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Role Description

DV is seeking a highly motivated undergraduate (rising junior or senior) to join our team and help shape our future partnership strategies. In this fast-paced role, you will support our Sales and Product teams by investigating emerging advertising channels—such as VR, Gaming, DOOH, and Audio—to accelerate new product development. You will gain hands-on exposure to all aspects of business development, from cold outreach and relationship-building to cross-functional collaboration and strategic planning.

• Support Business Development and Product to accelerate product development in an emerging area by delivering an investigative report into an emerging advertising environment/channel (e.g. VR, Gaming, DOOH, Audio)
• Work with VP, Growth and Ignition and respective Product leads to develop and refine partnership strategy that will help accelerate future product development.
• Partner with Sales & DV Product leadership to effectively advocate for DV needs
• Build relationships on multiple levels within DV and at partner companies to gather the required information to successfully execute the project

Qualifications

• A rising junior or senior pursuing a bachelor’s degree (Business, communications or related field is a plus)
• Demonstrate an interest in technology, digital advertising and/or the ad tech industry
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills
• Feel comfortable working alone or as part of a team
• Self-starter and self-motivated individual who is able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Have a desire to get exposure to all aspects of business development - from communications to product development

Requirements

• Demonstrate strong analytical skills and technical competency by seamlessly interfacing with Sales, Product and contacts at the partner companies.
• Think both tactically and strategically, able to help shape DV’s partnership strategy with technology and media partners to enhance our future services
• Be effective navigating a large organization, successfully building relationships across hierarchical levels from executive to field level
• Be comfortable with cold outreach in order to generate relationships and build partnerships from scratch
• Be a strong presenter, including presenting to large groups and participating on industry panels