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THE TRADE DESK
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London, Greater London
Trading Specialist
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TRADING SPECIALIST - London UK Posting date: 21st May 2020 Date close: 21st June 2020 Location: London, United Kingdom Salary range: Competitive WHO WE ARE: The Trade Desk is leading the way to the future of marketing by changing how advertising is bought and sold. Working with the largest brands and agencies around the world, our technology platform helps consumers discover products they want by enabling advertisers to target and reach them on the right channels at the right time. Our platform enables ad buyers to create, manage, and optimize data-driven digital advertising campaigns across all channels, including connected TV. We offer unparalleled audience scale and reach, evaluating nearly nine million queries across the internet every second. It is the unique combination of the power of our platform and the expertise of our people that puts our customers in a position to succeed. Employees join The Trade Desk to discover opportunity, contribute to our customers' success, and be part of building the future of marketing. You'll work with creative, compassionate, and collaborative colleagues that share a passion for making the internet better for all - a combination that simply can't be beat. When you join The Trade Desk, you're joining a family. We have open space work environments, adjustable sitting/standing desks, and a celebrated open-door policy (at all levels) that can inspire out-of-the-box solutions and camaraderie among your coworkers. The competitive compensation packages, full benefits, stock options, and additional discounted stock purchase opportunities, catered lunches, and offsite team building activities may cause slight to severe jealousy among your peers. WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING: * Handle the day-to-day trading efforts for your own portfolio of small agencies and Tier 1 agency accounts * Partners with other business team members to add in-depth product knowledge and develop trading-specific strategies to achieve client goals * Owns numerous accounts independently and recognizes opportunities to grow accounts; assists in identifying and prioritizing client needs * Helps to train new and existing clients in all platform operational areas and programmatic industry insights * Begins to develop areas of expertise in product offerings and acts as an internal resource for the internal business team * Actively pursues ways to grow client business through helping agencies provide new value (savings analyses, campaign planning, performance and measurement, marketing funnel approach, etc.) * Assists Senior Traders in onboarding and developing newer traders, and in particular works as an authority on trading-related topics * Seeks to provide additional value outside of the role through cultural contributions, collaboration with peers, case study development, new product beta testing opportunities and relaying feedback to our product team. * Communicates complex concepts and ideas in a clear and concise manner, across audiences with varying levels of expertise. * Establish product improvement and development processes * Become a product subject matter expert and liaise with the product and engineering teams to develop new product ideas and improve current product WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE: * 3-5 years of experience in the programmatic experience with an ad operations background * 1-2 years minimum client-facing experience, with proven portfolio growth experience * You're a very strong communicator that collaborates effectively across an internal client services team * Shown consistent ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts in a simple, straightforward manner * Effective time management skills - ability to prioritize and meet deadlines * Excellent troubleshooting and analytical abilities. Love to problem-solve, along with an ability to collaborate cross-functionally in a dynamic environment * Strong quantitative skills coupled with real passion for mining insights from very large datasets The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. The Trade Desk is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.