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Kick off the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup by Scoring the Best Media Placements

June 28, 2023 — by MediaMath

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Women’s soccer is hot right now.

Ticket sales have topped 1 million for the FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup taking place in Australia and New Zealand from July 20th to August 20th, putting it on track to be the most attended standalone women’s sporting event in history. About two billion fans are expected to tune in from screens globally. It will be the first-ever dual-host Women’s World Cup and the largest-ever with 32 teams competing. Add to the popularity of women’s soccer the fact that global sports tourism is one of the fastest-growing sectors and a boon to commercial and economic growth in host cities. The market was valued at $587.87 billion in 2022 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 17.5% from 2023 to 2030.

There are some unique characteristics of women’s soccer fans:

  • 42% actively seek out information on the brands that sponsor the sport (Nielsen)
  • 61% believe that sponsors gain the favorable attention of the audience (Nielsen)
  • 56% of Women’s World Cup fans use social media, 39% order food and 35% drink alcohol while watching sports (GWI
  • 23% of U.S. female soccer fans are Hispanic, 47% hold a college degree and they enjoy an average household income of $80,362. (Gilted Soccer)
  • 58% of Gen Zers identify as “superfans” or “supporters” of women’s soccer and 12% report that they prefer women’s soccer to men’s (Footballco)

Compared to Men’s World Cup fans, Women’s World Cup fans are more likely to watch official content and sports documentaries and purchase sports collectibles.

MediaMath’s Curated Markets help you get your ads in front of shoppers where they are. 

MediaMath’s Curated Markets are designed to help you get your ads in front of Women’s World Cup fans wherever they plan to watch the matches. 

Sports Marketplace

Ensure your ads get delivered in premium sports-related environments people know and trust, with geo-targeting to show relevant ads to audiences based on their location and the local sporting seasons currently happening. 

Performance Marketplace 

This marketplace offers turnkey, privileged access to premium content owners in quality environments optimized for direct response campaign performance. Plus, target MediaMath Audiences at no additional fee.

Download our regionalized FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup collateral to get more statistics about the audiences that watch and tips for reaching them in the best environments. 

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Winning Advertising Audiences for Wimbledon

June 21, 2023 — by MediaMath

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Wimbledon, the world’s oldest, most famous and most prestigious tennis tournament, kicks off on July 3 in London. 

Last year, more than 500,000 people attended Wimbledon—the most in history—and 7.5 million viewers tuned in during the Men’s Singles Final. US viewers can watch online via ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+ and The Tennis Channel this year. Sling TV Orange, Fubo, and DirectTV Stream offer both, while Hulu with Live TV and YouTube TV have ESPN. In general, tennis fans watch on every possible screen, but studies have shown they are 42% more likely to respond after seeing a commercial on cable TV and 37% more likely after an ad was served on a streaming app.

Tennis fans have some specific traits that can appeal to certain advertisers. For instance, 80% of tennis fans are college-educated, have an average household income of over $120K, and spend on average 17.9 hours watching cable TV per week and 11.7 hours per week on the Internet. Wimbledon’s wealthier audience is 3.3X more likely to have an affinity for Ralph Lauren, 4.4X more likely to have an affinity for Stella Artois and 4.3X more likely to have an affinity for Jaguar than the sports fans’ audience.  

MediaMath’s Curated Markets help you get your ads in front of shoppers where they are 

To reach high-value tennis fans where they will watch Wimbledon, advertisers can tap into some of MediaMath’s Curated Markets, made up of high-quality websites:

Sports Marketplace

Ensure your ads get delivered in premium sports-related environments people know and trust, with geo-targeting to show relevant ads to audiences based on their location and the local sporting seasons currently happening. 

Price Floor Range: Display – $1.00-$3.00 CPM, Video – $5.00-$9.00 CPM 

Available Regions: Global 

Channels: Display & Video 

 

Shopper Marketplace 

This marketplace perfectly aligns with e-commerce in-market shoppers to reach your target audience wherever they are in environments they know and trust while improving your CPA, ROI and general direct response goals. Combine with MediaMath Audiences shopper data at no additional cost! 

Price Floor Range: Display – $1.00-$3.00, Video – $4.00-$6.00 

Available Regions: Global 

Channels: Display & Video 

Download our regionalized Wimbledon collateral to get more statistics about the audiences that watch and tips for reaching them in the best environments. 

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Fostering Inclusivity in the Workforce, Workplace and Marketplace

January 28, 2020 — by MediaMath

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Last week, our Head of Multicultural Marketing and Inclusion, Elise James-Decruise, was featured on the Minority Report podcast. The Minority Report highlights people of color, diverse backgrounds, women & the LGBTQ community. Their content focuses on diversity within media, ad tech, advertising and marketing providing insights through the lens of minorities.

Hear how she combines her experience in education with her passion for diversity & inclusion to make the workplace better for everyone:

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Shine On! How 2019 IAB Data Rising Star Danielle Dzbanek is Defining the Reporting Behind SOURCE by MediaMath

October 11, 2019 — by MediaMath

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As we are putting a stake in the ground to create a 100% accountable and addressable media supply chain through SOURCE, we are proud that the industry is taking notice of the people who are making this initiative come to life. The IAB Data Center of Excellence has shone a dazzling light on one of our own. Danielle Dzbanek was recognized as a 2019 IAB Data Rising Star! She joins a number of data-fanatics recognized for their spectacular work and profound impact on the digital media industry in 2019.

As Director, Analytics, Danielle manages a team whose mission is to empower MediaMath clients by providing accessibility to and transparency into data through custom reporting, visualizations, and advanced analytics that lead to actionable insights that drive revenue. She is also involved in everything from pre-sales through to onboarding, from consulting to reporting and analytics. As part of our SOURCE by MediaMath launch, Danielle and her team are behind the insights reporting and defining how to test SOURCE campaigns.

“When we talk about the need for both tech and talent to clean up the supply chain and help brands reach the height of their business goals, we are talking about talent like Danielle,” said Eric Tutlys, VP, Global Head of Analytics. “She is curious, hardworking and does things without being asked. Part of her innovative brilliance has come from taking on things that are technically outside the scope of her role.”

Danielle is a 2014 graduate of our Marketing Engineer Program that combines extensive professional development, formal industry deep-dives and hands-on experience across roles to ensure that every participant has the demeanor of a leader, knowledge of the most fundamental to the most cutting-edge topics in digital media and, finally, skills necessary to tackle any role, be it trader, analyst, sales or others. After six months spent learning the ins and outs of the industry, MediaMath and its platform, Danielle was given the role of Data Analyst. She then went through a series of almost annual promotions to become a director managing a five-person team.

Danielle has made substantial contributions to the team since joining in January of 2015. Taking the lead on the bulk of revenue captured in North America, Danielle has touched nearly every client on our top 30 list. Danielle is continuously seeking how to streamline client processes, fill critical product gaps and craft an appropriate narrative while solving for our clients’ most critical business needs.

Danielle has been a cross-functional champion, working across Product, Sales, Account, PSO and Solution Engineering, and a truly masterful multi-tasker. Her balance across the team, our clients (new and existing) and our product is remarkable. Through the balance of fire drill response and proactivity, she brings a vibrant, honest approach to getting things done.

As she has evolved in her role, Danielle has almost single-handedly carried MediaMath Reporting into the future. She has been at the very front lines of ensuring that MediaMath’s product-based reporting not only as a means of delivery but also that the products themselves are operating as best they can.

We are proud that the IAB has recognized Danielle as a shining talent in our industry. Learn more about the IAB Data Rockstars 2019 Award.

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Growing the Next Generation of Talent to Fuel a Next-Generation Digital Marketing Supply Chain

October 1, 2019 — by MediaMath

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In a poignant AdExchanger post, Carl Smith writes “What the industry collectively needs to do is grow its ranks. We need to attract and cultivate our own talent, otherwise, the digital landscape will be bleak for both agencies and corporations alike.”

We couldn’t agree more. As the industry rallies around creating a cleaner, more transparent supply chain to take digital into the next era, ad tech companies must fully commit to fostering the talent to support it. If they don’t, their recruiting efforts will be limited to the small slice of the population with past digital marketing experience, making it difficult, if not impossible, to cultivate the talent that is critical to helping brands and their partners get the most out of technology. Further, there will be no guarantee that those candidates have the broad understanding of the programmatic ecosystem, up-to-date knowledge of the latest industry trends and well-rounded skillset necessary to thrive. If companies want great talent, they need to invest.

What does investment in talent look like?

Call me biased, but I believe it looks like the Marketing Engineer Program at MediaMath. Referred to as MEP, the Marketing Engineer Program is “MediaMath’s solution to the needs of a fast-growing industry…” It’s a three-month paid career accelerator program that runs twice a year and accepts 10 to 15 participants from an extremely diverse set of backgrounds and specializations. Whether it’s mathematicians, writers, industry-changers, etc., our philosophy is that, if we provide the marketing education, then our recruitment strategy can focus on the qualities that guarantee high-performance: IQ, EQ, drive and a collaborative spirit. And, providing an education in marketing is exactly what MEP does.

The Marketing Engineer Program combines extensive professional development, formal industry deep-dives and hands-on experience across roles to ensure that every participant has the demeanor of a leader, knowledge of the most fundamental to the most cutting-edge topics in digital media and, finally, skills necessary to tackle any role, be it trader, analyst, sales or others. This formula is working.

Since the program’s inception in 2014, we have placed participants in a wide variety of roles inside and outside of MediaMath. Past MEPs consistently rank among the highest performers at MediaMath and display increased job mobility and the ability to manage people. Tech companies, agencies and brands of both small and large sizes have benefited from the talent that the program produces. Here are some stats from the latest MEP class:

  • 8 people from underrepresented backgrounds
  • 1:1 female-male ratio
  • 4 Advanced Degrees
  • Backgrounds  in Stand-up comedy, varsity college athletes, semi-professional dancers, military experience, past work experience in print publishing

MEP Alumni:

  • 94% placed in full-time jobs within 30 days, 100% within 3 months
  • MEPs occupy leadership positions at MediaMath across Senior Directors, Directors, Senior Managers, etc. and across Solution Engineering, Programmatic Strategy & Optimization, Client Services, Analytics, Engineering, Product, Supply Partnerships, Biz Dev, etc.
  • Across the ecosystem: Oracle, Teads, Deloitte, Horizon Media, Dentsu Aegis, IPG MG, Publicis, TripleLift, Oakland Raiders
  • NPS Score from alumni: 86

There is so much more to be said about the program, but rather than cram it all in here, stay tuned to our social channels to really see how this group of individuals are gaining and sharing a POV that marketing can, in fact, be a force for good in the economy and in the world.

Learn more about MEP: https://www.mediamath.com/careers/marketing-engineer-program/

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Q&A: Elise James-DeCruise — Brands Hold Great Responsibility to Craft Culturally Appropriate Messages

September 18, 2019 — by MediaMath

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Originally posted on Branding in Asia.

As MediaMath’s Head of Multicultural Marketing and Inclusion, Elise James-Decruise is tasked with instilling “a strong sense of inclusivity and cultural understanding across its services and offerings,” along with creating greater diversity across the AdTech industry as a whole.

That’s a sizable task as well as a profoundly important path to be on, and one that James-Decruise feels she was destined to take since childhood.

“Raised by two parents who were educators and cared deeply about creating equal opportunities and access for all students, it was only a matter of time that I would naturally gravitate toward a profession in education and D&I,” she told us during a recent conversation from her office in New York.

Now coming up on eight years since joining MediaMath, James-Decruise previously founded and led the company’s global educational arm New Marketing Institute, which includes internal and external training initiatives, certification, enterprise education, and global program development.

Prior to joining MediaMath, after working in the financial sector as a global trainer at Thomson Financial, she held learning & development positions at KMPG and Macys.com. She also worked at Right Media – which was acquired by Yahoo in 2007 for a reported $680 million.

We recently caught up with Elise James-Decruise to learn more about her mission at MediaMath and in the industry, along with her thoughts on how the AdTech world is doing in its inclusivity quest, organizations that she thinks stand out in their efforts, “spreading the digital dividends of programmatic,” and more.

To read the rest of the post please click here.

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Investing in Talent Behind the Tech: A Q&A with our New SVP of Professional Services, TJ Ceballos

September 13, 2019 — by MediaMath

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TJ Ceballos is a 15-year media experienced titan.

Back in May, we had the pleasure of welcoming TJ Ceballos to the Professional Services team as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Operations. In this role, TJ is helping the company with scaling Professional Services teams, focusing on seamless customer engagements and deepening the commitment to ensure customers get the most out of their investment in partnership with MediaMath.

“Our team is growing and scaling to meet the needs of our clients, who increasingly look to consultative partners to help them navigate the world of programmatic. As the industry is progressing and evolving and as our technology is progressing and evolving, so does the expectation of our clients and partners to have a trusted advisor,” said Anna Grodecka-Grad, Chief Services Officer, MediaMath. “Our continued and accelerated growth requires expertise that will support our efforts on a global scale, and the depth of TJ’s experience is a perfect fit.”

I caught up with TJ to discuss his background, goals for the ProServ Team, as well as how we can continually evolve our marketing programs and strategy to reach and exceed business objectives.

What were you doing before this?

Before joining MediaMath this past May, I was GM of Enterprise Business Development at The Trade Desk. Prior to that, I worked as VP of Professional Services at Operative and VP of Solution Management at Affinity Express.

What made you decide to join MediaMath?

I was so excited about the chance to join MM’s award-winning Professional Services organization. Every organization is a reflection of its leader and this one is no exception. Anna’s commitment to the ongoing optimization of the customer lifecycle was a compelling opportunity. Her vision for the role and the potential impact to the customer experience were too amazing to pass up.

What are your short-term goals for the role?

My short-term goal is to focus on leveraging my experience in building and scaling Professional Services organizations to support the amazing leadership in place. Improve our customer engagement model and drive deeper on our commitment to ensure our customers get the most out of their investment in a partnership with MM.

What value is your remittance adding to MediaMath? To the industry?

A seasoned executive who measures his personal value on a commitment to his customers success by establishing long-lasting relationships.

How do you intend to support MediaMath’s mission to reimagine a modernized supply chain that is transparent and accountable?

I will bring a wealth of relationships and experience in programmatic industry. I will help to shape and architect the services and customer engagements required to deliver this next generation of supply ecosystem.

How do you view the intersection of talent and tech in the industry?

Success in programmatic is predicated on finding the right balance of man and machine. The ideal scenario is to map your entire offering and map the responsibilities of both to drive successful outcomes for your customers.

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Executive shout out – Demands for female empowerment | DMEXCO 2019

September 12, 2019 — by MediaMath

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Video from DMEXCO 2019 featuring our Chief Services Officer, Anna Grodecka-Grad, as well as Susanne Aigner-Drews (Country Manager Discovery Communications), Claudia Frese (CEO MyHammer.de), Marion Mestrom (CHRO Brenntag), Vuyiswa M’Cwabeni (SVP & Strategy Executive SAP SE), and Frederike Probert (Moderator).

“What challenges do women face in business life? What are the framework conditions for empowering women? Which impact does society have on these topics? In this session, successful female managers explain their thoughts on how the business role of women can be promoted and thrivingly changed through society defaults.” Video below:

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Quantum leap — why this theoretical physicist now works in martech

August 23, 2019 — by MediaMath

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This blog post was originally published on www.marketingmag.com.au

Ever thought of making a career change? Anna Grodecka-Grad did — from a tenured position in quantum physics to scalable programmatic advertising. Now, she holds a suite of skills of which other executives could only dream.

This article originally appeared in The Nurture Issue.

There is a very specific kind of person in this world, and they are few and far between. The kind who appear as though everything comes to them without effort, like life has predetermined a winning path for them. Anna Grodecka-Grad is one such person. Except she’s not. What you don’t see when Grodecka-Grad makes her career — spanning science, technology, mathematics, programmatic and executive relations — look easy is a long-crafted and ferocious appetite for knowledge, an impregnable drive for improvement and the tenacity and grit required to get there.

In her past life, Grodecka-Grad spent her time publishing papers titled ‘Indirect spin dephasing via charge-state decoherence in optical control schemes in quantum dots’ and ‘Influence of acoustic phonons on the optical control of quantum dots driven by adiabatic rapid passage’. With a PhD in theoretical quantum physics and close to a decade studying and teaching in tertiary academia, she decided it was time for a seachange.

In 2013, Grodecka-Grad began her new professional journey with martech, programmatic and data management company MediaMath. Today she is responsible for clients’ activation onboarding, ongoing services, consulting and support, custom solutions and integration as chief services officer.

Marketing caught up with Grodecka-Grad to discuss her views on the future of work in the marketing technology and programmatic landscape, the changing role of data within complex organisations and how she translates the skills brought from theoretical physics to our industry.

To read the interview please click here.

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I’ve Been to DMEXCO 17 Times—This Year, We’re Fixing the Media Supply Chain

August 19, 2019 — by MediaMath

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In 2002, DMEXCO was called OMD (Online Marketing Düsseldorf) and took place at the Rheinterrassen in Düsseldorf instead of Cologne. It consisted of two smallish halls which you could cross from one end to the other within five minutes. There were 36 exhibitors and 1,700 visitors—our current MediaMath booth would have been the biggest of the show by far. On Day 2, nobody showed up before noon because everyone was out till 5am in the morning partying.

Back then, most of the exhibitors were web portals like web.de, freenet.de and t-online.de, indicative of what the media supply chain looked like. There were also the main German publishing houses like Springer and Gruner + Jahr which were starting to participate online. The supply chain was much smaller and mainly limited to these players. Ads were bought on an IO basis, via fax.

DMEXCO has come a long way in large part because the adtech landscape has exploded. Now, every type of company under the LUMAscape is represented. In 2015, DMEXCO became the global digital marketing show nobody in the industry wants to miss, with 881 exhibitors and 43,000 visitors. And yet, all this growth later, American and British visitors still cannot cope with the unwieldy name DMEXCO for Digital Marketing EXpo COlogne and instead continue to refer to it as “DEMEXICO” although it has nothing to do with the beautiful country south of the US…

But back to the future.

When I started my career in product management at Lycos Europe in 1999, nobody had any clue what they were doing in digital marketing. It has now disrupted the way in which brands engage with consumers both online and off. However, it’s rapid growth has also meant that we built the Internet without much standardization and purpose. This has led to a host of untended consequences such as fraud and intermediaries that don’t add value. And everyone has been impacted—not just brands, but agencies, publishers and consumers, too. It’s gone on for far too long, and now brands are losing money as consumers tune out and turn off from advertising altogether.

That’s all changing. During this year’s Cannes, MediaMath and partners including Rubicon announced a collective initiative to create a cleaner, safer media supply chain in which advertisers will be able to see the ROI across all of their supply efforts, more accurately plan and forecast and only work with partners who have their best interests in mind. And we’ve been hard at work all summer putting product, process and partnerships against this big effort.

We are excited to share more about the work we’ve been doing with others in the industry at this year’s DMEXCO. And what better company in which to do it than brands like Deutsche Telekom, Mondelez, Visa, Henkel, Samsung and IBM.

A lot has changed in 17 years. Come DMEXCO 2020, I look forward to discussing with attendees how this new, cleaner supply chain work has improved business results for brands and publishers and given consumers incredible experiences.