Inventory Analyst

Vevo is the world's leading music video network, connecting an ever-growing global audience to high quality music video content for more than a decade. Founded by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment in 2009, Vevo offers fans worldwide a vast array of premium content to choose from, showcasing official music videos alongside a constantly developing lineup of live performances and innovative original programming. From top superstars to rising new talents, Vevo brings incomparable cross-promotional support to artists across the musical spectrum, at every stage of their careers.
Vevo has consistently evolved over the past decade to lead within today's ever-changing media landscape, embracing partnerships with a number of leading distribution platforms to deliver extraordinary content within ad-supported environments. With 22 billion views across television, desktop and mobile devices each month, Vevo brings music videos to the world – when, where, and how fans want them.
Vevo is available on YouTube, Samsung, Samsung TV Plus, Roku, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Amazon Prime Video, VIZIO WatchFree+, Foxtel, Hulu + Live TV, Sling Freestream, and Rakuten TV.

About Role: 

We’re seeking an Inventory Analyst to join our small team of talented Revenue Operations specialists that are working to maximize profitable revenue and provide best in class support to the larger Sales organization.
 
This Inventory Analyst role will report to the Yield & Inventory Manager, as part of the larger Revenue Operations organization.  The Inventory Analyst will have the opportunity to help build, monitor and analyze exciting first to market digital media products with high visibility.  As gatekeeper of the ever-changing inventory landscape of a top publisher, an Inventory Analyst will be challenged with optimizing our inventory and providing solutions to Yield Analysts & the Sales Organization in an effort to maximize revenue for Vevo. 
 
As a member of the Revenue Operations team here at Vevo, you’ll be working alongside super talented individuals that will both inspire you and challenge you to think about things like inventory management, ad product development, and artist based forecasting in ways you hadn’t imagined. We often take time as a team to review new industry trends and advancements and think critically about various things happening in the world around us that may impact the ways we decide to be more strategic as a team overall. We have a phenomenal team made up of accomplished individuals from Yield Analysts, Campaign Managers & Sales Operations specialists, and we’re excited about having you join us!

This role can either be based out of our Los Angeles, CA office or New York, NY office.

As a member of our team, you will:

• Work with management on assessing Vevo’s inventory landscape for budgeting purposes and maximum revenue potential

• Forecast inventory availability and calculate sell-through, employing statistical analysis and modeling; preferably within a dashboard

• Manage an inventory dashboard that the analysts can utilize real-time to project sponsorship costs, increase visibility on net avails and identify areas of high sell thru

• Report on key inventory trends that may affect pricing of packages and sell through and provide solutions on how to best optimize such inventory

• Identify opportunities and implement solutions that increase the effectiveness and efficiencies of Vevo’s operations – including the development of tools, process, and reports

• Work with management on tracking inventory for specialized products such as; Programmatic, Audience Guarantee, First Impression Video Products, Viewability Guarantee

• Work with the Yield & Pricing team identify and track key metrics to inform our go to market strategy

• Analyze and report on the delivery of key market products including; takeovers, premieres, high impact takeovers

• Manage Vevo’s Global booking process; managing Artist bookings & creating marketing holds for any key editorial dates, premieres, and tentpole events

• Work closely with Yield Analysts to provide best in class customer service to Vevo’s Sales Organization in both the RFP & Post-IO phases

This describes you:

• You love to collaborate- taking your analysis and working with various teams to put it into action

• You enjoy making a discovery; formulating your ideas and presenting next steps to management

• You have an appreciation for the details, and how they can connect to the larger picture

• You are intrigued by a dynamic, flexible digital inventory environment and its revenue potential

• You have experience taking fun seriously, and cheering up your teammates when they need some positive encouragement; you naturally understand that work isn’t work when you love what you do

Requirements:

• At least 1 year of Inventory/Yield experience in the digital media industry

• Highly proficient in Google Suites (Google Sheets, Google Slides) and also Excel and PowerPoint

• Working knowledge of DoubleClick & Operative

• Experience working with dynamic digital products such as: Audience Guarantee, Viewability & Programmatic a plus, not required

• Experience in Google Ad Manager and FreeWheel are a plus