Hussain Chowdhury
Associate Director - EMEA
I’m a Branded Content expert and Digital Media Sales professional turned Media Head Hunter / Recruiter. I’ve formerly run Creative Solutions and Branded Content Studios at Bauer, AutoTrader, Habbo and Discovery Networks.
Having built award-winning high-performing sales teams in both start-up environments and in more complex matrix style organisations and having being a candidate myself over the years, I have a good understanding of the hiring needs of companies, competency assessments, cultural talent fits as well as how I would like to be managed in the hiring process as a candidate.
My mission statement is to connect the very best Digital Sales & Branded Content talent to the very best Digital Media Companies. My extensive network of senior Media Professionals is both on the Media Owner, Media Agency side and Client side have been built over the last 20 years in the Industry.
My aim is to work with both Candidates and Hiring Managers in an authentic and transparent manner to ensure the hiring process is a smooth, seamless process that ensure all parties find the experience both rewarding and fulfilling.
Area's of Specialism:Influencer Marketing, Digital Sales, Branded Content, Creative Solutions & Publisher Sales.
Hussain Chowdhury's Jobs
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Director of Sales (UK & EMEA) - Major Digital Publisher
London
£130,000 - £180,000 per annum + Comms
Director of Sales (UK & EMEA) – News and lifestyle brandBase salary of up to £130K - £180K + comms + benefitsOur client is an agenda-setting digital news and lifestyle publishing business with best-in-class digital advertising stack and has a highly lauded sales team.We’re looking for world-class sales leader who can lead a team from the front. The ideal candidate will possess a senior agency black book of key trading and planning leaders. The ideal candidate will be charismatic, creative, and a well-connected Directors of Sales who is a are lateral thinker, great at influencing clients and agencies, engineering new business opportunities and driving new revenue to help drive our client’s business. The successful candidate will also possess serious internal and external gravitas and be able to report and forecast accurately to the Chief Commercial Officer and the board.Responsibilities:Take ownership of driving revenue growth from UK (and International) agency) patch and client marketing decision makersBe proactive and work with agency planning and buying leadership in a manner that helps drive valueOpen doors for the sales team by securing high-value RFPsConsultative sell in terms of using data and research to build persuasive sales argumentsCultivate excellent relationships with agency and client contacts to gain deep insight into their business and ultimately provide solutions for their marketing and advertising goalsPresent and pitch suitable solutions from our clients extensive portfolio to match the client and advertiser’s marketing needs and business goalsCommercial acumen and solution driven in terms of driving revenue and creating products clients and agencies will buyEntrepreneurial - spotting the gaps in the market and being able to service those client needs my being resourceful and flexibleDrive and coach the sales team, develop and recognise talentRequirementsMinimum of 10 years of experience selling online advertisingExisting black book of digital media agency contacts and / or clients particularly with the trading leadership at the big 6 holding groupsA deep knowledge of the digital display and programmatic landscape and the trends shaping the spaceProven management skills in terms of developing and nurturing teams to drive world-class sales performancesHistory of exceeding sales targetsExcellent presentation and communication skillsMust be a highly motivated team player.Must be a consultative seller
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Partnerships Director - eCom SaaS Platform
London
£70,000 - £80,000 per annum + Comms
Partnerships Director - eCom SaaS Platform£70K - £80K base + comms + stock and benefitsMy client is an industry leading eCommerce SaaS platform that generates customer journey data for some of the world’s biggest brands from the likes of Mondelez, AB InBev, Diageo to P&G and many more. Our client has proprietary tech that is a showstopper for many brands in terms of learning about how consumers browse, choose and buy products on online e-tailer sites.Due to expansion and breaking new boundaries in revenue generation, My client is seeking a world class Head of Partnerships who has an excellent black book of decision makers at leadership level at Ad-Tech, Martech, Media and programmatic businesses to license my client’s tech and so partners can create their own eCommerce campaigns by gaining access to my client’s platform and through it access to over 300 global eCommerce retailers.We’re looking for someone who has a good understanding of digital media, digital advertising, eCommerce and marketing is essential and being able to articulate complex solutions into simple terms for brands and marketers to understand is key.Role requirements:At least 5 – 6 years of digital sales experience at a reputable digital commercial operation business or ad tech brandThe ability to proactively create client outreach programmes securing new meetings and RFPsA compelling presenter and storyteller able to user data and insight to fashion compelling sales argumentThe ability to work with clients to construct high-value partnerships that bring value to client’s business goalsA high-energy approach to sales and business developmentConsultative mind set in terms of trying to help brands crack their business problemsA curious mindset in being able to work with clients at all levels to highlight the benefits of my client’s productThe ability to close business and drive high-value pipelines
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Senior Yield Manager - Digital Publisher
London
£70,000 - £90,000 per annum + Comms
Senior Yield Manager£80,000 - £90,000 base salary + 30% annual bonusMy client is a well-known household publishing brand and is seeking an accomplished Senior Yield & Revenue Manager who is data-driven and able to work with senior management in terms of advanced yield and revenue forecasting. The duties of this person will include packaging up inventory in the optimal manner to be able to maximise revenue generation. This will require tight forecasting and modelling with data to look at all available scenarios on how to package and price all display, native, programmatic and video ad inventory formats so as to drive optimal external pricing and revenue delivery by the sales team.A key requirement for this role is someone who can find the trends and story in complex data-sets and distill the findings into actionable easy to follow insights. The ability to also liaise with senior board members to be able to simplify the story and get management buy in is also advantageous.Aside from being highly analytical in mindset, comfortable with data, organised, meticulous, a sharp attention-to-detail we are looking for someone who understands the digital advertising ecosystem and has a good understanding of the latest ad tech and programmatic trends.Technically, we are looking for someone who has the following skillset:Demonstrable command of SQL with experience of projects carried out academically or for leisure is essentialHandling dataset with Python, using libraries like Numpy, Pandas, and Mathplotlib is advantageousExperience with Cloud-based services, such as GCP or AWS is desirableExposure to ML tools such as Google Cloud AI Platform or Tensorflow would be an advantageThere is some management responsibility as this role will also line-manage two analysts so the ability to lead, nurture and develop more junior members of the team is essential.This role will report into the Director of Global Ad Ops.
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Brand Partnerships Sales Manager - Gaming
London
£50,000 - £60,000 per annum + Comms
Brand Partnerships Sales Manager (Gaming)£60K base + £40K comms / / £100K OTEMy client is a global player in the gaming space with over 300 million users and a network of properties that include + 1,000 YouTube channels, influencers, eSports Teams and dozens of website among their assets. My client own as full funnel approach to gaming and can outmatch Twitch, Venatus, Fandom and the like on producing end-to-end gaming strategies for clients toc.Due to expansion of the local team, my client is seeking 2 x Sales Managers to come in and work with UK and EMEA media agencies, extract briefs and RFPs working with clients on both display campaigns and brand partnershipsRole requirements:Excellent knowledge of video advertising, YouTube advertising, pre-roll, programmatic, displayStrong network of media agency and client direct relationships in the gaming and entertainment spaceExperience of branded content partnerships, social video, social media advertising across FB/ IG/ TT/ YT / Snap, etcAn interest and passion for gaming culture
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Brand Partnerships Manager
London
£50,000 - £65,000 per annum + Comms
Brand Partnerships Managers ( x 4 open head count)Up to £50K - £65K basic + commission + benefitsOur client is an iconic and leading content publisher who have created editorial cultural moments and are considered a tastemaker in terms of their content. Due to expansion, they are looking to hire a number of experienced Partnerships Account Director with great contacts in the food and drink space across media agencies and clients direct. Our client has an urban, highly engaged audience and are already creating stunning content and partnering with well-known household brands across digital, social, video and experiential. Existing experience in creating brand partnerships is essential.Core requirements of the role is that the successful candidate will have the following attributes:Proven track record of delivering big-ticket branded content partnerships either in the food space and / or in lifestyle creative solutions space (travel, interior decors)A pro-active mentality towards sourcing sales leads and engineering sales conversations with clients through compelling sales arguments and coming up with bright ideas they’ll want to buyA network of media agency and client direct contacts across multiple verticals is desirable (Food , FMCGs, Alcohol ,Travel, Tech, Autos, Telcos are advantageous but not essential)The ability to sell audiences via use of data and insightInfluence clients through best-in-class ideasProven history of revenue generation and beating set budgetsAn eye for Creative Solutions storytelling.My client creates content that is highly engaging and the successful candidate will be able to sell a large number of creative solutions to their client base. Incoming candidates will be joining a successful high-performing sales team.
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Customer Success Manager - Hyper Growth Social Platform
London
£50,000 - £56,000 per annum + Bonus
Customer Success / Account Manager – Advertising Sales Team, high-growth social media App£50K - £56K base + bonus + benefitsI’m working with one of the hottest high-growth social media apps from San Francisco. We are looking to bring in three Customer Success Account Managers due to the company being in a high-growth mode and winning multiple new business campaigns from different brands such as RBS, Vodafone, Dulux, eBay and British Gas to name a few.We are seeking skilled Account Managers who can take ownership of the post-sale side and drive customer satisfaction and retention of client’s business as they seek to rebook.The Account Manager will be responsible for all aspects of the deliver process co-ordinating efforts from Sales, Ad Operations, Research and other departments to ensure advertisers are guided through the implementation phase of their campaigns smoothly.The duties of the Account Manager include:Delivery of key campaign insights, stats and numbers in terms of campaign performanceCo-ordinating all aspects of the delivery phase of clients’ assets, liaising with sales, ad ops, and other departments to ensure smooth handling and comms with the client’s advertising agency partnersDrawing up PCAs and End of campaign reports, interpreting the findings and delivering recommendationsDelivering a high-level of customer service that delights customers, clients and agenciesExcellent and timely communications and co-ordination of client’s assets and deliverablesA high level of attention-to-detail and supremely organisedOptimise and tweak processes as required to deliver a great client experience
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Head of Partnerships - eCommerce MarTech
London
£70,000 - £80,000 per annum + Comms
Head of Partnerships - eCommerce MarTech Business£70K - £80K base + comms + stock and benefitsMy client is an industry leading eCommerce SaaS platform that generates customer journey data for some of the world’s biggest brands from the likes of Mondelez, AB InBev, Diageo to P&G and many more. Our client has proprietary tech that is a showstopper for many brands in terms of learning about how consumers browse, choose and buy products on online e-tailer sites.Due to expansion and breaking new boundaries in revenue generation, My client is seeking a world class Head of Partnerships who has an excellent black book of decision makers at leadership level at Ad-Tech, Martech, Media and programmatic businesses to license my client’s tech and so partners can create their own eCommerce campaigns by gaining access to my client’s platform and through it access to over 300 global eCommerce retailers.We’re looking for someone who has a good understanding of digital media, digital advertising, eCommerce and marketing is essential and being able to articulate complex solutions into simple terms for brands and marketers to understand is key.Role requirements:At least 5 – 6 years of digital sales experience at a reputable digital commercial operation business or ad tech brandThe ability to proactively create client outreach programmes securing new meetings and RFPsA compelling presenter and storyteller able to user data and insight to fashion compelling sales argumentThe ability to work with clients to construct high-value partnerships that bring value to client’s business goalsA high-energy approach to sales and business developmentConsultative mind set in terms of trying to help brands crack their business problemsA curious mindset in being able to work with clients at all levels to highlight the benefits of my client’s productThe ability to close business and drive high-value pipelines
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Yield & Revenue Operations Manager
London
£55,000 - £75,000 per annum + 30% Bonus
Yield Analysis and Revenue Operations Forecasting Manager£55,000 - £75,000 base salary + 30% annual bonusMy client is a well-known household publishing brand and is seeking an accomplished Yield & Revenue Manager who is data-driven and able to work with senior management in terms of advanced yield and revenue forecasting. The duties of this person will include packaging up inventory in the optimal manner to be able to maximise revenue generation. This will require tight forecasting and modelling with data to look at all available scenarios on how to package and price all display, native, programmatic and video ad inventory formats so as to drive optimal external pricing and revenue delivery by the sales team.A key requirement for this role is someone who can find the trends and story in complex data-sets and distill the findings into actionable easy to follow insights. The ability to also liaise with senior board members to be able to simplify the story and get management buy in is also advantageous.Aside from being highly analytical in mindset, comfortable with data, organised, meticulous, a sharp attention-to-detail we are looking for someone who understands the digital advertising ecosystem and has a good understanding of the latest ad tech and programmatic trends.Technically, we are looking for someone who has the following skillset:Demonstrable command of SQL with experience of projects carried out academically or for leisure is essentialHandling dataset with Python, using libraries like Numpy, Pandas, and Mathplotlib is advantageousExperience with Cloud-based services, such as GCP or AWS is desirableExposure to ML tools such as Google Cloud AI Platform or Tensorflow would be an advantageThere is some management responsibility as this role will also line-manage two analysts so the ability to lead, nurture and develop more junior members of the team is essential.This role will report into the Director of Global Ad Ops.