The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.
Advertising powers the content people love. By making it more transparent, effective, and responsible, we help support trusted journalism, quality entertainment, and creators worldwide. The world’s brands and agencies rely on us to reach their customers and grow their businesses responsibly.
The scale of our platform brings unique technical challenges — from processing massive datasets in real time to building systems that operate reliably on a global scale. When you work here, your impact is worldwide. We welcome diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and build teams that learn from one another. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.
- Acquire, build, and cultivate relationships with Independent Agencies in the Central Region
- Schedule and conduct meetings with ad agency decision-makers in programmatic, planning and strategy organizations
- Use knowledge of the market and competitors to identify and develop the company’s unique selling propositions and differentiators
- Communicate the value of our media buying platform by walking through detailed demonstrations of the product
- Execute on a strategic plan to achieve revenue goals
- Hit monthly and quarterly revenue targets
- Respond to RFPs and prepare customized proposals to win new business
- Grow current accounts by identifying and closing up-sell opportunities by understanding core client business needs
- Acquire, develop, and close new agency relationships to use the platform
- Understand competitive differentiators in a dynamic online advertising landscape
- Work with the product team to help share customer insights to craft our product
- Collaborate with the trading and account management teams to up-sell clients
Who you are:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 2-4+ years of outbound sales experience
- Relationships with advertising agencies, media buyers and technology decision-makers in the Central Region is not required but helpful
- Strong quantitative skills and negotiation ability
- Self-starter – able to tackle new clients or territories with little mentorship
- Agile learner – able to rapidly grasp new technology and product changes
- Able to travel 1-2x per month, including overnight travel
- Strong experience prospecting new accounts
- Experience managing longer sales cycles with multiple partners
- Comfortable working with several different teams inside the organization to collaborate and grow an account
- Established record of exceeding revenue expectations, hunting, and winning net new business
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.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, The Trade Desk is committed to creating an inclusive hiring experience where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree
- 2-4+ years of outbound sales experience
- Relationships with advertising agencies, media buyers and technology decision-makers in the Central Region
- Strong quantitative skills and negotiation ability
- Self-starter able to tackle new clients or territories with little mentorship
- Ability to rapidly grasp new technology and product changes (agile learner)
- Able to travel 1-2x per month, including overnight travel
- Strong experience prospecting new accounts
- Experience managing longer sales cycles with multiple partners
- Comfortable collaborating with multiple internal teams to grow accounts
- Established record of exceeding revenue expectations and winning net new business
The Trade Desk Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Trade Desk and has not been reviewed or approved by The Trade Desk.
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Affordable Benefits — Healthcare premiums are often paid in full for employees and dependents, reducing out-of-pocket costs. Coverage includes medical, dental, and vision alongside mental health and wellness support.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Packages commonly include new-hire stock grants, a generous Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and equity refreshers tied to performance. Feedback suggests equity meaningfully boosts total compensation alongside base pay and bonuses.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, paid holidays, paid sick time, and sabbaticals are available. Paid parental leave and extensive family-planning support broaden time-off and caregiving coverage.
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What We Do
The Trade Desk is changing the way global brands and their agencies advertise to audiences around the world. Our mission is to transform media for the benefit of humankind. Our media-buying platform helps brands deliver a more insightful and relevant ad experience for consumers — and sets a new standard for reach, accuracy, and transparency.
Why Work With Us
With up to 11 million queries per second and SLAs in the milliseconds, we’re tackling data and software challenges at massive scale. While we’re growing fast, investing in our value based company culture remains one of our top priorities. If you’re talented, driven, and hungry to bring something entirely new and wildly ambitious, let's talk.
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