Account Manager

About the Role & Team

Transfer Media, a Walt Disney Company, is seeking an experienced and digitally-savvy Account Manager to drive our expansion in digital media. This role is ideal for a strategic and client-focused professional with a strong background in digital advertising, eager to strengthen relationships with key media agency partners and grow Transfer Media’s traditional and digital offerings. The Account Manager reports to the Head of Sales.

This role is hybrid role, with the office in Antwerp.

What You Will Do

• Account Management: Maintain and strengthen relationships with key media agency partners to ensure high levels of client satisfaction. You are their primary point of contact for all inquiries and needs.

• Customer Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with existing clients while actively attracting new clients.

• Digital Media Strategy & Execution: Leverage expertise in digital advertising, including programmatic, online video and VOD-platforms, to develop tailored strategies that meet client objectives.

• Needs Assessment & Recommendations: Understand clients’ needs and provide expert advice on the most effective advertising solutions. Assist your colleagues with recommendations for their clients’ digital campaigns.

• Active Sales of Digital Ad Space on YouTube: Drive sales of YouTube advertising, including video ads (TrueView, skippable, non-skippable), and other YouTube ad formats.

• Internal collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams—including planning, insights, and operations—to ensure seamless execution of (digital) campaigns.

• Performance Analysis & Reporting: Track, analyze, and report on account performance using analytics tools, providing insights to both clients and internal stakeholders.

• Media industry knowledge: Stay ahead of the latest trends, technological advancements, and innovations in digital advertising, particularly within the YouTube and streaming landscape, to educate clients and identify growth opportunities within Transfer Media’s portfolio.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, media, business, or a related field.

• 3+ years of experience in account management or sales within the media or digital advertising industry.

• Proven track record of managing client relationships and driving business growth.

• Extensive knowledge of the digital advertising market and the YouTube advertising ecosystem.

• Strong understanding of the broader digital advertising landscape, including streaming platforms and advertising opportunities within the VOD sector.

• Experience with Google Ad Manager (GAM), Operative 1, and Salesforce is a plus but not required.

• Digital media expertise (programmatic, video, and data-driven advertising)

• Strong understanding of YouTube’s advertising formats, targeting options, and campaign optimization

• A proactive attitude with a willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment

• Negotiation and deal closing

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines

• Strong analytical skills and data-driven decision-making

• Upselling and cross-selling digital solutions

• Strong presentation and storytelling skills

• Client-focused approach with an emphasis on digital transformation

• Deep understanding of industry trends and new technologies

• Team player with strong interpersonal skills, able to collaborate effectively across departments

• Flexible, results-driven attitude with a commitment beyond traditional working hours (No 9 to 5 mentality)

• Fluent in French, Dutch, and English

This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in Transfer Media’s digital growth. If you are passionate about the future of digital media and have a track record of driving success in the space, we want to hear from you!

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided the necessary accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive all benefits of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.