Account Director
At a glance
Director-level Account Management role at Viant Technology. New York · $150,000–$170,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Find and pursue agency and advertiser prospects, building awareness and sales for the Viant DSP
- Use calls, meetings, presentations and proposals to maintain a high level of sales activity and hit revenue targets
- Learn clients’ marketing goals, then shape solutions and negotiate longer-term contracts to win and grow revenue
- Grow existing accounts through cross-selling and upselling, while building lasting client relationships
- Bring client feedback to the company and contribute actively in sales team meetings
What you bring
- At least seven years selling programmatic or ad tech to agencies in the New York tri-state market
- A bachelor’s degree is required for this role
- You can demonstrate both product-demo and solution-focused selling experience
- You bring a consultative approach, strong prospecting and closing skills, and clear written and verbal communication
Who this fits
This role suits an experienced new-business seller who can also expand existing accounts and work with agency and brand-direct clients. The listing places the role in the New York market and describes prospecting in the DC metro area.
From the employer
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
Viant is looking for an Account Director to join our sales team in the NY market. This person will be responsible for evangelizing new business, generating awareness, and growing sales of our Viant DSP. We are looking for experienced sellers to call on agencies and brand directs. This is a tremendous opportunity to have an instrumental role in the growth and development of a territory.
Our Account Directors are enthusiastic, self-starters who drive revenue while expanding their client bases; they are hunters who are focused on new business as opposed to farmers. With excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ideal candidate works well with cross- functional team members in order to help our clients navigate changes in the media landscape and leverage the Viant DSP platform and data services to grow their business.
THE DAY-TO-DAY:
- Curate a rallying, leading presence of the overall sales team to inspire action by vocal participation in team meetings
- Identify new business opportunities with independent agencies and advertiser's in the DC metro area
- Consult with clients to uncover marketing objectives and align our solutions to deliver against those goals
- Generate a high volume of sales related activity including cold calls, meeting, presentations, proposals, and more. Must consistently meet or exceed revenue quota assignment
- Responsible for driving new and growing existing revenue through long term contracts and contract negotiation
- Cultivate relationships with clients, gain deep insight into their business, and ultimately provide solutions to their marketing and advertising goals
- Expand Viant’s footprint across the territory and within key accounts by cross-selling and up-selling product portfolio
- Provide feedback to the company on how to best service clients' needs
GREAT TO HAVE:
- 7+ years programmatic/ad tech sales experience with ad agencies in the NY tri-state market
- Strong understanding and enthusiasm about the latest in digital media, ad tech, data targeting, 1st party data, platform sales, programmatic, behavioral targeting and optimization strategies
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment, while being able to quickly gain product efficiency across our broad set of offerings
- Smart, articulate, polished, self-driven, highly motivated team player with excellent problem solving skills, as well as superb organizational, written, and verbal communication skills
- A consultative, strategic thinker with great energy and enthusiasm for prospecting for new business and excellent closing skills
- Demonstrated proficiency in demo-premised and solution-premised selling
- Bachelor’s degree required
LIFE AT VIANT
Investing in our employee’s professional growth is important to us, but so is investing in their well-being. That’s why Viant was voted one of the best places to work and some of our favorite employee benefits include fully paid health insurance, paid parental leave and unlimited PTO and more.
Base compensation range: $150,000 - $170,000 In accordance with California law, the range provided is Viant’s reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. Final title and compensation for the position will be based on several factors including work experience and education.
About Viant
Viant Technology (NASDAQ: DSP) is an exclusively buy-side, AI-powered advertising platform purpose-built for CTV. Viant uniquely combines proprietary content intelligence, household-level identity resolution, and person-level attention signals to connect advertisers with real customers and drive measurable outcomes across the open internet. Through its award-winning AI solutions, Viant is building the future of autonomous advertising, where AI doesn't just assist the campaign, it delivers real results. Learn more at viantinc.com.
Viant is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. Viant prohibits unlawful discrimination against employees or applicants based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, reproductive health decision making, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, military status, veteran status, uniformed service member status, sexual orientation, transgender identity, citizenship status, pregnancy, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. Viant also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. By clicking “Apply for this Job” and providing any information, I accept the Viant California Personnel Privacy Notice.
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