What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sales Planner, Live Sports Sales, Amazon Ads position at Amazon?
DESCRIPTION
Amazon Ads is one of our fastest growing businesses and offers advertisers a rich array of media solutions inclusive of premium Live Sports properties like Thursday Night Football, NASCAR, the NWSL, and NBA. The strategy and insights we deliver Live Sports advertisers foster meaningful connections with consumers - from discovery to loyalty - in a unique way versus any other sports media platform at scale. We believe that Live Sports advertising, when done well, enhances the customer experience with delightful discovery for viewing fans and compelling performance for advertisers.
We’re looking for a driven and passionate Sales Planner to support our Live Sports Sales team surrounding our growing portfolio of sports properties (Thursday Night Football, NBA/WNBA NASCAR, NWSL, YES Yankees, and more). They will need to partner seamlessly across internal divisions and teams to support pan-Amazon business results benefiting our viewing fans and advertising customers.
Key job responsibilities
• Work with Live Sports Sales and clients to build sports media plans, managing both the internal inventory needs and financial/mix asks from clients and agencies
• Collaborate with Sales, Operations, Product, and internal account teams in execution of all live sports ad deals
• Manage pre and post-sale operations and decision making for the business, ensuring delivery, and managing to ad sales deal points
• Distribute pre and post logs to all advertisers
• Assist sales and account teams with campaign reporting and insights
• Work with billing teams on invoicing and reconciliation
About the team
Amazon Ads is dedicated to driving measurable outcomes for both brands and agencies through advertising. Our ad solutions — including sponsored content, premium video, audio and custom ads — leverage Amazon’s innovations and insights to find, attract, and engage meaningfully with audiences. We're all about helping brands reach the right audiences in the right places, without causing disruption. Our robust insights, expansive portfolio of properties, and comprehensive advertising solutions help advertisers interact and form relationships with customers – and give them a purposeful presence in customer’s lives.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3- 5 years in sales account management working with agencies and clients in linear and digital ad deployment
- 1-3 years in sports account management
- Experience in ad sales planning systems
- Proficient in media math
- Experience managing proposals and liability
- Customer service experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Both linear and digital media planning experience
- Sports media planning experience
- Experience working across a sports portfolio
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $61,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $131,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Salary : $61,500 - $131,600
