Vice President of Sales, Smartly.io
Creative Suite
Some travel required
AI-powered advertising platform
Job no longer available
AI-powered advertising platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
Some travel required
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To unify the full funnel of marketing and break silos between advertisers, marketers, and creatives.
Role
Who you are
- Have 10+ years of experience in building and managing an enterprise sales team, preferably with a Marketing, Media and / or Ad Tech background
- Love building and scaling businesses
- Ideally you have previously built out the team and operations for a similar high-growth technology company at a larger scale
- Lead by example and believe in the power of self-organizing teams
- You love building connections with people, internally and externally
- Feel comfortable communicating with customers and partners, particularly in the C-suite
- You are able to explain complex concepts in terms of value and successfully attract new business
- You want to roll up your sleeves and get stuff done
- You are excited to help the team navigate all of the operational and challenging aspects of developing a new territory, vertical and market
- Are highly analytical and inquisitive
- If something seems off, you want to figure out what is going on and fix it
- If there is something you don’t know, you want to learn all about it
- Can think globally, act regionally and locally, and thrive in a fast-paced multi-cultural environment
- You like and are willing to travel, and to collaborate with the global headquarters in Helsinki and all other offices around the world
- Have deep video and creative experience
What the job involves
- We are hiring a Vice President Sales to expand and accelerate the growth of Smartly Creative Suite Sales in North America
- As the VP Sales you will run a sales team driving new business of our creative suite across all verticals while also maintaining and developing our sales culture internally by leading creative sales go-to-market
- Drive market growth and lead sales and strategic partnership efforts with full accountability to deliver revenue
- Establish Smartly Creative North American sales and operational processes to build efficiency and manage costs
- Build Smartly presence and improve brand awareness in the US: work closely with our marketing team to build thought leadership, engage in community building and facilitate PR and media relations
- Drive recruitment for high caliber A-team members and develop both junior and senior sales executives to reach new revenue heights
- Embody the Smartly.io values and play a lead role to ensure the culture engages employees, resonates locally and is consistent globally
Our take
Smartly.io helps advertisers automate their campaigns across the largest media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest. After seeing quick success following Facebook’s 2012 IPO, the company now works with over 700 brands including eBay, Uber, Ralph Lauren, Under Armour and TechStyle.
Its suite of tools automatically creates ads and videos from product images - handling budget allocation and audience targeting, as well as analysing where and when to purchase advertising. Consequently, Smartly.io has positioned itself to play a leading role in a market where brand and performance work are converging.
Smartly.io sold a majority stake to Providence Equity Partners in 2019 in a move to further its presence in the US. The company has since gone on to make several acquisitions of its own with Viralspace.ai and Ad-Lib.io. Smartly.io's ability to adapt to evolving advertising trends supports its continued growth, and its introduction of AI-powered intelligence across its platform shows it is keeping up with technology trends too.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2015
$2.9m
SERIES A
Total funding: $2.9m
Company benefits
- Generous healthcare packages and mental health services
- Career development opportunities, bonus programs and annual performance reviews
- Hybrid working model, with the option to work abroad for up to 30 days
- Company equity options program
- Paid holidays, OOO time and family leaves
Company HQ
Kluuvi, Helsinki
Leadership
Tuomo Riekki
(Co-founder, Board Member & Advisor)Initially served as CPO of the company. Also the founder of Focal and Zero, and previously founded DealMachine and Metrify.io.
Kristo Ovaska
(Co-founder & Board Member)Founder and CEO at Taito.ai. Initially served as CEO of the company. Previously founded Metrify.io, Startup Sauna, and Funrank.
Laura Desmond
(CEO)Also Founder and CEO at Eagle Vista Partners, and Operating Partner at Providence Equity Partners, as well as being a Board Member at Adobe and DoubleVerify. Former CEO of Starcom.
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