Industry Director Luxury, Beauty and Fashion

Industry Director Luxury, Beauty and Fashion
About Teads

Teads is a leading omnichannel advertising platform focused on driving outcomes for brand and performance advertisers across screens. With a focus on meaningful business outcomes for branding and performance objectives, Teads drives value by leveraging predictive AI technology to connect quality media, beautiful brand creative, and context-driven addressability and measurement. Teads is directly partnered with more than 10,000 publishers and 20,000 advertisers globally. The company is headquartered in New York, New York with a global team of around 1,700 people in 30+ countries.

This role sits within our Italian Commercial team in Milan, reporting directly to the Deputy MD, Italy . Following our continued commercial expansion, this team is responsible for driving our advertiser-first strategy across three of the market's most dynamic and prestigious verticals: Luxury, Beauty, and Fashion .

In this role, you will lead high-impact commercial relationships and serve as a strategic anchor for Teads in Italy . You will collaborate daily with cross-functional partners across Demand Ops, Studio, Product, and Client Service to solve complex brand challenges and elevate Teads' position as an essential strategic partner to leading advertisers and media agencies across the region .

About the Role
Core Mission: Act as the strategic partner and commercial leader to drive revenue growth and secure Teads' inclusion in core media plans across premier Luxury, Beauty, and Fashion accounts in Italy .

Team Alignment: Work closely with mid-to-senior leaders across local and multi-market Demand Ops, Studio, and Product teams to translate client marketing objectives into operational realities and high-performing campaigns .

Scope of Ownership: Take full accountability for managing senior client and media agency relationships, commercial activations, and strategic revenue targets across Italy .

Impact Metric: Success in this role means expanding Teads' market share, converting competing media budgets, and consistently delivering on regional revenue objectives over the next 12 months .

What You'll Do
Orchestrate and execute the commercial sales strategy across a portfolio of top-tier Luxury, Beauty, and Fashion advertisers in Italy, taking full ownership of regional revenue goals .

Cultivate and mature mid-to-senior relationships across advertisers and media agencies, positioning Teads as a long-term strategic partner .

Negotiate and secure Teads' inclusion in core media plans and recurring digital advertising budgets .

Drive revenue growth by converting traditional or competing digital media budgets into Teads' video, display, and performance solutions .

Consultative Selling & Client Advisory
Identify key client marketing needs and align Teads' video, display, and performance solutions to deliver measurable campaign results .

Serve as an authoritative client expert, presenting performance reports, market insights, and case studies to agency and brand stakeholders .

Articulate compelling product value propositions and campaign insights to client decision-makers .

Execution & Operational Excellence
Own day-to-day campaign delivery and cross-functional collaboration with local and multi-market Demand Ops, Studio, and Product teams to ensure execution meets strict SLAs .

Troubleshoot campaign-related issues proactively, applying a hands-on, outcome-driven approach to maintain high client satisfaction .

Maintain rigorous pipeline visibility, revenue forecasting, and transparent communication across internal teams .

What You'll Get
At Teads, your scope is bigger than your title . Here is what you can count on in return :

Meaningful scope & real ownership - take full accountability for key industry verticals in a major European market .

Global exposure and genuinely complex challenges at real scale - 2.2Bn users / month and 18Bn ad opportunities / day .

Smart, ambitious peers across 30+ markets in a collaborative, cross-border setup .

A genuinely human culture - high care alongside high accountability .

Real investment in your growth - structured mentorship, coaching, courses, workshops, certifications, and leadership development programmes .

Local Benefits & Perks:

Office and home hybrid working model.

Daily meal vouchers.

15 days Work from Anywhere (WFA) per year.

Fully stocked kitchen and regular team social events / happy hours.

What Will You Bring to the Team?
Must-Haves
Core Experience: Solid experience (approx. 4-7 years) in digital media or advertising