Manager, Campaigns - Central London - at Adknowledge, Inc.

2010-12-20 07:08:07

Location: Central London
URL: http://www.adknowledge.com

Description:

Adknowledge is the largest privately-held online ad network with more than 300 employees and $300mm in revenue. The business runs an online auction marketplace (similar to Google Adwords) located at www.bidsystem.com where advertisers bid for click across “keyword lite” inventory in email, social games, display, and domain inventory. Bidsystem is the 5th largest advertiser marketplace next to Google, Yahoo, Facebook and MSN. Founded in 2004, Adknowledge is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. It has additional offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Ft. Myers, New York, and international offices in London, Sydney, and Vancouver. Adknowledge has been recognized for:

• Ingram Magazine 2010 – as one of the BEST companies to work for in Kansas City
• CNBC as “the next Google”
• Silicon Alley Insider – as the 22nd most valuable start-up in the world

Adknowledge is the No 1 EU ad platform specializing in monetizing applications and casual games within the Developer communities (who build ‘apps’) within MySpace, Bebo, Facebook, Hi 5 & Twitter). The social gaming sector is one of the fastest growing areas of display & affiliate advertising.

POSITION OVERVIEW
The Campaigns Manager position is responsible for uploading and maintaining the advertiser offers for the countries identified in the following job description. Key Performance Indicators for each country campaign manager include: total effective CPM, Total Revenue and Advertiser depth (number of ad offers for each country). Core responsibilities:

1. Ad Campaign supervision: The Campaigns Manager will work closely with the traffic and analytics team in the USA to ensure campaigns run smoothly.
2. Reporting: Frequent contact with UK MD & Director of Ad operations in NY, to ensure progress is being made towards improving advertiser depth in each region held as well as other KPI’s.
3. Optimisation: To act swiftly to maximise results by changing creative or upping/lowering an offer bid. Working with the US team to improve rebooking percentage and eCPM’s overall.
4. Invoicing: Where appropriate, work alongside the UK finance team to ensure client invoices go out on time accompanied by the appropriate campaign reports.
5. Diligent and Unflappable: A key skill : to keep cool under pressure and remain calm and focused despite distractions.

Additional duties include:

· Collating a weekly country dashboard for each territory held. This includes eCPM, Clicks, Leads vs Impresions, Advertiser (offer) numbers & daily run rate (revenue).
· Help maintain relationships with new CPA Networks and with clients direct.
· Report to the MD and sales team weekly on country progress.

CANDIDATE OVERVIEW
The successful candidate will be a vital asset to the Social Virtual Currency team with at least:

· 2 years minimum experience in running online advertising campaigns.
· A thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
· A familiarity with industry standard reporting platforms preferred (eg Dart, Helios, MediaVisor, @plan, Atlas, NNR, Comscore).
· The willingness to travel with the UK & abroad if required
· An additional native-level linguistic skillset would be a bonus.

The successful candidate will also demonstrate the following abilities:

■ Hands-On: Will lead the charge, and lead by example with a strong team mentality.
■ Entrepreneurial: Resourceful, figure-it-out-and-get-it-done mentality, and a track record of creating successful business relationships
■ Good communicator: Excel in both written and oral communication; effective interpersonal skills; professional attitude; able to represent Company favorably
■ Organized: Able to work independently; effective time management skills; able to manage multiple tasks concurrently, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines
■ Analytical: An intelligent decision maker. Good at inputting data and crunching reports!

If you would like to be considered for an opportunity with Adknowledge, please submit your online application TODAY!

To apply, please go to the following URL: https://tbe.taleo.net/NA7/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=ADKNOWLEDGE&cws=1&rid=337

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Account Manager - Central London - at Adknowledge, Inc.

2010-12-17 08:51:28

Location: Central London
URL: http://www.adknowledge.com

Description:

• Ingram Magazine 2010 – as one of the BEST companies to work for in Kansas City
• CNBC as “the next Google”
• Silicon Alley Insider – as the 22nd most valuable start-up in the world

POSITION OVERVIEW
The Account Manager is responsible for bring in new campaigns for the Super Rewards & Cubics social platforms. This is achieved by working with clients direct, advertising agencies and CPA networks, to get test campaigns which are then managed into a portfolio of regular spending clients.
Core responsibilities:

1 .Sales & Business Development: The Account Manager will work closely with the Sales Director & UK MD to prospect, pitch and close new business and oversee existing campaigns to grow our key accounts.
2. Proposals & Reporting: Clear, brief and accurate proposal writing is essential to success. Recording of activity and follow up with clients in a timely professional manner
3. Account Management: Trafficking of offer requests and increasing bounties from all accounts; compiling account data and resolving accounting needs

Additional duties include:

· Attending Social Media trade shows
· Foreign travel may be required from time to time.
· Contributing to the marketing of the business in Europe generally (ideas, written contributions).
· Participation in team building and sales training events.

CANDIDATE OVERVIEW
The successful candidate will be a vital asset to the UK business team with at least:

· 2 years minimum experience in selling online advertising campaigns.
· A proven track record of success in sales.
· Familiarity with the social media industry
· The willingness to travel with the UK & abroad if required
· Thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

The successful candidate will also demonstrate the following abilities:

• Pro-Active:To be a self-starter who can – once trained by us on the product suite – get busy and start adding value in short order without supervision
• Hands-On: Will lead the charge, and lead by example with a strong team mentality
• Entrepreneurial: Resourceful, figure-it-out-and-get-it-done mentality, and a track record of creating successful business relationships. The ability to pitch and close new business is a must
• Good communicator: Excel in both written and oral communication; effective interpersonal skills; professional attitude; able to represent Company favorably. Clear, brief and accurate proposal writing is essential to success.
• Organized: Able to work independently; effective time management skills; able to manage multiple tasks concurrently, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines

If you would like to be considered for an opportunity with Adknowledge, please submit your online application TODAY!

To apply, please go to the following URL: https://tbe.taleo.net/NA7/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=ADKNOWLEDGE&cws=1&rid=338

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Manager, Campaigns - Central London - at Adknowledge, Inc.

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