National Sales Manager, Consumer; East
Listed on 2026-01-29
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Sales
Marketing Communications, Account Manager, Sales Marketing, Advertising Sales -
Marketing / Advertising / PR
Marketing Communications, Account Manager, Sales Marketing, Advertising Sales
Location: New York
About Us
IGN Entertainment, a division of Ziff Davis, Inc., is one of the world’s largest gaming and entertainment media platforms and the go-to destination for fans to explore and celebrate games, film, TV, comics and much more. Across its 16 digital properties, IGN Entertainment reaches more than 490 million monthly users in 110 countries and engages with 85 million fans on social media.
Its portfolio includes favorites such as IGN, Eurogamer, Digital Foundry, Rock Paper Shotgun, and Map Genie, delivering daily content across 46 platforms, including You Tube, Tik Tok, X, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and connected TV. Through its online digital store Humble Bundle, IGN Entertainment has donated over $250 million to more than 38,000 charities worldwide, underscoring its commitment to making a positive impact.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, IGN Entertainment's content is localized in 20 languages. Learn more at
IGN is looking for a National Sales Manager to support our Consumer sales vertical in our East region, to support our team based in New York City! With this role, we are looking for an energetic seller - someone who is extremely motivated, a self-starter, and hungry to hit the ground running and make an immediate impact. As the National Sales Manager, you’ll be responsible for prospecting new advertisers while finding ways to grow relationships with current advertisers.
The role will also require collaboration with the team’s Account Executive and Sales Coordinator to make sure campaigns are properly set up, delivering, and exceeding our advertisers’ campaign goals.
- Exceed quarterly and annual revenue targets based on your account list. To be successful, you’ll be strategic when finding opportunities to find new brand partners. At the same time, working with current advertisers to see how else we can help with their marketing objectives with the ultimate goal of driving revenue
- Collaborate with an extremely high functioning Account Executive and a Sales Coordinator. Together, the team will help make sure that we are always putting our advertisers first - delivering the best possible marketing campaigns
- Exceptional ability to collaborate cross-functionally with different internal departments including Ad Operations, Creative Services, Social, and Content
- Ability to pull together a comprehensive proposal or campaign pitch by using IGN’s 360 media solutions (targeted media, custom content, influencer marketing, experiential)
- Create and present sales collateral with strong positioning to showcase IGN media solutions as best in class
- Take a consultative approach with clients and agencies acting as a partner to help create the best marketing campaigns while representing IGN with a high level of integrity and knowledge
- Focus on growing, building and strengthening relationships with key contacts at both agency and client direct levels
- Ability to learn and sell cross platform solutions including IGN Display (Desktop/Mobile), Video, Events, Branded Content, Social, Programmatic, and Data solutions
- Ability to learn new systems and platforms quickly to keep up with the evolving digital media landscape
- Track and manage revenue pipeline
- Strong presentation and written/oral communication skills required.
- Experience being the primary sales representative for a designated territory
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience
- Think creatively, sell strategically, and strong communication skills
- You’ve got a positive, problem solving attitude
- You’re a team-player with an outsized sense of fun
- Must be able to work efficiently and effectively under tight deadlines
- Strong desire to win, and to continually develop their personal and professional skills
- Ability to juggle multiple account challenges at once
- You’ve successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously
- You communicate clearly and effectively
- You’ve got a passion for games and entertainment!
- Experience in Game/Entertainment sales
- Experience in calling on relevant brands in the gaming and entertainment industry
- Work Schedule: This is a full-time position working…
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