Sales Executive

Aposto is an independent media company. We publish newsletters, a website, a mobile app, and a print paper, and we run events. Our editorial philosophy is simple: gürültüden uzaklaş. Cut through the noise. Everything we make is built on the idea that people want less, chosen better.

We are looking for a Sales Executive to bring brands into that ecosystem, and to do it without making it feel like advertising.

The role

You own revenue from brands and agencies: newsletter placements, branded content, event sponsorships, print, and custom projects.You inherit an active pipeline and a book of brands and agencies who already work with us. Your job is to grow it, deepen it, and add to it.

This is a selling role, not an account servicing role. You are measured on new business and on renewals, not on decks produced.

What makes it interesting: our inventory is not a rate card you read out loud. The best work we sell is invented in the room. A brand tells you what they are trying to do, and you leave with a format that did not exist that morning.

What you'll own

• An existing pipeline of direct brands and media agencies, plus the new accounts you open yourself, in Turkey and increasingly outside it
• Monthly and annual revenue targets, with a clear view of where each number is coming from
• Proposals and pricing: standard placements through to bespoke multi-vertical programmes across Gündem, Pareto, Apéro, Duende, Quando, Angst, Soli
• Concept development with our editorial and creative teams, so what you sell is something we can actually make well
• Sponsorship across our event series, including packages that do not exist yet
• Renewals and account growth. A first campaign that becomes an annual commitment is worth more than three one-offs
• Accurate forecasting and CRM discipline. If your pipeline is not legible to the rest of the company, it does not count
• Feeding the market back into the business: what buyers keep asking for that we do not yet sell

What we're looking for

• Two to five years in media sales, agency sales, brand partnerships, or a comparable commercial role where you carried a number
• Existing relationships with brands or agencies in Istanbul, or clear evidence you can build them quickly
• The ability to write. Our proposals read like our newsletters, not like templates
• Native Turkish and strong professional English. You will pitch in both
• Commercial judgment: knowing which deals to chase, which to price up, and which to decline
• Taste, and the confidence to tell a client their idea will not work in our environment
• Comfort with a small company where the process is still being written

What this is not

We do not sell reach by the thousand, and we do not take work that reads as an interruption to our readers. If a campaign would cost us subscriber trust, the revenue is not worth it. Candidates who have only ever sold programmatic inventory or performance placements will find this an awkward fit.

Practical

Full time. Istanbul based, hybrid, two or three days in the office. Base salary plus commission, with the structure discussed openly in the first conversation rather than at offer stage.