Client Partnerships + Sales Manager

About Closer&Closer

We are a trusted partner to ambitious creative teams at the world’s top brands and agencies such as Disney, Pepsi, Apple, Meta, and many others. We help them find artists and studios who collaborate with them to elevate and execute their biggest ideas.

Our roster includes world-class artists and studios across illustration, animation, and mixed media. Together, we’ve helped teams at Disney, Apple, Marvel, Pepsi, and other iconic brands bring their ideas to life.

We’re a strategic ally who helps clients build and deliver extraordinary creative work.

Job Description

We recently set an impossible goal to 10x our revenue over the next 2-3 years. We've seen incredible growth since then, and we're looking for a consultative sales professional — someone who’s great at closing deals and building partnerships — to accelerate our progress.

This role is perfect for a driven, relational sales professional who loves the intersection of creativity, business

You’ll work directly with global brands, agencies, and production partners — negotiating high-value creative projects, building lasting partnerships, and helping world-class artists and studios do the best work of their careers.

This role is perfect for the kind of person who:

• Loves sales because it means helping people get what they truly need.

• Leads with curiosity and empathy.

• Can close deals in a way that leaves clients feeling grateful and excited.

• Has experience growing $2-5m accounts

If you’re energized by creative problem-solving, thoughtful negotiation, and collaboration at the highest level, this is your opportunity to grow within a high-performance, purpose-driven sales organization.

Summary of Responsibilities

Build/Grow Client Partnerships

• Develop deep relationships with creative teams at world-class brands and agencies where you'll gain a deep understanding of their wants, needs, goals, constraints, and creative ambitions.

• Identify and grow high-value client accounts ($1-5M+/year potential) through proactive, consultative engagement.

• Lead partnership development meetings and presentations with clients.

Convert Inquiries to Sales

• You'll lead a high volume of negotiations for illustration, animation, mixed-media, live action video production, and pre/post production projects from initial inquiry to final delivery.

• Respond quickly and thoughtfully to incoming inquiries to qualify them.

• Conduct calls with clients to learn what they are looking for and to create alignment.

• Coordinate with artists and studios to ensure they are available and aligned with the clients needs.

• Guide clients toward solutions that allow them to bring their biggest ideas to life.

• Craft proposals, budgets, and contracts that align creative capabilities with client needs.

• Collaborate with artists, studios, and project managers to ensure smooth execution and delighted clients.

Contribute to Team Success

• Participate in weekly sales meetings, share insights, and refine our sales process.

• Learn directly from senior leadership and coaching to continually improve sales performance and grow contribution to team/company goals.

• Demonstrate a proactive approach to personal and professional development through continuous learning.

• Model curiosity, professionalism, and partnership in every interaction.

Who You Are

• A consultative partnership-builder who asks great questions and seeks to understand before offering solutions.

• Exceptional at listening, clarifying, and communicating with confidence and empathy.

• Experienced in negotiating complex, multi-stakeholder deals and managing details flawlessly.

• You’ve built strong client relationships that turn into repeat, long-term accounts.

• You thrive on results: closing deals, growing accounts, and growing revenue.

• Hungry to grow, humble enough to learn, and unafraid of high stakes.

Job Requirements

• 4–8 years of experience in sales, account management, business development, and/or experience in advertising, creative services, production, or media.

• Proven track record of closing large deals, growing $1m+ client accounts.

• Strong understanding of how brands, agencies, and production partners collaborate.

• Excellent written and verbal communicator — clear, concise, and persuasive in both writing and verbal conversation. Great presenter.

Why This Role Is Different

• You’ll represent extraordinary creative talent and bring big ideas to life for major brands and agencies.

• You’ll learn directly from proven sales leaders and coaches who know how to win complex deals and build large accounts.

• You’ll be part of a small, fast-moving team that is chasing a big goal together.

• You'll report to the Executive Agent and Founder of the business.

Salary Range:

$80,000 – $90,000 DOE

Benefits

• Individual commission incentives tied to sales and account growth

• 401K Retirement Benefit

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance

• Remote work flexibility - Based in the United States

Working Setup

Please note this is a remote position based in the United States

You must have a presentable Home Office. Closer&Closer will provide a computer and all software needed to perform the job.

Hours

Full time. 8:30 am to 5:30 pm or something similar in your respective time zone, Monday through Friday.