Full-Time

Director – Client Services

Agency

Updated on 4/18/2025

The Trade Desk

The Trade Desk

1,001-5,000 employees

Demand-side platform for digital advertising

Compensation Overview

$111.9k - $205.2k/yr

+ Stock-based Compensation + Sales-based Incentives + Commissions

Senior, Expert

New York, NY, USA

Candidates must be residents of CO, CA, IL, NY, WA, and Washington DC.

Category
Customer Experience & Support
Customer Experience
Customer Support
Required Skills
Management
Requirements
  • 8+ years of relevant professional experience
  • 4+ years of programmatic experience in trading or hands-on-keyboard function
  • Experience in developing, nurturing and managing client relationships
  • Proven track record of driving revenue growth with large customer accounts
  • 4+ years of strong management and leadership skills through a collaborative team approach
  • Ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, executive team and industry groups
  • Execute (and coach others to execute) timely in a fast-paced environment through effective time management and prioritization skills
  • Ambition to develop personally and nurture the development of others
  • Excellent influencing and negotiation skills
  • Highly organized with a strong attention to detail
Responsibilities
  • Provide oversight to a portfolio of accounts, participating in key client meetings while navigating relationships with senior leaders and decision makers at agencies
  • Lead the development of portfolio-specific goals based on the company’s vision and values and responsible for tracking progress of portfolio goals on a regular basis
  • Motivate and empowering a team to drive consistent YoY account growth
  • Manage for team bandwidth, delivering a high-level of account support and reporting progress against goals to management
  • Thoughtfully identify future leaders of the business and grow talent on the team by developing the strengths of individuals for the next level of their careers
  • Know our capabilities and differentiators to help the team identify opportunities to leverage them to drive revenue growth and solve business needs
  • Advocate internally with senior cross-functional stakeholders for clients’ product needs
  • Develop trusting and productive relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally
  • Maintain strong cross-functional relationships across Client Services with Sales and Trading leaders to help drive effective performance across all teams
  • Communicate effectively with other functional leaders by solving business challenges together, identifying opportunities for growth, and collaborating to drive efficiency and effectiveness across the organization.

The Trade Desk operates a demand-side platform (DSP) that enables advertisers to buy digital advertising space automatically. Clients, including advertising agencies and direct advertisers, use this platform to manage and optimize their campaigns across various channels like display, social media, mobile, video, and connected TV. The platform utilizes real-time bidding (RTB), allowing advertisers to purchase ad impressions through live auctions that occur as web pages load. The Trade Desk distinguishes itself by providing advanced technology and data analytics, ensuring transparency in campaign measurement and reporting. This helps clients make informed decisions about their ad spending and improve campaign performance. The company's goal is to empower advertisers with the tools they need to optimize their digital advertising efforts effectively.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Ventura, California

Founded

2009

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • The rise of privacy-centric advertising solutions benefits The Trade Desk's Unified ID 2.0 initiative.
  • Increasing connected TV ad spend offers growth opportunities for The Trade Desk.
  • The shift towards first-party data strategies aligns with The Trade Desk's data-driven platform.

What critics are saying

  • Securities class action lawsuit could lead to financial and reputational damage.
  • Failed AI tool lawsuit may impact investor confidence and financial liabilities.
  • Strategic shifts with new COO may disrupt operations or client relationships.

What makes The Trade Desk unique

  • The Trade Desk offers a self-service platform for data-driven digital advertising campaigns.
  • It provides transparency in measurement and reporting for optimized ad spend.
  • The platform supports multiple channels, including display, video, social, and connected TV.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Wellness Program

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
Comscore
Apr 3rd, 2025
Flexible by Design: Building Standards That Fit a Multi-Currency World

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The Trade Desk
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To overcome this, Asahi and its agency, Dentsu Hong Kong, collaborated with The Trade Desk to develop an advertising strategy aimed at growing its first-party data and reaching its loyal customers interested in a lighter beer alternative across channels to help drive online sales of both its new beer product and its portfolio of other brands.

Indian Television
Mar 20th, 2025
Dhruv Dhawan checks in at The Trade Desk to power adtech growth in India

MUMBAI: In a move that's set to make waves in the adtech space, Dhruv Dhawan is joining The Trade Desk as vice president for revenue.

MarTech 360
Mar 19th, 2025
Cineverse Partners with The Trade Desk to Enhance Programmatic Ad Efficiency with OpenPath

Cineverse partners with The Trade Desk to enhance programmatic ad efficiency with OpenPath.

The Trade Desk
Mar 19th, 2025
How The Trade Desk gained greater insight into the power of Connected TV

When The Trade Desk launched its new "What Matters" brand campaign, the marketing team wanted to go beyond standard Connected TV performance KPIs like reach and frequency.