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Tripadvisor is hiring a Sales Manager for our Cruise Critic web site. Cruise Critic is the worlds largest cruise reviews & information site, offering a comprehensive resource for cruise travellers which covers audiences from first-time cruisers to avid cruise enthusiasts. Cruise Critic features more than 350,000 cruise reviews & hosts the world's largest online cruise community. Cruise Critic was the first consumer cruise site on the Internet, launched in October 1995 by The Independent Traveler, now a subsidiary of TripAdvisor

We are seeking a smart & energetic online advertising Sales Manager. This position will quickly help grow the company's business in both display & CPC. The successful candidate must be assertive, creative, resourceful, & enjoy working in a highly entrepreneurial environment. The position requires outstanding sales, leadership, communication, & organizational skills. The candidate should possess a gift for developing & maintaining relationships, & an exceptional understanding of digital media.

The successful candidate will be based in  and will be responsible for hitting monthly, quarterly, & annual sales targets. Travel may be required up to 20%.  This position reports to the Head of Sales for Cruise Critic, based in London, UK.

What You'll do:

• A customer-oriented person with a strong commercial mind-set & influencing skills, capable of convincing & engaging people.
• A results oriented consultative seller that can help identify & solve challenges with our largest clients
•  A dynamic person, used to working independently in fast-paced environments & with great organizational skills.
• A high-performing professional with demonstrated business development experience in building & developing deep & wide relationships with clients
• A self-starter, results-oriented person who loves to reach & exceed targets.
• Help develop, test & then champion new products in market
• Work cross-departmentally to optimize the UK site
• Work successfully & energetically on the phone, in groups, as well as with in person client meetings
• Bundle different types of advertising products to create a successful portfolio for your advertisers (e.g. CPM media, CPC media, sponsorships, text links, etc.)
• Extensive relevant work experience
• Extensive experience selling online advertising with responsibility for an annual quota of at least $1 million
• Recent & successful track record of sales to the travel industry is a plus
• Broad expertise & unique knowledge of the travel industry, with a heavy focus on cruise
• Demonstrated ability to think creatively & sell strategically
• Track record of developing long-term relationships with (and commitments from) clients & agencies
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent online, written & verbal communications skills
• Teamwork skills essential; sense of humour required; overdeveloped sales egos must be checked

At Cruise Critic, we have built an open & collaborative environment & we hire the people we want to work with (not just the ones with the right qualifications), but who also think differently & challenge the status quo.  We empower people, giving the support & autonomy needed to succeed.  We embrace data to make decisions & overcome obstacles.  We choose speed over perfection, but not at the expense of quality.  We do what we do well, but were always looking to make it better.  Let us know if youd like to help.

If you need a reasonable accommodation or support during the application or the recruiting process due to a medical condition or disability, please reach out to your individual recruiter or send an email to AccessibleRecruiting@Tripadvisor.com & let us know the nature of your request . Please include the job requisition number in your message.

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