About SheSpeaks
SheSpeaks is an award-winning influencer marketing and media company helping brands turn authentic creator storytelling into measurable business outcomes.
We don’t just create content, we transform it into performance-driven media across paid social, programmatic, retail media, and CTV. Our work helps brands move seamlessly from awareness to purchase, delivering measurable impact.
We’re looking for a Director of Sales & Business Development to drive new business growth and help shape how we bring our offering to market.
This is a highly strategic, consultative sales role for someone who:
- Has experience selling complex influencer marketing or media solutions
- Is comfortable engaging senior marketing and commercial leaders
- Can translate marketing into business outcomes
- Wants to play a meaningful role in building and scaling a high-growth business
You won’t just sell, you’ll help define how we position creator-led media as a performance channel.
Your Role:Lead Consultative Selling in the Chicago Market- Own and drive the full sales process from prospecting through close
- Lead discovery and shape opportunities with brands and agencies
- Sell into complex organizations with multiple stakeholders
- Translate client needs into tailored, insight-driven programs
- Partner with internal teams to develop proposals that connect content, media, and performance
- Lead and respond to RFPs with clear, compelling narratives
- Build relationships with marketing & shopper marketing stakeholders
- Lead strategic conversations around:
- Media investment
- Performance outcomes
- Full-funnel impact
- Build and manage a strong pipeline of opportunities
- Navigate long sales cycles and move deals forward with urgency
- Consistently meet and exceed revenue targets
- Help refine how we position and package our offering
- Contribute to evolving our sales narrative and go-to-market strategy
- Bring market feedback into how we develop and sell our solutions
- 7–10+ years of experience in sales, business development, or client leadership
- Proven experience selling complex, multi-service influencer marketing or media solutions
- Strong understanding of:
- Paid media (social, programmatic, retail media, etc.)
- Marketing performance and measurement (ROAS, incrementality, etc.)
- Experience managing long, consultative sales cycles
- Ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels
- Strong storytelling and presentation skills
- Experience in retail media, shopper marketing, or commerce marketing
- Background in influencer marketing or creator-led content
- Existing relationships within CPG, retail, or major agency networks
- A strategic seller who can both advise and close
- Comfortable selling ideas, not just products
- A builder mindset — excited by growth, change, and ownership
- Driven, proactive, and motivated by impact and upside
- Base salary: $100,000-$130,000 (flexible based on experience)
- Performance-based commission uncapped with significant upside ($100K+)
- Opportunity to grow with the business and expand your role
- Be part of a company redefining how influencer marketing drives real business results
- Work at the intersection of creator, media, and performance
- Help shape the future of creator-led media as a performance channel
- Join a team known for quality, trust, and measurable impact