Associate Trading Director
- Location
- London
- Posted
- Aug 27, 2026
- Last seen
- Aug 31, 2026
About the role
The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.
Advertising powers the content people love. By making it more transparent, effective, and responsible, we help support trusted journalism, quality entertainment, and creators worldwide. The world’s brands and agencies rely on us to reach their customers and grow their businesses responsibly.
The scale of our platform brings unique technical challenges — from processing massive datasets in real time to building systems that operate reliably on a global scale. When you work here, your impact is worldwide. We welcome diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and build teams that learn from one another. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.
What you'll do:
- Manage, mentor and work alongside Trading Specialists to grow your dedicated book of business through data-led up and cross-sell
- Support the Director of Trading, as a senior member of the team, to shape the overall trading strategy for the UK business
- Work with internal teams to create 12-month growth strategies that help achieve client’s goals and objectives.
- Lead and create RTB buying strategies, optimisation algorithms, and data visualisation.
- Become a leader in best practices for The Trade Desk platform and offer insights on how to improve campaign effectiveness through the platform’s functionality. Mentor clients leveraging this expertise.
- Combine data analysis and client feedback to create optimisation strategies and provide solutions for complex campaigns to meet client objectives.
- Work closely with Product Management and other cross-functional teams to help define features and enhancements to improve the platform.
- Help build our
