Job Title:
Account Director - Chicago

Company: Seedtag

Location: chicago, IL

Created: 2024-04-20

Job Type: Full Time

Job Description:

We are offering a position as Account Director to build the global contextual advertising leader.WHO WE ARE:Seedtag is the leading Contextual Advertising Platform. Our proprietary, machine learning-based technology provides human-like understanding of the content in the web, the highest level of brand safety in the industry and unmatched cookieless targeting capabilities.We engage with the market on both demand and supply side to create, activate and launch high-quality advertising campaigns at scale. We are committed to creating a more beautiful, respectful and engaging way to do advertising.KEY FIGURES 2014 · Founded by two ex-Googlers2018 · 16M total turnover & Internationalization & Getting growth2021 · Fundraising round of 40M€ & +12 countries & +300 Seedtaggers2022 · Fundraising round of 250M€ + expansion into the U.S market + 400 SeedtaggersTHE ACCOUNT DIRECTOR ROLEThe Account Director is responsible for achieving an individual quarterly and annual sales quota based on opportunities sourced in an assigned geographic territory and agency list. The ideal sales executive will be responsible for prospecting new customers and growing existing relationships, contributing to meaningful revenue and strategic business opportunities for Seedtag. The candidate must be a team player and able to collaborate with their direct team, local and national market organization and everyone in the company that's committed to our success. Seedtag seeks candidates with strong character, are self-motivated, excited about the contextual advertising space, are solutions oriented and have an insatiable desire to win.YOUR CHALLENGE:Thoroughly understand your client's business objectives and what they're inherently looking to fix, accomplish, or avoid.Clearly articulate Seedtag's value proposition through professionally delivered live and virtual presentations.Build and cultivate strong relationships at multiple levels with brands and agencies through consultative selling with prompt and personalized follow-up.Source RFPs and RFIs for Seedtag to respond with business plans, media proposals and commercial opportunities that drive value for customers and revenue for the company.Build and package innovative custom solutions that align well with the company's core strengths and are deliverable.Liaison with Ad Operations and Account Management to ensure they clearly understand what success looks like for the client.Identify gaps in process and propose new automated procedures that can help the company scale.Support cross-functional teams with customer insights, trends and case-studies of success.YOU WILL SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE IFYou have 3+ years of Media, Advertising or Technology experience in a sales, marketing or support role, including internships. *This requirement is mandatory to apply.You understand key consumer trends with a focus on digital advertising, privacy and programmatic.You are proficient in English with excellent business writing skillsYou have strong relationships at key agencies and clients.You are an expert in SFDC or other CRM software.You are accountable with accurate forecasting and a clean, up to date pipeline.SEEDTAG BENEFITS:🚀 Key moment to join Seedtag in terms of growth and opportunities💸 High-performance tier salary bands excellent compensation💯 One Seedtag: Work for a month from any of our open offices with travel and stay paid if you're a top performer (think of Brazil, Mexico..., 🏖️)⌛ Real flexible schedule to balance work and personal life🎗️ A harassment-free, supportive and safe environment to ensure the healthiest and friendliest professional experience fostering diversity at all levels.🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 Optional company-paid English, French andor Spanish courses.📚 Access to learning opportunities (learning & development budget) and Odilo online academy, where you can learn as much as you want.🍻 We love what we do, but we also love having fun. We have many team activities you can join and enjoy with your colleagues! A Yearly offsite with all the company, team offsites, and Holiday events...OUR DNA:We are an AdTech family where innovative ideas and new ways to do things are welcome, we reject "that's the way it's always been done". In Seedtag you can find an energetic, fresh workplace, multicultural work environment where our members are from different countries from Europe, LATAM and so many more!, where you will have the chance to impact directly on the company results.Seedtag DNA is unique from the very beginning, we celebrate and embrace diversity, also we want all our members (They, he or she) to feel like home, all of the human differences are welcome.Want to be a Seedtagger? Then send us your CV, we are waiting for it!