HypeX is building its founding sponsorship sales team for an upcoming creator, entertainment and culture festival in Delhi NCR.

We are looking for an experienced Sponsorship Sales Manager who can independently develop the commercial pipeline, lead a team of specialists and close high-value brand partnerships.

This is a hands-on leadership position. The selected candidate will be expected to prospect, pitch and close their own accounts while also guiding the teams outreach, meetings, proposals and negotiations.

Key responsibilities

- Develop and execute the sponsorship sales strategy for HypeX.
- Build a structured pipeline across consumer brands, agencies, startups and corporate organisations.
- Identify suitable industries, categories and target accounts.
- Personally manage and close high-value sponsorship opportunities.
- Lead, mentor and monitor a team of sponsorship sales specialists.
- Define weekly outreach, meetings, proposal and closure targets.
- Review the team’s pipeline, follow-ups and conversion performance.
- Participate in important brand and agency meetings.
- Develop customised sponsorship and activation solutions.
- Negotiate commercial terms, deliverables and contracts.
- Coordinate with leadership, marketing, creative and operations teams.
- Ensure accurate revenue forecasting and reporting.
- Support collections and sponsor onboarding.
- Build long-term sponsor relationships for future HypeX editions.
- Develop agency, referral and channel-partner relationships.

Candidate requirements





- 5–10 years of B2B sales, sponsorship, media, events, advertising, exhibitions or partnership experience.
- Proven history of meeting or exceeding revenue targets.
- Experience handling complete sales cycles and high-value negotiations.
- Ability to build sales pipelines independently.
- Experience leading or mentoring a sales team.
- Solid communication, presentation and commercial-negotiation skills.
- Existing connections with brands, agencies or senior marketing decision-makers are strongly preferred.
- Comfortable working directly with founders and operating in an early-stage environment.
- Comfortable with work from office and client meetings across Delhi NCR.

Compensation

- Fixed salary: 40,000–80,000 per month
- Incentive on individual closures
- Team-performance override or leadership incentive
- Potential to earn 2–8 lakh+ in additional incentives based on successful closures and collections
- Opportunity to grow into Head of Sponsorships or Commercial Lead

Why join

- Lead the commercial function of a new festival property.
- Join at an early stage with meaningful ownership.
- Work directly with the leadership team.
- Build and lead the founding sponsorship sales team.
- Manage high-value accounts and strategic partnerships.
- Influence sponsorship products, pricing and revenue strategy.
- Earn uncapped individual and team incentives.
- Build a long-term role across future HypeX editions.

📌 Sponsorship Sales Manager (Delhi)
🏢 Affl Marketing
📍 Delhi