Advertising Sales Associate (Contractor)

What you'd do

• Independently build a large pipeline of leads to drive Insertion Orders
• Build relationships with brand and performance focused agency contacts and explain the power of MediaGo's native, choice-based advertising platform
• Manage a robust pipeline and accurately forecast new business closure rate and revenue
• Interact with the Account Management team to effectively manage client expectations, ensure successful campaign delivery and help set the expectation for future potential growth
• Pipeline & Activity Reporting: Work with Sales Director to manage weekly and monthly performance reports for the North American Sales team, tracking key metrics such vertical and key client penetration, conversion rates, pipeline generated, and quota attainment.
• CRM Hygiene & Management: Act as the internal champion for CRM data integrity (Salesforce), ensuring the team accurately logs activities for flawless reporting.

What they want

• 2+ years of experience in advertising / marketing sales, operations roles with a focus on performance and on new business
• Demonstrated experience of consistently meeting or exceeding target goals, hunting for deals, navigating organizational hierarchies and engaging decision makers to close business
• Strong analytical skills to collect business intelligence by conversing with clients and monitoring/identifying trends in data and in generated reports
• Collaborative team player with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality work
• Ability to work on-site 5 days a week.
• Hungry to learn: We are eager to see you learn new skills and grow. But learning is hard work and this is something we hope you want to do.
• Mission alignment: If you want to be part of a team to accomplish this great mission, we will provide you the best possible platform to do that.
• Self-directed: We work best with people that are driven, motivated, and aspire to greatness. Are you the sort of person that, if you had time on your hands, will independently find interesting and useful things to do?
• Team orientation: We work in small, fast-moving teams. We don't believe in lone wolves. We watch out for each other and go after big goals together as a team.

About Baidu · International Business Division

We are seeking a highly motivated and proactive individual for the position of Advertising Sales Associate (Contractor). As a key member of our US Sales Team, you will focus on expanding the footprint of MediaGo innovative digital advertising platform. The successful candidate will be a "hunter" at heart, responsible for independently building a robust pipeline of leads and engaging with brand and agency partners to drive revenue through direct response and native advertising solutions.