Publisher Development Manager

Following the expansion of our publisher network, we are seeking a collaborative, driven, and creative Publisher Development Manager to drive and manage an exciting portfolio of non-editorial Publisher prospects. You'll be passionate about selling and excel at creating and closing new opportunities. Using a consultative approach to selling, you will use your expertise to identify and qualify leads, leading to sales opportunities with new customers including some of the largest publishers in the US, UK, EU, and APAC. Our ideal champion is incredibly professional, ambitious, self-motivated, outgoing, and has a positive attitude while being attentive to detail. If this sounds like you, we’re eager to hear from you.

About Us:

Skimlinks, a Connexity company, is the world's leading Content-to-Commerce platform that helps publishers monetize their commercial content and assists merchants and brands in finding people interested in buying their products.

Skimlinks aids publishers in generating additional revenue through automated affiliate marketing. By consolidating 24,000 partner programs from over 55 affiliate networks, 4.5 million websites can earn commissions and better understand the purchasing behavior of their visitors. Clients include Conde Nast, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Buzzfeed, and Refinery29. Our goal is to help publishers be appropriately rewarded for the role their content plays in creating purchasing intent and to create a much-needed funding model for the internet.

Connexity was acquired by Taboola in 2021 to create the first Open-Web source for publishers that connects editorial content with product recommendations, allowing readers to easily purchase products related to the stories they read.

Read more about how we're changing the game here!

Responsibilities

• Building lasting relationships with our publishers in Germany
• Acquiring new customers in the DACH area
• Optimising account performance and opportunities to achieve the strategic goals of our publishers
• Creating and analysing reports to monitor progress and present strategic recommendations
• Reviewing existing relationships and contributing to optimisation strategies
• Pitching and onboarding new potential publishers
• Setting up, monitoring, and logging customer account progress through internal systems and Excel reports
• Participating in conferences and industry events as well as client meetings

Requirements

• Successfully completed commercial training or a comparable qualification

• Experience in business development and/or account management, preferably with a large publisher or another technology platform for online advertising
• Good knowledge of various online marketing channels, including performance, display, PPC, SEO
• Familiarity with working with technologies and cross-functional teams
• Fluent in German and English

Benefits

Voted “Best Places to Work,” our culture is driven by self-starters, team players, and visionaries. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the company operates sites and business services in the US, UK, EMEA and APAC. We offer top benefits including Annual Leave Entitlement, paid holidays, competitive comp, team events and more! Learning & Development is also of vital importance to Connexity where each employee has their own career plan, and receives their own Annual Learning Budget to spend as they wish.

• Healthcare insurance & cash plans
• Pension
• Income Protection
• Parental Leave Policies
• Learning & Development Program
• Flexible work schedules and work from home/work from office policy
• Wellness Resources
• Equity

We are committed to providing a culture at Connexity that supports the diversity, equity and inclusion of our most valuable asset, our people. We encourage individuality, and are driven to represent a workplace that celebrates our differences, and provides opportunities equally across gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and all other demographics. Our actions across Education, Recruitment, Retention, and Volunteering reflect our core company values and remind us that we’re all in this together to drive positive change in our industry.

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