DESCRIPTION

At Amazon Ads, we\'re re-imagining advertising. And in the MENA Local Saudi Ad Sales team that means we aren\'t afraid to try something different, and discover new ways of doing things.
With us, you\'ll have a hand in everything from supporting market leading Saudi and UAE Telco brands to accounts across other verticals for example government, financial services, QSR, entertainment etc. You will have the opportunity to work across a mixed account list from those which are more established to others which are more nascent. That means you\'ll be continually learning and developing your skills, in a team that wants to help you progress. We want you to bring your whole self to work. Your passion, your creativity and your perspective. With us, you can snap out of the ordinary and come for a ride. We believe in building a safe space to experiment, learn, and have fun in the process.
We are seeking a seasoned Ad Sales Manager to drive the success and continued growth of Amazon Ads (inclusive of Twitch) across MENA. You will leverage our ad solution across, display, video, and custom ads to help businesses reach customers in the right place, at the right time, with the right message. Your ambitious thinking can help us unlock new ideas that compete with the best in the industry to enable us to unlocking branding budgets.
As a valued member of our Saudi Local Ad Sales team you will build senior level relationships with advertisers and their respective agencies, consulting them on opportunities across their brand and performance objectives and propose digital advertising solutions, across Amazon Ads product suite, that will ensure their business goals are met. You will further use your cold-calling, networking and prospecting skills to identify, develop and manage new accounts that will complement our existing roster of accounts and help you reach your personal revenue targets. You\'ll be supported by our operations team and will benefit from working alongside our team of experts, which means you can learn from the best.
You will have an extensive breadth of sales experience, preferably within the digital space. A consultative strategic selling style is desired, coupled with the structure and organizational skills needed to build trust in a new business environment. You can be based either in Dubai or in Riyadh. If you are ready to deliver strategic advertising solutions to your clients - apply today!

Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Understand Amazon Ads opportunities and tools to help build relevant advertising solutions for our advertisers and deliver the highest level of sales and customer service to them.
Ensure clients are educated on and utilizing the latest video and ad tech products offered by Amazon Ads.

A deep understanding of the international digital market with a focus on video.

Prospect, penetrate and create new relationships with advertisers and advertising agencies to grow the book of business, leveraging both independent networks & experiences, as well as team connection and expanded reach.
Drive deals to closure in a new business environment and grow revenue from existing advertisers.
Work closely and partner with internal teams, for account management, marketplace, Amazon Prime etc.
Utilize Sales CRM tools to track all pertinent account information and sales progress as well as forecast and prioritize to achieve quarterly quota goals.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Dubai, ARE

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor\'s degree 5+ years of marketing, brand advertising, media sales and/or online advertising experience, working closely with senior advertisers and agency stakeholders
• Good understanding and application of programmatic ad buying, with a data driven approach to providing solutions
• Demonstrated ability to consistently close sales, generate revenues and independently deliver against short term immediate goals and long-term strategic objectives
• Able to utilize Sales CRM tools such as Salesforce
• Capable of working as an individual contributor or a people manager

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor\'s degree
• Ability to interact with a broad set of businesses and presenting both over the phone and in person
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
• 5+ years selling programmatic and/or data driven ad products or platforms

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