Phillips Outsourcing Limited is a leading Nigerian outsourcing and HR solutions provider, established around 2007 as a sister company to Phillips Consulting. With over 18 years of experience, it delivers tailored services including personnel outsourcing, recruitment, payroll and accounting management, background checks and verification, expense management, training, and facility rentals. Operating across Nigeria and Ghana with a dedicated workforce of over 12,000, the company serves major clients in sectors such as banking, telecommunications, and others, helping organizations improve efficiency, reduce costs, and focus on core operations while ensuring full compliance.
Phillips Outsourcing Limited is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Advertising & Sponsorships Lead
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Industry: Media & Publishing
Responsibilities
- Own the advertising and sponsorship sales pipeline, from prospecting through closing and collection.
- Identify and proactively approach prospective advertisers, sponsors, media agencies and corporate decision-makers.
- Sell advertising across existing print and digital inventory.
- Develop and sell sponsorship packages across newsletters, podcasts, print issues, special editorial projects and other media products.
- Build relationships with brands and agencies that can develop into repeat and multi-campaign business.
- Prepare proposals, media plans, sponsorship decks and commercial packages tailored to prospective clients.
- Lead pitches and negotiations, moving opportunities decisively from initial conversations to signed agreements.
- Maintain an organised pipeline with clear deal values, probabilities, next steps and expected closing dates.
- Work closely with Finance to ensure invoices are raised promptly and payments are collected.
- Coordinate with Audience, Design, Product and Editorial teams to obtain materials required to sell and deliver campaigns.
- Manage commercial client relationships through campaign delivery and identify opportunities for renewals and larger engagements.
- Report regularly on pipeline, contracted revenue, collected revenue and performance against targets.
- Help refine rate cards, advertising products and sponsorship packages based on market demand and performance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, social sciences or a related field (graduate degrees strongly encouraged).
- 5+ years’ experience in advertising sales, media sales, sponsorships, business development or a related commercial role (2–3 years of sales leadership experience preferred).
- Demonstrated record of personally generating revenue and closing commercial deals.
- Strong knowledge of the Nigerian corporate, advertising and media landscape.
- Experience selling to brands, agencies, marketing teams or corporate decision-makers.
- Strong commercial judgement and ability to translate client needs into compelling commercial propositions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation and negotiation skills.
- Strong organizational discipline to maintain an active pipeline and follow opportunities through to collection.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of a commercial function in a growing company.
- CRM proficiency (e.g., Apollo), and passion for journalism.
Salary
N800,000 gross monthly + uncapped performance-based commission
Application Closing Date
16th October, 2026.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
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