Associate Account Director

The Trade Desk The Trade Desk · Media · Sydney, Australia · Account Management

Associate Account Director role at The Trade Desk, a global technology company focused on digital advertising. The role involves managing and growing enterprise accounts, communicating the value of the media buying platform, understanding competitive differentiators, acting as a consultative business partner, and working with various teams to accelerate client objectives. Responsibilities include onboarding new customers, growing existing accounts, providing training on the platform, and collaborating with Product Management on feature enhancements. The role requires a Bachelor's Degree, 10 years of digital advertising and client-facing experience, and proven account growth track record.

What you'd actually do

  1. Focusing on driving growth across ANZ with brand and holding companies.
  2. Communicate the value of The Trade Desk media buying platform by walking through detailed demonstrations of the product
  3. Understand competitive differentiators in fast-changing online advertising landscape
  4. Being a trusted consultant to your clients across all the teams that touch those brands with the aim to accelerate the delivery of their objectives. You will do so by setting long term objectives and roadmaps accordingly
  5. Work closely with the Trading team to rapidly on board new customers and grow existing advertiser patches

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • 10 years digital advertising experience
  • client facing experience
  • Proven track record of growing accounts
  • Effective time management skills
  • Experience with driving projects requiring stakeholders from different disciplines
  • Solid experience in Excel and MS Office, including pivot tables, chart-making
  • Outstanding troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving abilities
  • ability to collaborate cross-functionally

Nice to have

  • Experience with RTB, DSPs, ad exchanges, aggregators, ad servers, and other optimisation platforms

What the JD emphasized

  • 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