Advertising Strategist, Sales Development

Effectv, the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable, helps local, regional and national advertisers use the best of digital with the power of TV to grow their business. It provides multi-screen marketing solutions to make advertising campaigns more effective and easier to execute. Headquartered in New York with offices throughout the country, Effectv has a presence in 66 markets with nearly 35 million owned and represented subscribers. We’re dedicated to helping our clients meet their business goals by connecting them with their customers through multiscreen television advertising. Working with companies from local startups to nationwide corporations, we provide support to help each business reach its target customers. By applying data to television advertising in new ways, we’re able to bring our clients the best of digital media, coupled with the power of TV. To learn more, check out www.effectv.com.

Job Summary

The Sales Development Account Strategist is an outward, forward-thinking partner to Effectv Sales. By partnering with Automotive Advertising Account Executives, the Account Strategist will help determine the appropriate advertising strategy, value proposition, and solution to solve the client's needs/objectives/goals through our Linear TV & Streaming (Multi-screen) product offerings.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

• Partners directly with Sales Account Executives to strategize optimal solutions for Automotive Advertisers.
• Oversees the kickoff and development of an advertiser's initial campaign strategy, including attending/conducting a discovery session, building/designing a custom strategic solution and evaluates the performance of campaigns to optimize and identify upsell opportunities.
• Demonstrates a very strong ability to lead multiple strategies/projects at once and delegate several tasks to individuals within the team to eventually bring together a cohesive impactful narrative.
• Displays an understanding of and an ability to speak to multiple Centers of Excellence within the organization tied to media strategy, creative, marketing sponsorships, sports, data, attribution, and audiences across our portfolio of solutions.
• Develops discovery questions to determine the client’s goals/value propositions. Conducts proactive industry trend analysis (Researching market competition, etc)
• Accompanies Account Executives and participates in client-facing sales presentations/pitches and offers subject matter expertise, insights, and opinions.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent, and punctual attendance. Must be able to work overtime as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

• This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Relevant Work Experience

5-7 Years

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.