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Carly Ehrlich

Woodbury,USA

Summary

Accomplished in transforming multimedia sales strategies and client development, my tenure at NBCUniversal honed my negotiation prowess and team mentoring abilities. Spearheaded innovative advertising campaigns, achieving over $30MM in sales and introducing groundbreaking CTV products at Wurl, I excel in driving revenue and fostering strong client relationships through consultative sales and cross-functional coordination.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Business Development Lead

Wurl
Woodbury, NY
03.2024 - Current
  • Introduce new, innovative CTV/streaming advertising products to the market.
  • Facilitate the achievement of client KPIs within CTV by aligning solutions with their objectives.
  • Meet quarterly internal OKRs.
  • Engage industry professionals through speaking roles at various conferences.
  • Develop workflows to optimize daily operational tasks.
  • Oversee, lead outreach, and client communication using Salesforce, Gong, and HubSpot.
  • Initiate the development of new ad products based on identified demands.

Director, Commerce Partnerships

NBCUniversal
New York, NY
06.2022 - 02.2024

• Subject Matter Expert for commerce-enabled campaigns.

• Strategize, develop, and spearhead new revenue opportunities to drive transactions for advertisers. • Develop go-to-market strategies for branding, growth, and performance-based advertisers utilizing commerce-enabled media.

• Manage a team that externally presents and negotiates programs utilizing new and innovative ad formats for incremental revenue.

• Work cross-functionally internally to productize new ad products for clients that hit KPIs and ROAS.

Account Executive, Portfolio Sales

NBCUniversal
New York, NY
03.2019 - 06.2022
  • Consistently hit and exceed aggressive quarterly budgets with new business advertisers while growing existing accounts
  • Leverage entire NBCUniversal portfolio to find audiences at scale for brand partners
  • Help clients reach incremental audiences through new and existing business channels
  • Work as a strategic partner working cross functionally with planning, marketing, research, and various sales support groups
  • Utilize full suite of measurement and reporting capabilities to prove out ROI and full funnel metrics

Account Executive, Advanced TV Sales

FreeWheel
New York, NY
01.2018 - 03.2019
  • Closed $1MM in new business sales within first year
  • Activated new agencies, Harmelin Media & OMD, within first 3 and 9 months respectively leading to deal renewals and customer satisfaction
  • Drive sales demand across linear TV and emerging forms of video
  • Understand customer needs to develop data driven media plans that deliver and measure against client KPIs
  • Prospect new business, grow existing business and generate client meetings by providing knowledge of the evolving TV landscape
  • Hit and exceed quarterly goals
  • Collaborate with internal teams, including Marketing and Research, to advocate on client behalf

Associate Account Executive, NBC Broadcast Entertainment

NBCUniversal
New York, NY
01.2017 - 12.2017
  • Worked closely with sales leadership to focus on sales development, account management and strategic sales initiatives in addition to maintaining current scope of the Sales Planner role
  • Understood customer needs and develop creative and innovative opportunities to monetize on
  • Focused on client growth, renewal, and satisfaction
  • Prospected new business
  • Grew relationships by providing excellent customer service to clients

Sales Planner, NBC Broadcast Entertainment

NBCUniversal
New York, NY
10.2015 - 12.2016
  • Negotiated and closed $30MM+ in scatter advertising sales during planning career
  • Grew upon relationships and provided excellent customer service to various media buying agencies servicing 70+ advertisers
  • Built strategic media plans working closely with pricing to maximize inventory while maintaining client goals and expectations
  • Worked with Account Executives on external meetings to learn and grow upon presentation and negotiation skills

Sales Planner, NBC News Group – NBC News, MSNBC & CNBC

NBCUniversal
New York, NY
08.2014 - 10.2015
  • Negotiated and closed $30MM+ in scatter advertising sales during planning career
  • Grew upon relationships and provided excellent customer service to various media buying agencies servicing 70+ advertisers
  • Built strategic media plans working closely with pricing to maximize inventory while maintaining client goals and expectations
  • Worked with Account Executives on external meetings to learn and grow upon presentation and negotiation skills

Sales Assistant, NBC Broadcast Entertainment

NBCUniversal
New York, NY
04.2013 - 08.2014
  • Assisted three Account Executives across 6+ media buying agencies
  • Worked closely with media buyers to ensure all accounts were being maintained properly on a day-to-day basis
  • Developed meaningful relationships with clients by delivering outstanding customer service
  • Helped build Late Night and Daytime upfront plans as well as Daytime scatter plans

Marketing Sales Assistant for Branded Entertainment and Sports- NBCU Network

NBCUniversal
New York, NY
08.2012 - 04.2013
  • Assisted marketing and sales teams in daily tasks for both NBC Entertainment and Sports Groups
  • Researched and analyzed all competitive marketing materials to showcase to all levels of NBC Entertainment and Sports Groups
  • Produced and organized client recap presentations and exposure charts for NBC Entertainment Group’s up-to-date reference with several season long partners of The Voice and America’s Got Talent as well as individual integrations within The Biggest Loser

Education

Bachelor of Science - Sociology

University of Wisconsin- Madison, College of Letters and Sciences
Madison, WI
05.2012

Skills

  • Team mentoring
  • Business process improvement
  • Sales proposal creation
  • Client onboarding
  • Industry trends
  • Account development
  • Cross-functional coordination
  • Cold calling
  • Customer relationship management
  • Consultative sales
  • Multimedia sales strategies
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Advertising campaign management
  • Client development
  • Professional Presentation Skills
  • Advertising sales

Timeline

Senior Business Development Lead

Wurl
03.2024 - Current

Director, Commerce Partnerships

NBCUniversal
06.2022 - 02.2024

Account Executive, Portfolio Sales

NBCUniversal
03.2019 - 06.2022

Account Executive, Advanced TV Sales

FreeWheel
01.2018 - 03.2019

Associate Account Executive, NBC Broadcast Entertainment

NBCUniversal
01.2017 - 12.2017

Sales Planner, NBC Broadcast Entertainment

NBCUniversal
10.2015 - 12.2016

Sales Planner, NBC News Group – NBC News, MSNBC & CNBC

NBCUniversal
08.2014 - 10.2015

Sales Assistant, NBC Broadcast Entertainment

NBCUniversal
04.2013 - 08.2014

Marketing Sales Assistant for Branded Entertainment and Sports- NBCU Network

NBCUniversal
08.2012 - 04.2013

Bachelor of Science - Sociology

University of Wisconsin- Madison, College of Letters and Sciences
Carly Ehrlich