Content Evangelist
Make the Marketing team at Microsoft Advertising part of your career story!
Are you passionate about digital advertising? Do you have deep experience in developing content that supports an evolving brand story and the products that are part of that story? If so, you might be the perfect fit for the Microsoft Advertising business. We are looking for a Content Evangelist who can turn words on paper into action and experiences that turn heads and wow our customers and the industry.
The Content Evangelist will be a member of the Brand Strategy team and is responsible for communicating the value and effectiveness of our display advertising portfolio to markets across the world. Your mission is to light up our brand by creating stories about our portfolio and products that demonstrate our advertising excellence, creativity, relevance to marketers and technological innovation. You would work closely with our product marketing and brand team to create these scenarios, stories and product demos. Then you would take the stories on the road -- with evangelism to influential internal partners, the Advertising and Online Trade Marketing Partners, Sales teams and key thought leaders throughout the world-wide markets. Your ultimate goal? You become the go-to, trusted advisor and advocate for Microsoft Advertising sales teams because you create the sizzle that showcases Microsoft’s powerful position in the display marketplace.
The ideal candidate will be able to:
Quickly grasp complex concepts and rapidly translate them into compelling, customer-facing content
Get the right people in the room, land the plan, and churn out high-quality content at the speed of light
Juggle multiple projects with multiple content deliverables
Take a vague request and hit the mark on the first try by following up with smart questions
Work effectively and happily in a fast-paced environment and within a high-performing team.
Leverage data to validate content and to effectively target and understand the audience
Knock down blockers with finesse
Be constantly looking for ways to scale your work
Build great relationships with internal partners
Approach work with professionalism, humor and a positive attitude
Core Responsibilities:
Develop ad product and consumer product scenarios that demonstrate excellence, innovation, creativity and relevance.
Create persuasive, passionate, data-validated, high impact, high quality presentations
Prepare executives to speak/demo at Industry Conferences, client meetings and events
Write expert content
Hire and manage technical support vendors to develop technology demos and scenarios; manage their deliverables
Build and maintain high-quality relationships with industry leaders and leadership at across the ad industry.
Be a consultative partner to Microsoft Advertising account teams, including AEs, Global Account Directors, and District Managers, by engaging on a regular basis to educate, provide updates, align on account plans, identify opportunities to drive revenue, and evangelize our unique value prop in the marketplace.
Requirements:
Expert level knowledge of online media and advertising; including minimum 8-10 years of relevant media sales, service, marketing, or program management experience related to the advertising industry
Minimum 3 years marketing or related advertising experience (5+ years of experience preferred)
Display advertising experience preferred, Search advertising experience a plus
Proven ability to engage within the advertising marketing community through expert written content and track record of building online relationships
Positive, can-do spirit and passion for digital marketing, search and technology
Expert public speaking capability, able to represent Microsoft Advertising internally and externally
Experience managing agencies or vendors
Experience establishing and nurturing mid to senior-level, long term relationships with digital marketing executives and community thought leaders
Ability to deal with ambiguity and adapt quickly to new business directions and goals
Proven track record of exceptional performance, high productivity and meeting deadlines
Expert skills in PowerPoint and knowledge of other Microsoft Office applications. Knowledge of SharePoint, Microsoft Sway and PowerPoint Mix preferred.
Experience in creative direction for visual and written content, including video, a plus
Ability to create demo mock-ups or flow-diagrams a plus
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.