Senior Account Executive
The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. How? With a media-buying platform that helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers — and sets a new standard for global reach, accuracy, and transparency.
So if you’re talented, driven, creative, and hungry to bring something entirely new and wildly ambitious into the world (and have some fun doing it), then we want to talk.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:
- Help develop and grow strategy for TTD’s business with one of our largest global brands
- Schedule and conduct meetings with key client decision-makers
- Communicate the value of The Trade Desk media buying platform by walking through detailed demonstrations of the product
- Execute on a strategic plan to achieve revenue goals
- Hit monthly and quarterly revenue targets
- Respond to RFPs and prepare customized proposals to win new business
- Grow current accounts by identifying and closing up-sell opportunities within the brand
- Understand The Trade Desk's competitive differentiators in a dynamic online advertising landscape
- Work with the product team to help share customer insights that aid in crafting our product
- Collaborate with the trading and account management teams as well as the global brand team to up-sell clients
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 5-8 years of experience in online advertising in advertising Sales/BD
- Experience at an online publisher, ad network, ad exchange, ad server, SEM platform, DSP, or other online advertising roles preferred
- Experience working with brand and CPG specific media sales clients
- Strong quantitative skills and negotiation ability
- Self-starter – able to tackle new clients or territories with little mentoring
- Quick learner – able to rapidly grasp new technology and product changes
- Able to travel 10–20% of the time including some overnight travel
- Experience in managing longer sales cycles with multiple partners
- Comfortable working cross-functionally to collaborate and grow an account
- Proven track record of exceeding revenue expectations
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The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. The Trade Desk is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.