Programmatic Sales Director, Wunderkind
Midwest
$280-300k
OTE
Performance marketing channel
Be an early applicant
Performance marketing channel
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$280-300k
OTE
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To scale a brand's ability to create and grow customer relationships through websites, email, text, and ads.
Role
Who you are
- BA/BS degree plus experience related to digital media or digital advertising
- At least 6+ years of online advertising sales experience required
- Ownership and growth of the largest/most strategic territory within the assigned pod to deliver on team and individual revenue targets
- Extensive experience in the programmatic industry with a track record of successfully impacting business growth
- A robust network of contacts across the buy side with whom you’ve built rapport and trust
- Experience working with DSPs, ad exchanges, ad servers, and other optimization platforms is a plus
- Experience selling CPA, CPC, and CPM marketing campaigns
- Motivated, tenacious, and resourceful
- Persuasive and compelling
- Comfortable in a high-growth environment where roles and responsibilities may shift
- Entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for the marketing technology space and a healthy dose of humility
- On the fence? Apply anyway! We know that imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting incredible candidates, and don’t want it to get in the way of meeting you!
What the job involves
- Wunderkind is looking for a top-performing Programmatic Sales Director to work a specified list of agency, trading desk, brand and DSP accounts across the larger midwest region. We are looking for someone with a proven track record of revenue growth and has healthy client relationships
- As a Programmatic Sales Account Director you will drive demand for Wunderkind display & video ad inventory from agencies & advertisers across east coast accounts, ultimately meeting/exceeding revenue goals by:
- Developing a holistic understanding of the Wunderkind product offering and how its differentiation can best serve your clients' needs
- Building relationships with multiple layers of decision makers in the programmatic buying cycle (in-house marketers, agencies, and trading desks)
- Developing and executing effective sales strategies to qualified targets
- Working hand-in-hand with account managers to ensure accounts are being serviced properly and revenue is maximized
- Acting as liaison between the market and our internal team to ensure our product continues to evolve with buyers' needs
Our take
Founded in 2010, a start-up initially named Bounce Exchange rebranded to Wunderkind in 2020, a textbook example of nominative determinism. On a mission to be extraordinary, this marketing technology company enables brands to connect with the public in more personalised ways.
The name indeed fits the brand, finding itself as the leading performance marketing engine of its kind, boasting an impressive client list of nearly 1,000 top brands and publishers. Wunderkind has earned its position by permanently positioning itself ahead of the curve in regard to what audiences want, shifting its model depending on projected trends, such as the expected blossoming of text message marketing.
After its 2023 Series C round, the company is still experiencing rapid growth and is focused on further investment in product development, hiring, and ongoing market expansion. Wunderkind is clearly steering towards becoming the global leader in the market.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Mar 2023
$76m
SERIES C
May 2018
$37m
SERIES B
Total funding: $151.9m
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Bill Ingram
(CEO)Prior to joining Wunderkind in 2023, Bill spent 4 years at Cheetah Digital as CPO and PResident. He also spent just over 9 years at Adobe as a VP of Product Managed and VP of Adobe Analytics Cloud.
Richard Jones
(CRO)Richard joined Wunderkind in 2022 as CMO, moving into the role of CRO that same year. Prior to this, he was the CMO at Cheetah Digital and CEO at Wayin.
David MacCallum
(CBO & General Counsel)David joined Wunderkind in 2015 as General Counsel and added the role of CBO to his title in 2019.
Jay Sarwar
(CCO)Prior to joining Wunderkind in 2024, Jay was an SVP of CLient Success at Cheetah Digital for nearly 4 years. He also served as a VP of CS & Operations at Monetate and as a Director of Financial Planning & Analysis at Xtime.
Fabrizio F.
(CFO)Fabrizio is also the Managing Director at Fortissimo Ventures. Previously, he held the role of CFO at Jiffy.com and TRG Screen.
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