The Brooklyn Rail seeks a Director of Advertising Partnerships. Please click to view the full position description or to nominate/apply.

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director of Advertising Partnerships will be responsible for all digital and print ad sales and sponsorships for The Brooklyn Rail. This Director will execute the full ad lifecycle from pitching to print, including: market segmentation and identification of prospects; advertising sales workflows from first approach, to initial close, to cultivation of ongoing relationships with advertisers; development of advertising pricing and packages; and analysis of feedback and metrics to maximize (and demonstrate to advertisers) the value of their relationship with The Rail.

This position requires an entrepreneurial driver of digital & print advertising revenue to cultivate financially advantageous partnerships, particularly with businesses and brands in the arts, media & entertainment, lifestyle, travel, leisure, and creative economy sectors. Required for this role is a strong track record of personally cultivating advertisers and growing sales for digital advertising. When hired, this person will be a department-of-one and will grow the ad sales function and team via sales success.

The Brooklyn Rail is a nonprofit journal and media platform that produces digital and print publications for the arts, culture, humanities, and politics that feature in-depth critical essays, fiction, and poetry; interviews with artists, critics, and curators; and reviews of art, music, dance, film, books, and theatre. The Rail was founded 26 years ago with content centered on the New York art scene; however, in recent years The Rail has increasingly covered national and international stories. A print edition is published 10 times annually. 100,000 physical copies are annually distributed free of charge to over 200 cultural and community gathering spaces in 39 states. Two million readers annually access The Rail at no cost through the website.

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For additional information or to apply, please contact Juliana Rivera Sprague and Mark Oppenheim at info[at]moppenheim[dot]com.