Full-Time
Sales Director
Brand Partnerships
Connexity
201-500 employees
Fully managed multichannel retail advertising
Compensation Overview
$165k - $185k/yr
New York, NY, USA
Hybrid
Two days in the office per week required; travel is required as needed.
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- At least 8 years of quota-carrying sales experience in influencer, social media, or digital media sales, including a significant history of closing six- and seven-figure deals and selling full-funnel brand solutions.
- Deep operational knowledge of the social commerce and creator marketing landscape.
- Established senior-level relationships directly with brands and agencies, particularly within the retail and consumer packaged goods industries.
- Experience balancing individual high performance with the ability to mentor and potentially lead future team members as the division expands.
- Ability to read, interpret, and present performance data such as return on ad spend, gross merchandise sales, and average order value to C-suite and V-level clients.
- Outstanding negotiation, presentation, and verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft and Google presentation suites, including PowerPoint and Google Slides.
- Expertise in customer relationship management pipeline management and reporting, including HubSpot or Salesforce.
- Flexibility for necessary travel.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment where ownership, initiative, and agility are important.
- Position ShopYourLikes as a performance-first solution, shifting client conversations beyond vanity metrics to demonstrable return on investment and total sales generated.
- Lead initial strategic discussions with brand partners by translating their key performance indicators into tailored campaign plans.
- Pitch the proprietary casting method by showing how data signals improve performance efficiency and creator selection.
- Educate clients on solutions that provide success and accountability across awareness, consideration, conversion, and loyalty.
- Exceed quarterly and annual sales targets by originating, negotiating, and closing new, high-value brand partnerships.
- Secure large, recurring sponsorships with top-tier retailers and major brands.
- Collaborate with Campaign Management and Sales Operations teams to ensure successful delivery and client satisfaction leading to renewals.
- Own sales outreach and lead generation and manage pipeline reporting within the customer relationship management system.
- Generate the required number of strategic sales meetings and proposals each quarter.
- Use knowledge of retail cycles and peak seasons, such as Cyber 5, to position creators as essential partners during high-demand periods.
- Represent the ShopYourLikes brand at industry events, speak to large audiences, share thought leadership, and present case studies and best practices.
- Partner with internal Leadership, Marketing, and Product teams to share market intelligence and evolve the product, pitch, and go-to-market strategy.
Connexity is a performance marketing firm that helps retailers acquire new customers and grow sales. It runs fully managed retail growth campaigns using a mix of channels, including its premium publisher network, the ShopYourLikes social influencer platform, and Google Product Listings Ads, to place ads where high-value customers are active. The service uses sophisticated technology to optimize ad opportunities across these channels and manage campaigns at scale for hundreds of clients and thousands of product campaigns. Compared with others, Connexity combines a broad multi-channel reach with a managed, technology-driven approach and uses its established publisher network and influencer platform to reach hard-to-reach customers, including 40% of the Internet Retailer Top 100 companies and 1600 active campaigns. The company's goal is to help retailers find new customers and increase sales by delivering incremental opportunities beyond traditional advertising channels.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$5M
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
Founded
1996
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Connexity says it generates $5 billion in annual retailer sales, signaling durable scale.
- 2026 diversification into BNPL, shopping tools, and social channels expands monetization surfaces.
- Taboola reported Q1 2026 revenue growth of 9.1%, supporting Connexity investment capacity.
What critics are saying
- Taboola integration makes Connexity dependent on a larger parent’s strategy and capital allocation.
- Amazon and Google control cheaper demand channels, squeezing open-web performance marketing margins.
- If retailer budgets shift into retail media networks, Connexity loses its merchant acquisition engine.
What makes Connexity unique
- Taboola-owned Connexity reaches 100 million shoppers monthly across 6,000 publishers.
- It manages 1,600 direct merchants with guaranteed-performance retail campaigns.
- ShopYourLikes extends Connexity into influencer-led social commerce and creator monetization.
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