Regional Sales Manager

Description

Job Type Full-time

Job Title: Regional Sales Manager
Company: The Stranger and Portland Mercury
Location: Seattle with frequent travel to Portland

Salary $120,000

The Stranger and Portland Mercury are looking for a sales leader who can take a winning team even further, sharpen the strategy behind every pitch, and keep fearless, independent local media thriving in Seattle and Portland.

The Regional Sales Manager will lead day-to-day sales operations across our flagship Pacific Northwest markets, directly managing the account executives and sales coordinators who serve Seattle (The Stranger) and Portland (Portland Mercury). This is a hands-on, player-coach role focused on hitting revenue targets, developing a high-performing team, and selling Noisy Creek’s full portfolio of advertising, sponsorship, events, and ticketing products.

Working closely with local Publishers and reporting to the revenue leadership team, the Regional Sales Manager will set quotas, coach reps, manage the regional pipeline, and own the relationships with our most important advertisers and agency partners. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable building a sales strategy and getting in the field to close business alongside the team.

This is a full-time, exempt, management position, based in Seattle, that requires frequent travel to Portland.

• Lead the Seattle and Portland sales team. Manage, coach, and develop a team of account executives and sales coordinators across both markets — setting expectations, managing the sales pipeline, running one-on-one meetings, and supporting hiring and onboarding for the sales team.
• Own regional revenue targets. Carry responsibility for advertising, sponsorship, events, and ticketing revenue across the Seattle and Portland markets, setting individual and team quotas and tracking performance against goal.
• Drive sales strategy and execution. Build territory and account plans, prioritize high-value opportunities across digital, print, newsletter, social, and event products, and package inventory in ways that meet advertiser objectives.
• Coach to results. Provide hands-on sales coaching — joining pitches, reviewing proposals, and helping reps advance and close deals while building repeatable, scalable sales practices.
• Manage key relationships. Personally own and grow relationships with the region’s most important advertisers, agencies, sponsors, and ticketing partners.
• Partner with Publishers. Collaborate closely with the Seattle and Portland Publishers on revenue priorities, local market strategy, and cross-functional initiatives spanning advertising, events, and membership.
• Maintain forecasting and reporting. Keep the CRM current and deliver accurate, timely pipeline forecasts and revenue reporting that enable data-driven decisions.
• Champion the products. Ensure reps are fluent in Noisy Creek’s evolving product set, rate cards, and packages, and feed market insights back to product and marketing teams.

Requirements

• 7+ years of media, advertising, or comparable B2B sales experience, including at least 3 years managing or leading a sales team.
• Demonstrated track record of meeting and exceeding revenue targets, with the ability to set quotas and hold a team accountable to them.
• Strong sales coaching and people-development skills — a genuine player-coach who can both mentor reps and sell.
• Comfort selling across a multiplatform portfolio (digital, print, newsletter, social, events, and ticketing); cross-channel and event sales experience is a plus.
• Proficiency with CRM and sales reporting tools, and an analytical, data-driven approach to pipeline and forecasting.
• Excellent relationship-building skills with advertisers, agencies, and partners at all levels.
• Adaptable, entrepreneurial mindset; thrives in a dynamic, fast-moving environment and is willing to roll up sleeves in a lean organization.
• Mission alignment: belief in the civic and cultural importance of alternative media and community-rooted journalism.

Why Join Noisy Creek

This is an opportunity to lead sales for two of the most beloved alternative weeklies in the country while helping build a profitable, sustainable model that strengthens civic life in the Pacific Northwest. As Regional Sales Manager, you will shape how a growing media company brings its products to market — with real ownership, a close-knit team, and the chance to make a visible impact in Seattle and Portland.

Noisy Creek is a growing media company dedicated to invigorating beloved and trusted alternative media across the United States. We are a multi-platform business with digital and print media properties in a growing number of markets across the U.S. Our initial papers were The Stranger in Seattle and the Portland Mercury. We recently added Chicago’s Reader to our portfolio. Additionally, we have EverOut (an event discovery brand), a ticketing platform, and additional lines of work in podcasts and live events.

At their best, these publications are the lifeblood of civic life, culture, and politics in their communities. Noisy Creek exists to sustain and scale this model, building the most influential local media company in the country by leaning into local voices and supporting them with new and diverse revenue products.

Benefits:

• Health Insurance: Employer-subsidized medical, dental, and vision premiums
• Retirement Plan: Employer match program
• Paid Vacation: Accrued vacation earned throughout the year at a rate of two weeks annually, increasing to four weeks after five years.
• Paid Sick Time: One week accrued per year, with rollover
• Paid Holidays: Nine paid holidays, a paid holiday week between December 24 and January 1, plus two any-day floating holidays
• Additional Paid Leaves: Bereavement leave, jury duty leave, plus options to supplement state-paid family and medical leave
• Commuter Benefits: Discounted transit pass
• Professional Development: Annual stipend to support training and career-related learning
• Employee Assistance Program: Access to wellness and financial support services
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA): Pre-tax.

Noisy Creek is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Diverse candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. We realize that not everyone receives the same professional or educational opportunities, so if you don’t meet all the above qualifications but still think you’d be a good fit, please consider applying. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status. If you want to be part of a team where your skills and ideas are valued, we want to hear from you! Noisy Creek is committed to creating a collaborative environment that celebrates the diversity of our staff.