Creative Strategist - Ad Sales - (Contract/Freelance) - 6 Months

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 a 6-month contract (self-employee)). Reporting into the Account Management Lead you will support the Sales team in engaging, inspiring, and guiding brands through data fuelled creativity. The ideal candidate is a dynamic but thoughtful innovator who solves brand challenges through the creative use of Spotify’s advertising solutions. 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 apply 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.
• You will work out of Madrid office

Who You Are:

• You have 6+ 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 use data to help craft a creative story, and you’re excited by the opportunity audio and digital tactics offer to storytelling.
• A problem solver, able to develop new concepts, products, and content that can sell.
• You can translate blue sky concepts into actionable ideas on Spotify & 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 pitch your work in an easy and compelling way, written and verbally.
• You are proficient in Keynote/Powerpoint
• You are fluent in English and Spanish (Please apply in English.)

Where you'll Be:

• We’ve introduced Work From Anywhere to give you more options!
• While we will ask you to pop into the office from time to time, we are giving you the flexibility to work from home should you choose to do so.
• Working hours? We operate within the Central European zone for collaboration

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. Apply for this job