Brand Sales Strategy Lead — AI-Driven Ad Solutions

Yahoo Holdings Inc.; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 256,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work

Job summary

Yahoo Holdings Inc. is recruiting a Brand Sales Strategist for Yahoo News Group, shaping advertising solutions across Entertainment, Lifestyle, and News verticals.

You will fuse storytelling with data insights to craft market-ready sponsorships and bespoke campaign architectures. As a senior strategic lead, you will partner with Ad Product, Sales, Editorial, and Data Insights to turn complex platform data into clear client value, using AI-augmented workflows to accelerate ideation and improve

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of brand strategy or ad solutions experience within a major digital media publisher, agency, or technology platform.
• Demonstrated track record of conceptualizing and packaging multi-channel digital ad programs (custom content, video, high-impact display, and sponsorship integrations).
• Hands-on experience with digital audience analytics platforms (e.g., Comscore) and synthesizing 1st-party audience data into actionable client narratives.
• Proven ability to independently manage complex strategic proposals from brief to pitch delivery, securing internal buy-in and presenting effectively to senior executives.
• Demonstrated experience using modern generative AI tools (e.g., Gemini, ChatGPT, or internal LLMs) to streamline research synthesis, creative ideation, or strategic writing.

Responsibilities

• Build go-to-market sponsorships and ad solutions across editorial sponsorships and branded content.
• Represent the News Group in responses to RFPs/RFIs with clear, visually engaging pitch materials.
• Collaborate across Editorial, Product, and Commerce to execute integrated programs.
• Identify market trends and emerging technologies to inform partner recommendations.

Skills

Brand strategy

Ad solutions

Content marketing

Cross-functional leadership

AI tools knowledge

Client storytelling

Tools

Comscore

Gemini AI

ChatGPT

Job description

Yahoo Holdings Inc. is recruiting a Brand Sales Strategist for Yahoo News Group, shaping advertising solutions across Entertainment, Lifestyle, and News verticals.

You will fuse storytelling with data insights to craft market-ready sponsorships and bespoke campaign architectures. As a senior strategic lead, you will partner with Ad Product, Sales, Editorial, and Data Insights to turn complex platform data into clear client value, using AI-augmented workflows to accelerate ideation and improve