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Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. We reach nearly 900M people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love—from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news—with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media.

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Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. We reach nearly 900M people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love—from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news—with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media.

The Search arbitrage team is part of the Yahoo Search organization. We build, plan, launch and optimize Display, Search & Native campaigns in Google, Facebook, Taboola, Outbrain and others. Things we love: making money for Yahoo, killer click-through rates, skyrocketing conversions, constant learning, great co-workers who push us to be better, and a fast-paced, fun environment.

A Lot About You

Business Intelligence Analysts generate profit for Yahoo through creating and managing ads that generate more revenue than they cost to run. Business Intelligence Analysts are specialists when it comes to the analysis of Search, Native and Display advertising, experts in identifying trends in the data, looking for patterns of growth and goodness, and teasing out relevant insights. A great combination of Media Buying, Data Analysis and Project Management is the perfect mix.

Your Day

• Campaign creation including Keyword research, sourcing images, writing copy and building campaigns.
• Campaign optimization: Daily campaign optimization via bid and budget changes, placement blocks, and campaign copy/image changes, to generate more profit from campaigns that are performing vs those that are not
• Keep up with platform enhancements, e.g. Google Ads beta programs and new features, to ensure we’re maximizing opportunities
• Identify opportunities for new types of creatives
• Ensure return on ad spend performance on all platforms (e.g. Google Ads, Facebook, Taboola, Outbrain, etc.), and enforce paid spend efficiency

You will have a quarterly profit goal and the autonomy to plan your hours/days/weeks to achieve that goal.

You Must Have

• A keen eye for patterns in data
• Previous media buying experience is a plus, but not required.
• Ability to solve problems and identify opportunities through the use of analytics and critical thinking

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

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The compensation for this position ranges from $61,875.00 - $128,750.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.

Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements.

If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.

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