Who we are
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.
Who you are
A client services all-star. You’re a problem-solver who enjoys teaching clients how to launch successful campaigns using data-driven decisioning. You’re great at troubleshooting campaigns and an expert when it comes to handling large data sets and presenting your insights to clients. You will play an important role in building our presence, business, and culture in The Trade Desk’s Sydney office. You embody The Trade Desk’s core values of grit, agility, openness and full-heartedness.
In this role you will work for a portfolio of advertisers from some of the largest global agency holding groups.
What you’ll do
- Manage a team of both Trading Specialists and Senior Trading Specialists.
- Work with internal teams to create growth strategies that help achieve client’s goals and objectives.
- Lead and create RTB buying strategies, optimization algorithms, and data visualization.
- Become a leader in best practices for The Trade Desk platform and offer insights on how to improve campaign effectiveness through the platform’s functionality. Mentor clients leveraging this expertise.
- Combine data analysis and client feedback to create optimization strategies and provide solutions for complex campaigns to meet client objectives.
- Work closely with Product Management and other cross-functional teams to help define features and enhancements to improve the platform.
- Help build our trading best practices, including creating training collateral and internal resources.
- Understand and effectively communicate The Trade Desk’s value proposition, technology, processes, and partnerships, as they relate to growth of current client accounts.
- Help build the Client Services practice, including developing training material, customer facing assets, and internal resources for trading media through our platform.
What you bring to the table
- 7+ years of programmatic, hands-on DSP and/or online ad operations experience.
- 3+ years of client-facing experience & team management experience.
- Strong leadership skills: ability to set and communicate goals, measure accomplishments, hold team accountable, and give useful feedback; delegate and develop; keep people informed, and provide effective coaching.
- Experience in working with ad exchanges, aggregators, ad servers, and other optimization platforms.
- Solid experience in trafficking and optimizing CPA, CPC direct marketing campaigns preferably in an RTB environment.
- Solid experience in Excel including pivot tables, chart-making, and manipulation of data sets.
- Outstanding troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving abilities, along with an ability to collaborate cross-functionally in a get-it-done now start-up environment.
- 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 prioritize and meet deadlines.
- Self-starter – able to tackle new clients or territories with little guidance.
- Quick learner – able to rapidly grasp new technology and product change.
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