Creative Strategist - Contract, Milan

Job Description

Sell what you love. For us and millions of users across the globe, that’s Spotify. Join the Sales team and you’ll build the relationships that help grow our business in existing markets and beyond. We don’t just sell creative solutions to our clients and partners, we help to shape them; using our expert knowledge of ad products, sales channels and the industry to impact the way the world experiences music and podcasts. Spotify’s mission is to ‘unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by those creators’. We are looking for a passionate experienced creative strategist to join our Ad Sales team on an 11 month contract (finishing on the 31st Dec 2022) . Reporting into the Account Management Lead you will support the Sales team in engaging, inspiring, and guiding brands through data fueled creativity. The ideal candidate is a dynamic but thoughtful innovator who solves brand challenges through the creative use of Spotify’s advertising solutions. We are looking for someone capable of developing tailored advertising solutions for agencies and brands both proactively and in response to brief, together with delivering creative inspiration sessions to audiences of Creative Agencies and brand managers to unlock incremental growth. Collaboration is a key value at Spotify, and this individual must partner closely with various Spotify teams across the business to develop custom solutions that extract the full power of Spotify data and insights in an inspiring and powerful way. We want someone who loves our product and wakes up every morning happy to interact with our clients.

What you'll do

• Partner with the Sales team by generating creative ideas and providing strategic consultation in response to high value RFPs.
• Understand and incorporate relevant narratives into proposals and presentations, translating insights into unique to Spotify solutions and revenue-driving opportunities
• Guide and inspire Creative Agencies and marketers on how to utilize Spotify ́s advertising Products through the delivery of Creative Inspiration sessions in accordance with our Creative Excellence framework
• Position our existing creative Ad products to our sales teams and to the market, maintaining consistency in product marketing messages and accuracy in technical specifications.
• Present concepts to internal teams and clients with poise and a solutions-selling approach.
• Collaborate with sales support teams and third-party vendors to transition campaigns from pre-sales to production.

Who you are

• You have a minimum of 6-8+ years experience within a creative or strategic planning role at a sales house, publisher, platform, creative agency, or similar.
• You have the ability to synthesize and utilize data to help craft a creative story, and you’re excited by the opportunity audio and digital tactics offer to storytelling.
• An original thinker, able to develop new concepts, products, and content that can sell.
• You have the ability to translate blue sky concepts into actionable ideas on Spotify & the ability to translate raw data into insights to spark new ideas.
• You are experienced with working cross-functionally across multiple stakeholders, prioritizing deliverables and deadlines, and have an understanding of content production.
• Audio is a passion and you are a fan of the Spotify platform; our data, tools, products, as well as podcasts and music (obviously).
• You are a compelling storyteller with experience in presenting to internal and external audiences.
• You have the ability to pitch your work in an easy and compelling way, written and verbally.
• You are proficient in Keynote/Powerpoint
• You are fluent in English and Italian (Please apply in English.)

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens. Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with a community of more than 381 million users. Global COVID and Vaccination Disclosure Spotify is committed to safety and well-being of our employees, vendors and clients. We are following regional guidelines mandating vaccination and testing requirements, including those requiring vaccinations and testing for in-person roles and event attendance. For the US, we have mandated that all employees and contractors be fully vaccinated in order to work in our offices and externally with any third-parties. For all other locations, we strongly encourage our employees to get vaccinated and also follow local COVID and safety protocols. Apply for this job