Ad Solutions Engineer

Position Overview

Yahoo Brand Studio supports all custom built and designed advertiser work - inclusive of ads and content - for the Yahoo Ads business. The Yahoo Brand Studio Ad Solutions Engineer is a subject matter expert in Yahoo’s premium, proprietary ad solutions that run across our O&O properties. You will act as a pre-sale technical, operational and strategic consultant to both internal teams and clients, and will leverage marketplace feedback to collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive ad product innovation and scale new ad products across the Yahoo ecosystem. 

Responsibilities Include

• Pre-Sales Support: Collaborate with Sales and Sales Support teams to understand customer requirements, consult on pitches and present capabilities and ad-lead ideas to internal and external teams. 

• Client-Facing Strategy & Support: Present creative solutions and act as a trusted technical consultant to advertisers. Work closely with clients to architect ad solutions that meet their business needs and goals.  

• Creative Guidance, Best Practices & Technical Expertise: Educate clients and internal teams on creative best practices, product capabilities, value proposition, benchmarks, and case studies to drive revenue and deliver campaign success.

• Product Collaboration & Feedback: Gather client and marketplace feedback to inform internal product teams and evolve Yahoo’s creative ad solutions. Assess new offerings through the lens of value and performance for advertisers. 

• Process Documentation & Training: Create, maintain and update process documentation, ad specifications, best practices, and FAQs for use by cross-functional teams. 

• Sales Enablement: Educate and train the Sales team on ad offerings, positioning and performance. 

Job Qualifications

• 5-7+ years experience in digital display advertising (standard IAB units, proprietary ad formats, native, video) ideally as a Solutions Engineer, Creative Strategist or Account Manager. 

• Client-facing experience pitching/selling a range of ad products and solutions. Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and effectively. 

• Highly motivated independent worker with a client-first, solutions-focused, can-do attitude. 

• Consultative approach to client objective fulfillment and relationship development; have a deep understanding of client needs and the ability to guide them towards the right solution. 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills – you can make a clear case for what you're doing and why. You are comfortable working with cross-functional teams and can speak sales with the same fluency that you can speak engineering, product and design.

• Solid analytical, decision-making and problem solving skills.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment – you are well organized, have excellent attention to detail, meet tasks on short deadlines and know how to prioritize towards revenue. You’re highly adaptable and thrive in a constantly evolving space.

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The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

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The compensation for this position ranges from $130,500.00 - $271,875.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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