Now Hiring - Telecommunications Account Director - Agency Programmatic Management - FreeWheel in Chicago, IL

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Job Summary The Account Director is a key member of the US national FreeWheel programmatic agency development team. This person will report into the Director of agency account management. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing strategic agency/trading desk and direct advertiser business partnerships. Responsibilities include overseeing SSP revenue growth, relationship management, and account management. This individual would be responsible for managing all aspects of account strategy from development and execution, which involves close collaboration with the sales lead. They will be responsible for managing day to day relationships while focusing on driving revenue through partner education, sales strategy and optimizations.
Job Description
The ideal candidate for this position has demonstrable experience managing a demand-side programmatic business and has cross industry partner contacts at senior levels.
2-5 years of related experience in account management within an advertising technology company (digital video experience preferred)
A well-informed view of the dynamics of cross platform digital advertising and a deep understanding of the programmatic ecosystem
A demonstrated track record of progressive responsibility, success in managing strategic partnerships with programmatic partnersand DSPs
Motivated to deliver on goals
Strong consultative sales skills, relationship building, external and internal customer satisfaction management
Ability to understand and interpret customer needs and partner with product and engineering team to develop solutions
Understand the dynamics of the programmatic digital video ecosystem

Responsibilities
Execute the Agency/Trading Desk business development and account management strategy acrossFreeWheel'sUSfootprint
Meet and exceed quarterly and annual revenue targets
Build and develop meeting decks in collaboration with account team
Present portion of the deck during the meetings, help tell the story to the programmatic partner
Proficient in excel, Microsoft office products, Tableau, able to learn proprietary user interfaces
Adaptable to evolving and expanding ecosystem
Provide tactical direction to ATD teams to onboard new demand partners, strengthen existing relationships, and expand commercial and strategic opportunities
Regularly participate in client entertainment and activities focused on strengthening business relationships
Strong attention to detail.
Travels as necessary in support business objectives
Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expected to:
Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
Own the customer experience think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
Know your stuff be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
Win as a team make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
Be an active part of the Net Promoter System a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
Drive results and growth.
Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:
This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

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Education
Bachelor's Degree
While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.
Relevant Work Experience
7-10 Years
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