Amazon Advertising talent is being poached for C-suite roles at other firms. Meet 9 former execs who jumped to companies like LoopMe and Walmart.
LoopMe chief revenue officer Lisa CoffeyA number of Amazon ad execs have taken top tier jobs at giants like Walmart and hot startups like LoopMe.
, a company that provides in-store digital advertising screens."Yes, I was in ad sales at Amazon, but a lot of the documents that I wrote, and a lot of the programs that I was able to help start or start on my own all began as an owner of the business." "You're like a company within a company," he said."The ownership that [Amazon] allowed me is what allowed me to step into this role at a startup."adtech firm LoopMeShe helped build out Amazon's relationships with big ad agencies and said that it was tough to initially pitch advertisers because Amazon's ad products were unproven.
"There were several times for me to take net-new opportunities and build them from zero and scale them," he said. "The deal did not move the needle on revenue but the fact that Jeff Bezos knew about this ad campaign I did in a vacuum in New York was always really fascinating to me," he said."Despite his ability to think really big about where our business was going, he also knew specific details."Instacart
"Instead of setting up a meeting or video call, your idea can scale without you being there," he said."Most companies aren't light on meetings, but they're light on great action after the meeting.""Everybody's going to be tugging at your calendar, and you have to learn how and where to say no," he said.
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