Senior Account Strategist

Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. We reach nearly 900M people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love-from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news-with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media.
A little about us :
The Account Strategy team is an integral part of the Client Services organization. We develop, grow, and optimize Programmatic Display, Native Ads, Video, and Mobile campaigns across our house of brands, helping advertisers meet and exceed performance goals.
A Lot About You:
The Account Strategists are the specialists on our industry-leading ad platforms. As an Account Strategist, you'll be partnering closely with your Sales and Operations team, contributing from pre-sale through campaign set-up and optimization on a set of premium advertiser accounts you own together.
You will work independently to help identify performance opportunities that help foster long-term success for your clients. This can include proactively recommending optimizations based on performance data, testing effective creative, analyzing marketplace insights, targeting the right audiences and supply sources, and optimizing bids and adjusting budgets - all to improve our advertisers' success. As a key partner in planning and implementing digital marketing campaigns, you'll engage directly with advertisers at all levels of their organization, which can include daily interaction as well as the preparation and delivery of monthly and quarterly executive presentations.
Responsibilities:

• After completing the 6-week training program, you will be aligned with a book of business
• Work closely with the internal partner team to provide outstanding service for Yahoo's premier clients
• Identify and prioritize vital account services and proactive optimization recommendations for the improvement of assigned accounts
• Evaluate and analyze performance using analytics tools to diagnose potential issues and identify improvement opportunities to foster long-term client success and grow revenue
• Be a specialist on Yahoo Audiences, Video, Native Ads, and Mobile Ads optimization opportunities and be able to communicate these to our advertisers
• Implement creative ways to build and nurture client relationships, consult on strategy, share performance-enhancing suggestions, and promote our Yahoo products

Qualifications:

• 2+ years experience in Account Management, Customer Success, or Marketing
• BA degree in Marketing, Advertising or a related field, or comparable proven experience
• Ability to creatively solve problems and uncover opportunities through the use of data, analytics, and critical thinking
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated success working in a cross-functional environment, building consensus with others, and leading change amongst peers and senior management
• Strong Google Suite and Excel Skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of digital marketing strategies, campaign development and management, and a dedication to stay current on industry trends
• Experience servicing and/or consulting in a vendor/client relationship

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form ( www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html ) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
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US Only: Please be aware that Yahoo requires all employees entering a U.S. Yahoo office and/or attending a company event (including client events) are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19. This position will require the successful candidate to obtain and show proof of a vaccination to enter a U.S. Yahoo office and/or attending a company event (including client events). Yahoo is an equal opportunity employer, and will provide reasonable accommodation to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated consistent with federal, state, and local law.
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