Client Partner (Automotive)

Location: Detroit, MI, United States; hybrid employment model with in-person events and team activities.

Base salary: $100,000–$125,000 annually, plus commission in a 50:50 base-to-commission structure. Budgeted OTE is $200,000–$250,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global operates a neighborhood network connecting neighbors, public agencies, and businesses across more than 350,000 neighborhoods in 11 countries.

What you will do

• Develop and execute a territory strategy to drive sustainable advertising revenue across the Central region, with a focus on automotive.
• Build relationships with automotive brands, agencies, senior marketing leaders, and media partners.
• Prospect, develop, and close new business while expanding revenue and retention within existing accounts.
• Advise advertisers on multi-funnel advertising solutions and create data-driven proposals, presentations, and business cases.
• Manage pipeline health, forecasting, opportunity prioritization, and complex enterprise buying processes.
• Partner with Ad Solutions, Marketing, Product, Measurement, and Operations to deliver successful campaigns and bring market insights into business strategy.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise advertising sales and new business development within digital media, adtech, automotive media, or related industries.
• Established relationships with automotive brands, agencies, and senior marketing decision-makers.
• Deep knowledge of the automotive advertising ecosystem and experience selling media or advertising solutions to automotive clients.
• Proven success managing a full sales cycle, exceeding revenue goals, and navigating complex enterprise buying processes.
• Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, storytelling, planning, and territory-management skills.
• Experience with Salesforce and modern sales prospecting or intelligence tools such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Pathmatics, or Winmo.

Nice to have

• Curiosity about AI and emerging technologies, with willingness to apply AI tools to improve productivity and customer outcomes.
• Experience in high-growth or rapidly evolving environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, inclusive, and community-focused work environment.
• Hybrid work combining office presence and work from home.
• Meaningful equity grant with quarterly vesting; the first vest date occurs within 3 months of starting.
• Choice of health plans, including a fully covered employee-only plan option.
• OneMedical membership for concierge care.