Strategic Agency Sales Executive - Ad Tech

The Trade Desk; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Trade Desk in Chicago seeks an experienced sales professional to acquire, build, and cultivate relationships with Independent Agencies in the Central Region. You will conduct meetings with agency decision-makers, demonstrate our platform, respond to RFPs, and drive revenue growth.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and 2–4+ years of outbound sales, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to travel 1–2 times per month.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 2+ years of outbound sales experience.
• Relationships with advertising agencies and decision-makers helpful.
• Strong negotiation and quantitative skills.
• Self-starter able to tackle new clients with little mentorship.
• Agile learner able to grasp new technology and product changes.
• Willingness to travel 1-2x per month including overnight travel.

Responsibilities

• Acquire, build, and cultivate relationships with Independent Agencies in the Central Region.
• Schedule and conduct meetings with ad agency decision-makers in programmatic, planning and strategy organizations.
• Demonstrate the value of our media buying platform with detailed product demonstrations.
• Respond to RFPs and prepare customized proposals to win new business.
• Grow current accounts by identifying and closing up-sell opportunities by understanding client needs.
• Collaborate with product, trading, and account management teams to win and grow accounts.
• Hit monthly and quarterly revenue targets.

Skills

Outbound sales

Relationship building

Negotiation

Travel ability

Account management

Quantitative skills

Self-starter

Agile learner

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

The Trade Desk in Chicago seeks an experienced sales professional to acquire, build, and cultivate relationships with Independent Agencies in the Central Region. You will conduct meetings with agency decision-makers, demonstrate our platform, respond to RFPs, and drive revenue growth.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and 2–4+ years of outbound sales, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to travel 1–2 times per month.