CHI job opp -Google: Account Manager, Google Affiliate Network - Chicago at Google

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Location: Chicago, IL (Greater Chicago Area)

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Type:

Full-time

Experience:

Associate

Functions:

Advertising, Customer Service, Marketing, Sales 

Industries:

Internet 

Posted:

September 14, 2009

Job Description

The area: Online Sales and Operations, DoubleClick
The Online Sales and Operations (OSO) team keeps Google growing and profitable. We are dedicated to supporting the company's expanding global base of advertisers, publishers and users in more than 40 languages, and providing them with the highest levels of service. DoubleClick, a Google company, enables top marketers, publishers and agencies to utilize DoubleClick's expertise in ad serving, rich media, video, and affiliate marketing to help them make the most of the digital medium. We are looking for sharp, analytical minds that can solve complex problems, develop relationships with key clients in the ever-evolving display medium, and serve as part of a high-energy team that is working with the world's largest publishers and advertising agencies and pushing the boundaries of the online ad serving industry.

The role: Account Manager, Google Affiliate Network
As a Google Affiliate Account Manager (AM) you are responsible for effectively and efficiently growing Affiliate Marketing Programs for Advertisers across a book of business. You will work with Advertisers to understand their online acquisition objectives, develop strategies to successfully deliver performance-based advertising results, and identify areas of optimization. In partnership with your Advertisers, you will extend your clients' reach to new consumers by building strong media relationships with key publishers. As your Advertiser's Affiliate Marketing channel expert, you will handle all aspects of program management from goal planning and publisher recruitment to analysis and program optimization. You will simplify the complex performance-based media landscape for your Advertisers by bringing to bear best practices, negotiation skills, analytical approaches, and problem-solving capabilities. Seamlessly, you will work with a variety of internal functions to set your Advertisers up for success and exceed your Advertisers' objectives.

Responsibilities:
* Growing Advertisers' Affiliate Marketing programs via the Affiliate Publisher network in alignment with the Advertisers' channel objectives.
* Evangelizing your Advertisers' value proposition across the Publisher network and nurturing a pipeline of productive publisher relationships.
* Optimizing against key program levers, including relationships, incentives, placements, and policy, to yield effective return on your Advertiser's media spend.
* Leading and coordinating all operational aspects of an Advertiser's account, including planning, ad trafficking, invoicing, publisher communications, incentive design, and program optimization.

Skills

* BA/BS degree preferred with a strong academic record.
* At least four years of agency experience (media side preferred) or relevant internet marketing experience.
* Excellent written and oral communication skills.
* Strong organizational and project management skills.
* Self-starter and independent thinker, but passionate about collaboration.
* Comfort in data-driven marketing analysis.

Company Description

Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program, which is the largest and fastest growing in the industry, provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.google.com/about.html

Job ID: 748061