Sr. Video Sales Specialist, Adapt
DESCRIPTION
Amazon Adapt is hiring a Sr. Video Sales Specialist to service Amazon Ads? Global Video Advertising & Partnerships organization. This position can be located in New York or Virtual, US. This person will flex to provide coverage between business vacancies across Video Sales Specialist roles in the US.
The Video Sales Specialist (VSS) is an established industry specialist across streaming and video and a crucial contributor to the success of Amazon's video advertising solutions - spanning Prime Video and Live Sport, Twitch, OLV and 3P Video.
The VSS team is part of the Global Video Advertising and Partnership Team (GVAP). Its goal is to deliver video revenue targets through the support of Ads sales teams by promoting Amazon's video products to drive adoption. As domain specialists, VSS is responsible for providing scalable insight, case studies, and strategic pitches tailored to the unique needs of Ads customers consisting of the top US-based brands. At optimal level, VSS is primarily a customer facing unit (70% of time), not as end-to-end front-line sellers, but as specialists equipped to address complex objections empowering sales through expert knowledge and strategies. This approach fosters a universally deeper understanding of Amazon video products, and through collaboration with the GTM team, it ensures that our go-to-market strategies are fine-tuned, accelerating product adoption and establishing Amazon as video thought-leaders and a center of excellence.
Key job responsibilities
This Adapt VSS role will live within the Amazon Adapt sales team, reporting to Head of Adapt Global Sales and partnering with Adapt peers who are deployed across the Amazon Ads organization. The Adapt VSS will deliver bar-raising business coverage and seamless account transitions. The role is primarily a customer facing tasked with driving revenue through specialist knowledge and strategic initiatives. Working with multiple stakeholders including GTM, Large Customer Sales, Product and Finance they are sought after partners who enable the closing of business with high value customers against specific accounts Cross-Border accounts. They are also ambassadors for Amazon Ads Video representing Amazon at industry events.
This role will require travel as needed.
A day in the life
- Act as a video ambassador and expert to customers and the Amazon Ads Cross-Border sales team
- Deliver pitches and strategic work to exceed goals
- Work with internal stakeholders to innovate
- Utilize Sales CRM and other mechanisms to track pertinent account information and sales progress
- Drive the overall vision of Amazon video products.
- Work with GTM to develop the end-to-end strategy for US advertisers
- Capture customer and partner feedback
- Engage with internal cross-functional teams to execute successfully on customer needs
- Represent Amazon at events
- Deliver training initiatives to raise sales competency
About the team
Amazon Adapt is a program designed to offer coverage solutions for business gaps which may occur due to extended leave (parental, medical) and unexpected account transitions or gaps in business needs. Amazon Adapt deploys highly skilled, hyper-agile talent that ensures customers can continue to invest in their partnerships with Amazon Advertising, uninterrupted. The program ensures that the high bar for customer service, strategic partnership, and revenue attainment is maintained during these coverage gaps
Amazon Ads helps brands design ad experiences that delight customers and deliver meaningful results. With our first-party insights, 300+ million worldwide customer accounts, Amazon properties, and third-party publishers and exchanges'brands can reach the right audiences in the right places, both on and off Amazon. If you're interested in joining a rapidly growing team working to build a unique, world-class advertising group with a relentless focus on the customer, you've come to the right place.
Apply Now
Amazon Adapt is hiring a Sr. Video Sales Specialist to service Amazon Ads? Global Video Advertising & Partnerships organization. This position can be located in New York or Virtual, US. This person will flex to provide coverage between business vacancies across Video Sales Specialist roles in the US.
The Video Sales Specialist (VSS) is an established industry specialist across streaming and video and a crucial contributor to the success of Amazon's video advertising solutions - spanning Prime Video and Live Sport, Twitch, OLV and 3P Video.
The VSS team is part of the Global Video Advertising and Partnership Team (GVAP). Its goal is to deliver video revenue targets through the support of Ads sales teams by promoting Amazon's video products to drive adoption. As domain specialists, VSS is responsible for providing scalable insight, case studies, and strategic pitches tailored to the unique needs of Ads customers consisting of the top US-based brands. At optimal level, VSS is primarily a customer facing unit (70% of time), not as end-to-end front-line sellers, but as specialists equipped to address complex objections empowering sales through expert knowledge and strategies. This approach fosters a universally deeper understanding of Amazon video products, and through collaboration with the GTM team, it ensures that our go-to-market strategies are fine-tuned, accelerating product adoption and establishing Amazon as video thought-leaders and a center of excellence.
Key job responsibilities
This Adapt VSS role will live within the Amazon Adapt sales team, reporting to Head of Adapt Global Sales and partnering with Adapt peers who are deployed across the Amazon Ads organization. The Adapt VSS will deliver bar-raising business coverage and seamless account transitions. The role is primarily a customer facing tasked with driving revenue through specialist knowledge and strategic initiatives. Working with multiple stakeholders including GTM, Large Customer Sales, Product and Finance they are sought after partners who enable the closing of business with high value customers against specific accounts Cross-Border accounts. They are also ambassadors for Amazon Ads Video representing Amazon at industry events.
This role will require travel as needed.
A day in the life
- Act as a video ambassador and expert to customers and the Amazon Ads Cross-Border sales team
- Deliver pitches and strategic work to exceed goals
- Work with internal stakeholders to innovate
- Utilize Sales CRM and other mechanisms to track pertinent account information and sales progress
- Drive the overall vision of Amazon video products.
- Work with GTM to develop the end-to-end strategy for US advertisers
- Capture customer and partner feedback
- Engage with internal cross-functional teams to execute successfully on customer needs
- Represent Amazon at events
- Deliver training initiatives to raise sales competency
About the team
Amazon Adapt is a program designed to offer coverage solutions for business gaps which may occur due to extended leave (parental, medical) and unexpected account transitions or gaps in business needs. Amazon Adapt deploys highly skilled, hyper-agile talent that ensures customers can continue to invest in their partnerships with Amazon Advertising, uninterrupted. The program ensures that the high bar for customer service, strategic partnership, and revenue attainment is maintained during these coverage gaps
Amazon Ads helps brands design ad experiences that delight customers and deliver meaningful results. With our first-party insights, 300+ million worldwide customer accounts, Amazon properties, and third-party publishers and exchanges'brands can reach the right audiences in the right places, both on and off Amazon. If you're interested in joining a rapidly growing team working to build a unique, world-class advertising group with a relentless focus on the customer, you've come to the right place.
Apply Now