Associate Account Director

What you'll do

• Drive growth across ANZ with the largest local and global brands
• Communicate the value of The Trade Desk media buying platform by walking through detailed demonstrations of the product
• Understand competitive differentiators in fast-changing online advertising landscape
• Be a trusted consultant to clients across all teams that touch those brands to accelerate delivery of their objectives by setting long term objectives and roadmaps
• Work closely with the Trading team to onboard new customers and grow existing advertiser patches
• Work closely with Sales to identify ways to grow current accounts
• Become an expert on The Trade Desk platform and offer insights to clients on how to improve campaigns
• Provide continual training to clients of all levels as new features are added
• Host meetings with people of influence on the account irrespective of function and level
• Work with Product Management to help define features and drive enhancements to The Trade Desk platform and auxiliary elements
• Help build the Client Services practice by creating training materials, best practices, sales materials and customer facing guides

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 10 years digital advertising experience and client facing experience required
• Proven track record of growing accounts by forging a strong relationship with clients, understanding their objectives and recommending best strategies
• Effective time management skills – ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
• Experience with driving projects requiring stakeholders from different disciplines to drive output at pace
• Expertise in working with RTB, DSPs, ad exchanges, aggregators, ad servers, and other optimisation platforms is a plus
• Solid experience in Excel and MS Office, including pivot tables, chart-making
• Outstanding troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally in a fast-paced start-up environment

Tech stack