Senior Publisher Development Manager I

Connexity | Skimlinks, a Taboola company•Los Angeles, CA

1d•$115,000 - $13,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Publisher Account Manager I, Connexity is based in LA and owns and develops a portfolio of CNX and SKM Publisher clients ensuring full utilization of the Skimlinks’ and Connexity services and platform. Voted “Best Places to Work,” our culture is driven by self-starters, team players, and visionaries. Headquartered in Santa Monica, the company operates sites and business services in the US, UK, and EU. We offer top benefits including flexible time off, paid holidays, competitive comp, team events and more! We are committed to providing a culture at Connexity that supports the diversity, equity and inclusion of our most valuable asset, our people. We encourage individuality, and are driven to represent a workplace that celebrates our differences, and provides opportunities equally across gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and all other demographics. Our actions across Education, Recruitment, Retention, and Volunteering reflect our core company values and remind us that we’re all in this together to drive positive change in our industry. This position is hybrid, with 2 in-office days per week in our Santa Monica office.

Requirements

5+ years of account management and new business acquisition experience with a proven track record within a structured sales environment
Solid understanding of the advertising, affiliate, paid search, online publishing or media industry
Understanding of CPC and CPA cost models and KPIs associated with Publisher ecosystem (revenue per redirect, revenuer per session, conversion, cost of sale, etc.)
Demonstrated success in negotiating, relationship building and account management
Strong analytic, quantitative and technical aptitude with great attention to detail
Driven to help publishers find growth opportunity
Excellent verbal, written and communication skills
Self-motivated, driven, flexible and adaptable with a proven track record of exceeding goals
Salesforce/Microsoft Office/Excel/PowerPoint
BA/BS Degree

Responsibilities

Manage, retain and accelerate growth of accounts through highly pro-active client engagement including the evaluation of Publishers’ long term strategic objectives
Upsell your Publishers on Skimlinks/Connexity growth tools within your portfolio to increase revenue
Develop strategic plans for client portfolio to drive revenue growth, deliver on KPIs and achieve operational excellence
Become a key strategic partner to top tier publishers
Identify and create new value opportunity with top tier publishers
Identify opportunities to align our current or potential product offerings with the goals and themes of top tier publishers
Closely monitor and evaluate campaign performance. Work closely with analytics team on campaign strategy and optimizations
Resolve account issues pro-actively and expediently; work cross departmentally for issue resolution when needed
Provide marketplace feedback and competitive intelligence to internal groups to improve and enhance product offerings
Attend tradeshows/conferences to evangelize our value proposition to new and existing clients
Utilize internal and Salesforce dashboards to understand progress against targets and how to reach them
Present quarterly business reviews for top Publishers
Regularly analyze data around how a Publisher is performing, benchmarking them against their competitors and providing suggestions for how they can grow
Compile and analyze Publisher reports in regards to activities with specific merchants
Collaborate with the Operations team to ensure seamless implementation of Skimlinks technology