencies to secure our position as top of mind within our segment.
In short, you will be responsible for performing the following tasks:
Build and maintain relations to media agencies on all levels.
Come up with, plan and execute on educational events and presentations.
Meet and exceed budget expectations and secure year on year agency growth.
Funnel agency’s need for data internally and return with insights that develops business opportunities.
Be a spokes person and an expert for Esports and gaming.
Have loads of fun with the occasional gaming session!

Who are you?
To excel in this role, you have extensive experience of and a great network of contacts who you might call your friends by now.
If you live for results, value high standards and see the excellence of teamwork, you are probably the one. You are low in prestige and gain energy from overcoming challenges. You value openness and are used to giving and getting candid feedback on a daily basis. You are driven and restless, and want to work at high velocity to improve and scale what we have already built.

Other Skills & Requirements
You are self motivated and excel at motivating and inspiring those around you.
You are a relationship builder, and love to connect with new people.
A strong presenter who knows how to visualize and communicate.
You have an entrepreneurial mindset and a drive to develop best in class solutions tomorrow using what you have today.
You are a problem solver who uses the team around you to develop our proposition along with the demand from clients.
You know the importance of data and how to make use of KPI’s in order to raise client demand.

Background
At least 3 years of relevant academic education from a top level institution.
At least 3 years of experience in similar roles.
A background in media sales, preferably from both media and agency sides.
Experience from a Nordic (DK, NO, FI) agency environment is a definite plus.
You are fluent in Swedish and English. Knowledge of other Nordic languages, German and/or Polish is a plus.
Love for- and experience of gaming is a strong plus.

Why join Esportal Group?
You will be a key player in a highly skilled and motivated team. The Esportal Group management team is very experienced, with members having played key roles in a number of very successful Swedish and international companies.
Your impact will be significant, and what you do will influence the happiness of tens of thousands of gamers in Sweden, the Nordics and beyond.
Great co-workers who will challenge you and with whom you will have fun every day!
A highly competitive compensation package.

How to apply
This recruitment is in collaboration with Talent&Partner.
Please send your cv via link or to work@talentpartner.se

About Esportal Group
Esportal is a web-based competitive platform for the major esport titles. We aim to make gaming in a matchmaking and tournament environment a more engaging experience, removing disruptive influences such as disconnects, cheaters and trolls. Esportal is the place where you can play great matches with the right type of opponents and teammates. Our platform is seamlessly integrated with the games. Players of any skill can find their level, hang out with friends and get instant results with updated statistics. Esportal operates a freemium business model where our members can access multiple subscription based services and features. We also offer companies the opportunity to reach a rapidly growing and global esport community with advertising and sponsored events/tournaments. Esportal currently has over half a million registered players with a steady growth of new users from our core markets: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Poland. Esportal also operates one of the world's largest gaming center brands in Inferno Online. Inferno Online offers a top physical gaming experience and is also an internationally recognized gaming institution with multiple TV studios used for creating state of the art gaming formats and intellectual property rights. Inferno Online also operates the Red Bull Gaming Sphere in Stockholm.