About the Role
Samsung Ads is seeking a motivated Sales Executive to build and grow relationships with agencies and top brand marketers. This role focuses on leveraging Samsung's proprietary ad platform, which utilizes unique first-party TV data for cross-device targeting across desktop, mobile, tablets, and SMART TVs. The ideal candidate will have deep audience targeting expertise, experience with cross-device targeting, an existing client base, and strong agency experience with senior-level contacts. This position is focused on the Travel vertical, is national in scope, and will carry an annual revenue goal.
Responsibilities
- Develop high-level relationships with customers and serve as a trusted consultant to optimize their advertising growth.
- Create mid-term and long-term territory plans to grow the advertising business on and off the Smart TV platform.
- Work with agencies and brands to integrate the Smart TV platform into their media mix.
- Communicate market trends and industry shifts, including implications to product teams, acting as the voice of the customer.
- Act as an internal champion for proposed Smart TV advertising strategy across key Samsung stakeholders.
- Understand Samsung’s TV Data, products, and measurement tools to build relevant advertising solutions.
- Understand and learn about the CTV/OTT industry and competitive environment, including competitive product offerings.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with up to 8+ years of experience in new business development across traditional TV and digital media advertising, including CTV, OLV and data activation.
- Experience selling data and complex deals is a plus.
- Experience working directly with client and agency partners.
- Strong understanding of the advertising ecosystem and evolving SmartTV marketplace.
- Proven track record of high-level negotiation and relationship building within the advertising industry.
- Demonstrated success managing both internal and external stakeholder relationships.
- Ability to effectively present to agencies and advertisers both virtually and in-person.
- Experience working in both entrepreneurial and established corporate environments.
- Proven ability to consistently close business and drive revenue growth.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and consistent follow-through.
Skills
- Passion for TV driven data
- Pulse for new multi-channel advertising technologies
- Deep audience targeting expertise
- Cross-device targeting experience
- Existing client base
- Strong agency experience
- Strategic thinking
- Ability to anticipate buying decisions
- Ability to uncover client business needs
- Proven ability to close deals
- Team player
- Ability to work collaboratively
- Hunter mentality
- Clear and effective client communication
- Networking and prospecting skills
- Account management
Location
- New York
- Domestic US
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5-7 years of experience selling digital or TV advertising solutions
- Up to 8+ years of experience in new business development
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $140,000 - $180,000
Benefits
- Supported by world-class ad operations team
- Working with a leadership team that is chartering explosive growth
About the Company
- Samsung Ads has developed a proprietary ad platform that leverages unique first-party TV data to help brands connect to their audience across desktop, mobile, tablets and SMART TVs.
- The Samsung Ad Platform delivers high-quality audience targeting powered by first-party audience data at scale, world-class data science, and brand-safe cross-device ad inventory.
- Samsung believes that innovation and growth are driven by an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce.
- Samsung aims to create a global team where everyone belongs and has equal opportunities, inspiring talent to be their true selves.
- Together, we are building a better tomorrow for our customers, partners, and communities.
Equal Opportunity
- Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and its subsidiaries are committed to employing a diverse workforce, and provide Equal Employment Opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- Samsung Electronics America is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application process.
