Account Strategist

Perion is a global advertising technology company delivering solutions to the biggest brands and publishers around the globe across search, social media and display, video, CTV, and programmatic DOOH.

Home to an award-winning technology solution –– with our unique data-driven AI/ML based technologies, we deliver and optimize hundreds of terabytes of data and billions of events per day. We’re working with dozens of sources to provide a superior experience across screens and platforms, including mobile, video, social and native.

Overview

The Account Strategist role is designed to cast the vision for holistic account-level direction across key accounts, and brands covered within it. This role will partner with sales to identify areas for growth, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to execute. The strategist will toggle between account-level planning and campaign-specific recommendations, collaborating with cross-functional teams for the entire campaign lifestyle. The role will have an emphasis on storytelling and bringing campaign results to life.

Responsibilities

• Be the voice of the customer in cross-functional meetings – helping to guide the team towards solutions that best meet the client’s needs.
• Provide holistic, full-funnel recommendations for campaigns across all activation channels and creative formats.
• Lead kick-off calls with client/agency and internal teams for strategic campaigns.
• Own strategic direction, in collaboration with sales counterpart, for account list.
• Lead QBR content alignment and presentations for key account list.
• Identify incremental opportunities and provide data-backed recommendations and positioning for accounts on a quarterly basis.
• Lead strategic client presentations inclusive of QBRS, 1H/2H Reviews and
• Project management of new account-level initiatives.
• Prepare and provide strategic sales materials for RFPs showcasing how we’ll meet and exceed their goals, all in a measurable way.
• Meet, build, and create deep relationships with client and agency partners
• Work closely with campaign counterparts to ensure sure client goals are achieved/exceeded

Requirements

• 5 – 7 years in client services roles with experience at agencies, brand-direct or Retail Media Networks.  
• Digital media experience is required
• Deep understanding of competitive landscape: Digital media, DCO
• Familiarity with leading category measurement solutions
• Detail-oriented and data-driven, with strong analytical skills
• Analytical with the ability to build recommendations and action plans based on data
• Experience in working closely with sales teams, customers, and multiple internal stakeholders
• Team player with excellent communication skills and ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
• Media planning experience is preferred
• Experience working in Salesforce preferred
• Proficient in Excel & PPT

Soft Skills

• Time management
• Organization
• Proactive
• Tech & Product savvy
• Service-oriented
• Detail-oriented
• Strategic thinker
• Analytical
• Problem solver

Perion is committed to building a company whose staff reflects the true diversity of our community. Our employees are hired, promoted, and rewarded on the basis of talent, performance, dedication and results. We embrace our diversity and are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer that welcomes all candidates without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, partnership status, ancestry, disability or veteran status.