National Events Sales

Overview National Tour Event Sales Salem Media is seeking a high-performing sales professional to drive sponsorship revenue across national live tour events, large-scale experiential activations, and integrated media partnerships. This role is focused on securing high-value partnerships with national brands and agencies, creating sponsorship opportunities that extend beyond traditional event signage into fully integrated, multi-market campaigns. Faith-based, conservative, and patriotic audiences are exactly what a growing number of national brands are looking for right now. The ideal candidate understands how to build partnerships in that space that are onsite, onscreen, and fully integrated-creating meaningful brand experiences before, during, and after live events. This role requires a strategic seller who can package event sponsorships with digital media, branded content, audience engagement, and measurable ROI. Responsibilities • Drive net-new sponsorship revenue by securing brand partnerships for Salem s live tours, special events, and experiential properties • Develop integrated sponsorship packages that include: • Event title sponsorships • Pre-show and post-show sponsorships • On-site activations • Digital media extensions • Branded content opportunities • Social media amplification • Podcast/radio integrations • Create partnership opportunities that deliver: • Brand exposure • Consumer activation • Audience engagement • Multi-platform amplification • Sell sponsorship opportunities that include: • Onsite brand presence • Product integration • Event signage • Video placements • Digital content integration • VIP hospitality packages • Ticket experiences • Meet-and-greet opportunities • Partner with internal content, programming, digital, and event teams to develop customized sponsorship solutions that align with advertiser goals • Identify and cultivate relationships with national brands, agencies, regional advertisers, and strategic partners • Build compelling presentations and proposals that communicate audience reach, event impact, and partnership value • Manage sponsorship pipeline from prospecting through contract execution and renewal opportunities • Provide clients with post-event recap materials including campaign performance, audience insights, activation results, and ROI reporting • Stay informed on trends in experiential marketing, sponsorship sales, live events, entertainment partnerships, and branded content opportunities Qualifications • 5+ years of experience in sponsorship sales, experiential marketing, event partnerships, media sales, or brand partnerships • Familiarity with faith-based or values-driven media a plus • Proven track record of generating net-new business revenue and closing high-value sponsorship deals • Experience selling integrated campaigns that combine live events with digital, social, content, media, or experiential elements • Strong relationships with brands, agencies, event marketers, or sponsorship decision-makers preferred • Ability to create strategic partnership solutions rather than selling standard packages • Strong presentation, negotiation, and communication skills • Experience working with live events, concerts, tours, festivals, sports, media properties, or entertainment partnerships is highly preferred • Highly motivated, entrepreneurial, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple partnerships simultaneously • Passion for live experiences, media, audience engagement, and creating meaningful brand partnerships Benefits Why Salem • Work with the most influential talent in the country. • Uncapped earning potential (competitive base + commission). • Opportunity to build a national podcast monetization engine inside an established, publicly traded media company. • Access to Salem s full One World platform to architect multi-channel campaigns no competitor can match. • Competitive pay structure based on experience. • Health, dental, vision, and life insurance. • 401(k) retirement plan. • Paid holidays and vacation time. EEO Statement Come see how Salem is DIFFERENT and why we ve been certified as a Great Place to Work and as a Best and Brightest equal opportunity employer. #advertising #sales #media #broadcast #radio #digital #marketing #podcast #ZR #HP1 Compensation $90,000 - 110,000 year + generous commission stucture Originally posted on Himalayas