Director, Programmatic Sales (Publicis)

WunderKIND Ads is not another seat in the auction. Our ads are behaviorally triggered : our proprietary tag is integrated directly on a premium list of publisher pages, tracking on-site user behavior so that our ad renders only once a visitor has finished consuming the content. That creates a net new placement, one that did not exist on the page before we created it. How we serve the ad is why we are different from every competitor in-market. And the patience pays. When an ad experience respects the user's reason for visiting a page, the user respects the ad experience in return: more attention, greater engagement, brand safe by design, and no fight with editorial for the same pixels. We sit inside Wunderkind, the performance marketing engine that drives $1.2 billion a year in attributable revenue for brands including Hugo Boss, Gucci, Lenovo, Cole Haan and HelloFresh, built on behavioral and identity data from 400+ retail and eCommerce relationships . That means our supply comes with something most premium inventory cannot offer: a genuine understanding of who is on the other side of the impression. You will be selling a product that is structurally different, to a market that has heard every other pitch. 🎯 Who would thrive this role? ⚡️ This a big role for us. It's not for the faint of heart. It's for the seasoned seller who wants to get their hands on a giant book of business, and brings deep connections within the Publicis ecosystem. This one's for the strategic seller, the expert in bringing on board new buyers and landing ambitious briefs from exiting ones. This one's for the seller with absolute relationship mastery. Your relationships have depth, you have credibility. People trust you with their brand, and in partnership with skilled Account Management - you turn in the results time-after-time. Our Director-level sales roles are for those with 8 years in Programmatic, at least 5 of these in the front-seat closing net new buyers. If your mission is just to grow whats given to you, this role's not for you. We're a lean team of ultra-high performance, with a phenomenal product and some truly inspiring titans of industry in-house, to elevate you further. 👉 Time to hit the big time. Do it here. 🚀 🔑 Here's the key to applying for our role: Relationships matter . We are hiring a network as much as a skill set. Not a follower count: names, desks, holdcos, and the trust you have earned on them. You will be asked to talk us through the specific agencies, trading desks and brand relationships you would bring, who you would call in week one, and what you would say to them. We take references from former clients as standard, not as a formality at the end. If your relationships are real, this will be the most straightforward process you have been through. The same goes for research . Generic pitching gets found out quickly in this market, and it gets found out quickly here. 💼 What You'll Do! • Own the demand: drive agency, trading desk, brand and DSP spend into Wunderkind display and video inventory across NYC and the wider east coast, against a clear revenue number. • Build the room: steady outreach, meetings and entertainment with programmatic buyers and investment teams, until Wunderkind is the call they make rather than the call they take. • Grow what you win: partner with Account Management to push campaign performance, spend and renewals, turning a first test into an always-on line. • Consult, don't just sell: show buyers how to launch, optimize and troubleshoot CPA, CPC and CPM campaigns across our inventory, and bring them with you as new features and supply land. • Leave a trail: build the training material, sales collateral and client-facing guides that make the next win faster for everyone. You'll grind,