Samsung Austin Semiconductor is hiring a Senior Sales Manager for its Samsung Ads division. This role focuses on owned and operated inventory and audience extension. You will be responsible for building and growing relationships with top marketers and their agencies, leveraging Samsung's proprietary ad platform and first-party TV data.
What You'll Do
- Develop high-level relationships with customers and serve as a trusted consultant to optimize their advertising growth.
- Create mid-term and long-term territory plans to grow the advertising business both on and off our Smart TV platform.
- Work with agencies and brands to integrate the Smart TV platform into their media mix.
- Be the voice of the customer and communicate market trends and industry shifts, including implications to our product teams.
- Act as an internal champion for proposed Smart TV advertising strategy across other key Samsung stakeholders.
- Understand Samsung’s TV data, products, and measurement tools to help build relevant advertising solutions for our advertisers.
- Understand and learn about the CTV/OTT industry and competitive environment, including knowledge of competitive product offerings.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree.
- Minimum of 6+ years of overall experience.
- Extensive experience in new business development for traditional TV as well as digital media advertising, including CTV, OLV and data activation (minimum 5-7 years).
- A solid understanding of advertising industry's issues and interest in advancing Smart TV's forward-looking strategies.
- Strong track record of high-level negotiation with established relationships within the advertising industry.
- Successful internal and external relationship management.
- Ability to interact with agencies and advertisers and experience presenting both over the phone and in-person, with a willingness to travel.
- Experience working in both entrepreneurial and established corporate cultures.
- Demonstrated ability to consistently drive deals to closure in a new business environment while retaining and growing revenue from existing partners.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and good follow-through.
Team & Environment
This is an individual contributor role supported by a world-class ad operations team.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $120,000-$180,000 plus a quarterly bonus (for candidates based in New York, NY).
Samsung Austin Semiconductor is an equal opportunity employer.
