Programmatic Account Executive

Vevo is the world's leading music video network, connecting an ever-growing global audience to high quality music video content for more than a decade. Founded by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment in 2009, Vevo offers fans worldwide a vast array of premium content to choose from, showcasing official music videos alongside a constantly developing lineup of live performances and innovative original programming. From top superstars to rising new talents, Vevo brings incomparable cross-promotional support to artists across the musical spectrum, at every stage of their careers.

Vevo has consistently evolved over the past decade to lead within today's ever-changing media landscape, embracing partnerships with a number of leading distribution platforms to deliver extraordinary content within ad-supported environments. With more than 25B views across television, desktop and mobile devices each month, Vevo brings music videos to the world – when, where, and how fans want them.

Vevo is looking for a rock star salesperson to sell Vevo’s music video programming platform to programmatic buyers across clients and agencies. The Account Executive is responsible for building relationships, driving revenue and closing business.

This Account Executive will play a critical role within our Sales organization as automated buying and premium programmatic becomes an important part of Vevo’s offering to marketers. The individual will be responsible for his/her own sales efforts as well as providing support to the larger sales team in the region. A team player is a MUST!

As the Programmatic Account Executive, you will have the opportunity to help shape new capabilities, strategies, products and partnerships across the exploding programmatic, digital, and OTT ecosystem, all while working side by side with industry leaders both at Vevo and our partners. You will be challenged to grow and lead us in new and innovative directions, and together we will learn and build a business!

This is a full-time position and is based at our Chicago office.

As a member of the team, you will:

• Develop, grow, and manage a book of business at the Agency/HoldCo level and In House Programmatic, with an emphasis on scaling Private Marketplace (PMP) demand
• Consult with clients on their Programmatic CTV needs, and present innovative video solutions to meet their objectives, especially within data and custom curated biddable solutions
• Support the sales team in acquiring new clients and renewals to grow revenue
• Forecast/track/report sales performance, including budget, dates, and probability to close
• Manage relationships with 3rd party vendors (Ex: SSP,DSP,DMP) – and help grow Vevo’s ad tech roadmap
• Educate the Vevo sales and sales support teams on the evolving landscape of CTV, programmatic, and audience

This describes you:

• You have established relationships with buyers across agencies, trading desks, DSPs, and client-side teams
• Experience scaling Private Marketplace revenue and data driven solutions
• Passionate about CTV/OTT, programmatic, ad tech, digital advertising, and music
• A good understanding of the programmatic marketplace as well as the CTV/OTT marketplace
• Ability to lead, collaborate, and work autonomously in a dynamic start-up team environment with a positive demeanor
• Ability to analyze clients’ business marketing objectives, brand or ROI goals, media buying cycles, metrics for success, etc.
• Ability to travel across the Midwest
• Not afraid to lead and push sales teams to understand the what, why and how of what’s possible
• Have superior communication and client service skills, with a drive to close new business and revenue
• Outgoing personality who loves to entertain clients at a variety of events and exclusive concerts

Requirements:

• 3 years experience in the media industry/sales
• Strong understanding of advertising technology landscape
• Strong understanding of the CTV/OTT marketplace
• Strong negotiation & presentation skillsExcellent organizational, analytical, interpersonal, and communication (written and oral) skills
• Ability to pivot based on real-time information and client needs
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and problem solve as well as effectively collaborate with various teams
• Must be nimble, not afraid to work hard and have fun along the way!

Interested? Great! You must know:

• We're a fun, energetic, and tight-knit team
• We really enjoy music and technology
• We have excellent compensation and benefits packages
• We have premier access to music content and new releases of original media content
• We offer a 401k match

$115,000 - $125,000 a year

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.