Digilant, a global programmatic media pioneer, partners with the world’s leading agencies and brands to provide customized and scalable programmatic media solutions. Powered by insightful and actionable data science, Digilant’s display, video, mobile, and social solutions are delivered through a world-class service offering. The company’s advanced technology platform, which includes a data management platform (DMP), connects brands with relevant and unique audiences by activating first party, third party and its own proprietary data. Headquartered in Boston, Digilant has offices in Barcelona, Bogota, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, Monterrey, Sao Paulo, and across the U.S. For more information, please visit www.digilant.com or follow the company on Twitter at @Digilant_US.  Digilant is an ispDigital Group Company.

ispDigital is a technology-based marketing services holding company that is driving innovation at the intersection of “earned,” “owned,” “paid” and “impulse” media.  Together Acceso (“earned”), Antevenio (“owned”), Digilant (“paid”), and InStore Media (“impulse”) provide cross channel and cross device closed loop media solutions. Headquartered in Boston and Barcelona, ispDigital has global offices in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, France, Italy, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. ispDigital is owned by Inversiones y Servicios Publicitarios (ISP), a company fully owned by the Rodes family.

The new Director of Sales will be responsible for driving sales in the in the Chicago and Midwest markets by building awareness and client relationships in those markets and delivering sales target goals.  This executive will be responsible for revenue within their territory.

Ideal candidate will have prior success in the following areas:

• Strong track record of individual sales success in Chicago and the Midwest markets.
• Strong consultative selling approach and experience with the ability to identifying customer needs and shape the sale around them.
• Proven experience in media, digital or programmatic and RTB space.
• Excellent relationships with media buying agencies in the Chicago and region.
• Experience with salesforce.com forecasting and budgeting, pipeline management and tools
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, goal-oriented, “get-stuff-done” culture that is experiencing a high rate of growth.
• Drive awareness of Digilant advertising within the agency and advertising community.
• and services by providing informed opinions on internal sales strategies and channel partner feedback.

Required skills and experience:

• Minimum of 3-5 years of proven sales experience in high-growth media business.
• Success as a hands on individual contributor in Chicago and the region.
• Ability to develop strong relationships at all levels with target agencies by means of generating meetings and entertaining clients.
• MBA is a plus.

Benefits and Compensation

Competitive salary commensurate with experience and bonus opportunities.

Digilant offers an excellent benefits package including 401K with a match contribution from Digilant, Medical/Dental/Vision effective Day 1, Group Life Insurance, AD&D, Long and Short Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Programs and an Uncapped Paid Time Off Policy!

Digilant, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.