Head of Ad Sales
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Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. Its a big mission and thats where you come in!
At Duolingo youll join a team that cares about educating our users experimenting with big ideas making factbased decisions and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. Youll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with worldclass minds while doing work thats both meaningful and fun.
Join our lifechanging mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing! learners around the world.
About the role...
Join us to build Duolingos direct ad business.
Duolingo is used by over 110 million users every month to learn a language music or math. The vast majority of our learners engage with the free adsupported version of our app which is core to our mission of delivering a learning experience that is accessible to all.
As our reach continues to grow we want to elevate Duolingos free experience by introducing higherquality ad formats that delight learners and offer substantial monetization potential for Duolingo.
We are seeking a Director of Ads to build our direct ad business from the ground up. As the founding member of our sales team you will develop Duolingos ad strategy and lead our ad sales initiatives. Youll collaborate closely with our Business Monetization Product and Design teams to formulate strategies for innovative ad formats that excite advertisers while building on Duolingos tenets of gamification delightful design brand equity and character IP.
This is a global role reporting into our VP of Business Development where you will work in a highvelocity environment to lay the foundation for a new business line for Duolingo leveraging your extensive network to generate demand and drive value to Duolingo and our advertising partners. This position offers a unique zerotoone opportunity to play a pivotal part in shaping the trajectory of ads on Duolingo for hundreds of millions of learners.
You will...
- Develop Duolingos ads strategy aligning with our mission business objectives and product guardrail to maintain a highquality free user experience
- Define Duolingos ad menu and rate cards identifying standard and native formats that drive value for our advertisers
- Drive revenue growth by generating demand within key verticals and maintaining a pipeline of new and existing advertising clients
- Advise on scaling our sales operations through lowresource models such as commercial partners and/or automationfirst sales motions
- Establish and implement efficient repeatable sales strategies and operational processes prioritizing accounts and managing key relationships effectively
- Monitor market trends and perform competitive analyses to inform strategic decisions and identify emerging opportunities
- Create compelling sales presentations and proposals using internal and external data
- Represent Duolingo at relevant industry events showcasing our product and expanding our network
You have...
- 10 years of experience in direct ad sales media buying or digital advertising preferably with a focus on innovative formats and delightful user experiences
- Experience building an ad business for a leading consumer mobile app from the ground up
- Proven track record in building a book of business of top tier advertisers
- Strong understanding of the ad tech ecosystem and experience onboarding necessary vendors (e.g. for measurement reporting automation)
- Strong understanding of the Duolingo product and experience working directly with product engineers and designers
- Expertise in using data to derive insights and assess the performance of ad campaigns
- Experience negotiating and structuring standard and innovative adbuying agreements
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fastpaced environment
- Entrepreneurial attitude that favors starting things from scratch reducing complexity and quickly testing and reiterating on ideas and processes
We post a multilevel salary range for all of our roles.
This is not inclusive of the rest of our awesome portfolio that includes equity compensation and worldclass benefits. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations. Your recruiter can share more details about the range for a specific level during the hiring process. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including but not limited to skills experience education and internal equity.
Take a peek at how we care for our employees holistic wellbeing with our benefitshere.
We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation please contact.
Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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Director
Employment Type
Full Time
