Take over overall go-to-market strategy and execution plan for the political sector in 2026 with the opportunity to capture dollars as early in the year as possible.
Continue to define PREMION’s resource strategy for Political
Manage and develop relationships with all key senior level and day-to-day decision makers at the national political agencies; including but to limited to National Media, Target Media, and GMMB, PAC’s, candidate groups, etc.
Manage and lead pitches to drive agency-wide deals, pricing, and client development.
Execute on RFP responses and new business proposals.
Manage and work with our third-party sales team/consultancy to maximize results
Execute with pre-sales, sales operations, marketing, account management teams and sales channel partner teams
Also, partner with product and technology teams to ensure targeting, identify data enrichment opportunities and define reporting and insights requirements.
Collaborate with the Premion team of requirements, opportunities, and challenges from political agencies that will enable Premion to maximize revenue and make necessary adjustments to products and processes.
Network at key political events to develop relationships and keep Premion top-of-mind as the leading local, streaming, premium solution.
Communicate at a high level with the Premion team and TEGNA senior sales leadership.
Manage current Manager, Political Advertising
Reach/exceed established revenue goals

Experienced advertising leader with deep and existing contacts with key political agencies based in DC, NY
Experience in streaming, local, broadcast TV or other digital video.
Leader with an entrepreneurial mindset.
Dynamic presenter, who hits the ground running and closes business.
Able to effectively solve problems and identify solutions and opportunities.
Able to work alongside and influence key Premion team members and groups

Winning, inclusive, supportive and fun culture
Purpose driven and employee-centric organization
Leading and innovative media products
Resources to set you up for success
401k retirement matching
Health, vision, dental, disability and life insurance
Health savings account
12 free annual therapy sessions with Spring Health for you and your family
Give & Volunteer opportunities
Exclusive employee discounts including, but not limited to: Health & wellness apps, fitness equipment, Costco & Sam’s club memberships, computers, travel, cell phone carriers, movie tickets, pet insurance, home/ auto insurance, legal insurance, etc.

Director of Political Sales

Key skills