Sales Director, Brand Partnerships

🕒 November 12, 2025

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Connexity, Inc.

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2003

🛍️ eCommerce

🛒 Retail

💰 $3M Seed Round on 2012-08

Marketing • eCommerce • Retail

Connexity, Inc. is a performance marketing platform that helps retailers achieve incremental sales and new customer acquisition. The company partners with top retailers to generate $5 billion in new sales annually, optimizing customer exposure through the open web. Known for its direct relationships and integrations, Connexity powers shopping marketplaces and encourages content publishers to deliver exclusive promotions. It offers a managed service that guarantees performance which meets or exceeds retail goals, with a focus on return on ad spend (ROAS) and cost of sales (COS). Connexity serves as a valuable part of marketing channel mixes, providing complementary exposure alongside major advertising platforms like Google and Bing.

📋 Description

• Execute Consultative Selling: Position ShopYourLikes as a performance-first solution, shifting client conversations beyond "vanity metrics" to focus on demonstrable ROI and total sales generated. • Translate Technology into Value: Lead the initial strategic discussion with brand partners, translating their specific KPIs into a tailored campaign plan. Effectively pitch the power of our proprietary casting method by showing how data signals ignite performance efficiency and optimal creator selection. • Full-Funnel Solutioning: Educate clients on how our solutions ensure success and accountability across all touchpoints of the funnel: Awareness, Consideration, Conversion, and Loyalty. • Aggressively Drive Revenue Growth & Renewals: Exceed quarterly and annual sales targets by originating, negotiating, and closing new, high-value brand partnerships. Focus on securing large, recurring sponsorships with top-tier retailers and major brands while collaborating with Campaign Management and Sales Operations teams to ensure successful delivery and client satisfaction leading to renewals. • Hunter Mentality & KPI Management: Own all sales outreach, lead generation, and meticulously manage pipeline reporting within the CRM. Expected to consistently generate a minimum number of strategic sales meetings and proposals each quarter. • Market Expertise: Leverage deep knowledge of key retail cycles and peak seasons (e.g., Cyber 5) to position creators as essential partners during high-demand periods. • External Ambassador: Comfortable representing the ShopYourLikes brand, speaking to large audiences at industry events, provoking thought leadership and sharing case studies and best practices. • Cross function Partner & Collaborator: partner closely with internal Leadership, Marketing and Product teams sharing market intelligence to evolve the product, pitch and GTM strategy. • Travel: This role requires flexibility for necessary travel.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ Years of Quota-Carrying Sales Experience: Proven track record in influencer, social media, or digital media sales, with a significant history of successfully closing six and seven figure deals and a focus on full-funnel brand solutions. • Domain & Relationship Expertise: Deep operational knowledge of the social commerce and creator marketing landscape. Must possess established senior-level relationships directly with brands and agencies, particularly within the Retail and CPG industries. • Strategic, Entrepreneurial Hunter: Possesses an aggressive, strategic, and high-velocity hunter mindset essential for scaling the business. Must be capable of selling the vision of a "Partner with a Pedigree" built on 30 years of retail performance expertise. • Growth Environment: Must thrive in a fast-paced, "startup" environment where ownership, initiative, and agility are key. • Player/Coach Capability: Experience balancing individual high performance with the ability to mentor and potentially lead future team members as the division expands. • Performance Data Acumen: Essential ability to read, interpret, and present performance data (e.g., ROAS, GMS, AOV) to C-suite and V-level clients, shifting the conversation to financial accountability. • Exceptional Communication: Outstanding negotiation, presentation, and verbal/written communication skills needed to convey complex value propositions simply and compellingly. • Technical Tools: Strong knowledge of Microsoft and Google presentation suites (PowerPoint/Google Slides) and expertise in CRM pipeline management and reporting (e.g., HubSpot, Salesforce).

🏖️ Benefits

• Health Care Plans (Medical, Dental & Vision) • Retirement Plan (401k Matching) • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D), LTD & STD • Paid Leave Benefits (Maternity, Paternity & Medical) • Learning & Development Program (educational tool) • Flexible work schedules • Wellness Resources • Equity