Business Development Executive (BDE)

Note: This requirement is one of our client Chai Shots

Job description:

About the Role

We are building a high-energy Content Sales & Brand Solutions team responsible for taking our content and digital IPs to brands and advertisers across India. Our content ecosystem spans YouTube and our app, with multiple IPs across fiction, non-fiction and entertainment — including audition shows, girl-talk formats, podcasts, short-form content, web series and upcoming original shows. Your role is to identify brands that want to reach the Telugu market, pitch relevant content and platform opportunities, build commercial partnerships and, most importantly, close revenuegenerating deals. You will be the bridge between our content + audience + distribution and the brands looking to reach them.

What You Will Sell

• Title Sponsorships
• Co-Sponsorships
• Brand Integrations
• Branded Content & Branded Short Series
• Web Series Partnerships
• Individual IP Sponsorships
• YouTube Advertising & Content Inventory
• App Advertising & Inventory
• Video & Ad Placements
• Podcast Sponsorships
• Non-Fiction Show Partnerships
• Instagram/Reels Integrations
• Customized Brand Solutions

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and build relationships with brands, agencies and media partners.
• Proactively pitch our content IPs and digital platforms to potential advertisers.
• Understand a brand's marketing objectives and create relevant content-led solutions.
• Develop customized sponsorship and brand integration proposals.
• Drive the complete sales cycle — prospecting → pitching → negotiation → closure → execution → relationship management.
• Build a strong pipeline of national and regional brands.

Work closely with the Content, Marketing and Creative teams to develop innovative brand integrations.Own revenue targets and consistently deliver business. Maintain strong relationships with CMOs, brand managers, media agencies and decisionmakers.Track market trends, brand spends and emerging opportunities in the digital/content ecosystem. Who We Are Looking For We are looking for people who are commercially aggressive, excellent at selling ideas and strong at building relationships.

You should have:

• Proven experience in media sales, digital sales, content sales, brand solutions, advertising or business development.
• Strong understanding of brands, advertising and digital content.
• Excellent pitching and negotiation skills.
• A strong network of brands, agencies and marketing decision-makers.
• Demonstrated ability to close deals and generate revenue, not just build a pipeline.
• Ability to understand content and convert it into commercially attractive brand propositions.
• High ownership, speed and entrepreneurial mindset.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Work Location: Hyderabad

Pay: ₹600,000.00 - ₹700,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person