Responsibilities

• Build senior brand relationships — Owning relationships at CMO, Global Head of Media, and VP of Brand level, along with key line-of-business leads such as Data, Creative, and Measurement within the brand.
• Get ahead of the brief — Getting into brand planning cycles early so Verve's data, formats, and capabilities are already part of the conversation before the brief reaches the agency.
• Represent Verve in the room — Representing Verve at brand-side (not agency-side) forums, marketing conferences, and roundtables to build Verve's profile with brand teams directly.
• Commission insight work — Working with the insights and data teams to build brand-specific audience stories, category reports, and trend pieces that give brands a reason to meet and stay engaged.
• Secure Joint Business Plans — Working towards annual brand frameworks that lock in investment and strategic commitment at brand level, independent of which agency holds the account.
• Run the pilot — Building and pitching a defined target list of named accounts, with revenue tracked separately from non-brand-direct-supported business to prove the model.
• Co-sell, don't compete — Partner with the existing agency sales team under a joint commercial framework — this role is additive to agency relationships, not competitive with them; revenue is double-counted so both sides are incentivized to collaborate.

Requirements

• You have a track record of building and owning senior client relationships directly with brands or marketers, not solely through an agency or intermediary.
• You have genuine "hunter" instincts — you're comfortable prospecting, opening new doors, and creating momentum in a newly-created role with no existing playbook.
• You have an existing network of brand-side contacts in the UK; a specific category or vertical angle (e.g. CPG/Retail, Travel, Finance, Beauty/Lux) is a plus but not required.
• You're comfortable with ambiguity and building process as you go — this is a Phase 1 hire into a function that will evolve quickly.
• You have strong commercial instincts: you can read an account's growth potential and prioritize your time accordingly.
• You bring experience in media, adtech, data, or a related commercial sales environment as helpful context, though the core skill this role requires is brand-side relationship building.

Preferred

• Existing network of brand-side contacts in the UK; a specific category or vertical angle (e.g. CPG/Retail, Travel, Finance, Beauty/Lux) is a plus but not required.

Benefits

• Stay healthy with our Bupa HealthCare Plan with easy access to medical care
• Support your long-term financial security with our Aviva Corporate Pension Scheme, with Verve contributing 5% of your qualifying earnings
• Pick what matters most to you in our Personalized Benefits Platform, with a budget of £50/month
• Recharge with 25 paid vacation days + 3 Wellness days throughout the year, in addition to the public holidays
• Boost your professional knowledge with our annual training budget & internal webinars… and even more reasons to join us!