Rob Cootes
Managing Director - EMEA at OpenSlate- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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OpenSlate - part of DoubleVerify
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United States
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Online Audio and Video Media
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1 - 100 Employee
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Managing Director - EMEA
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Sep 2018 - Present
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Vice President, International
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May 2017 - Sep 2018
OpenSlate is a video analytics company focused on the role of content in brand advertising performance. Our proprietary metrics about video content quality, brand safety, context and audience alignment power the auction-based YouTube strategies of top-tier marketers. Our SlateScore is the industry standard for social video content quality. Learn more at www.openslatedata.com
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AdColony
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United States
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Commercial Director - Programmatic and Video - EMEA
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Jan 2015 - Apr 2017
AdColony (formerly known as Opera Mediaworks) is one of the largest mobile advertising platforms in the world with a reach of more than 1.4 billion users globally. With a mission to elevate the state of mobile advertising by focusing on the highest quality consumer experiences that deliver outcomes for brands and publishers on today’s primetime apps and sites, AdColony is trusted by Fortune 500 brands and more than 85% of the world's top grossing mobile publishers. Known for our exclusive Instant-Play™ HD video technology, proprietary rich media formats, our global performance advertising business and programmatic marketplace, and our extensive ad SDK footprint in the Top 1000 apps worldwide, we are passionate about helping brands connect with consumers at scale on the most important screen in their lives. A fully-owned subsidiary of Opera ASA, AdColony is a global organization with over 20 offices worldwide.
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Yahoo
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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700 & Above Employee
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Director of Sales, Platform Solutions EMEA
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Jan 2011 - Dec 2014
BrightRoll was acquired by Yahoo! for $640m.BrightRoll is Yahoo’s unified brand for programmatic advertising technology. BrightRoll offers a suite of buy- and sell-side tools, including a multi-channel DSP and Exchange, which helps advertisers, publishers, and partners connect with consumers across ad formats and devices.Specialtiesvideo advertising, display advertising, native advertising, online, mobile, connected TV, programmatic, real-time bidding (RTB), advertiser, audience, marketplace, exchange, brand, agency, ad network, demand side platform (DSP), publisher, digital advertising, and ROIOne of the original members of the BrightRoll EMEA operation. Led a successful demand EMEA team and grew the business from $0 to +$15m in under 4 years.
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MG OMD
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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Investment Director
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Jan 2010 - Dec 2010
MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD - NO.1 AGENCY IN EUROPE, WARC 100We're a marketing performance company committed to delivering sharper insights, smarter ideas and stronger results driving our clients' growth across the region.As part of a global OMD network of 11,000+ people in over 135 offices, we deliver insights that unlock demand potential, ideas that ignite consumer desire and results that accelerate business growth for our clients. We are a dynamic, creative and influential agency network that collectively combines to make OMD the most awarded agency network in the world.
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Vizeum
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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AV Account Director
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Jan 2007 - Dec 2009
Vizeum is a global communications planning & media buying network, created for the new era of media. A convergent world where consumers and content come together, in real time, on platforms and devices.A global world massively impacted by digital and technology, totally reshaping the environment that brands and people live in.Because today is all about being connected, interconnections and interdependence, Vizeum embraces these global opportunities to create powerful connections between brands and people at speed and scale.Innovation fuels everything we do, from crafting our teams, developing our people, to designing our processes. Partnerships with leading Innovation centres, organisations and start-up communities around the world give us the privileged access we need to understand and leverage the opportunities of the future.Sustainable consumer relationships, long-lasting connections, based on trust, loyalty and transparency, is what we believe will ultimately deliver brand growth for our clients.
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Mindshare
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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700 & Above Employee
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AV Account Manager
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Mar 2005 - Feb 2007
-Our network consists of 116 offices in 86 countries throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific, each dedicated to forging competitive marketing advantage for businesses and their brands. Mindshare is part of GroupM, which oversees the media investment management sector for WPP, the world’s leading communications services group.
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Sky
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United Kingdom
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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700 & Above Employee
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TV Sales Executive
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2002 - 2004
Sky is Europe's leading entertainment company and serves 21 million customers across five countries. Our business in the UK and Ireland has come a long way since starting out as a satellite broadcaster in 1989 and we’re not stopping there. We’re home to award-winning teams for everything from Customer Service to Marketing, from Technology to Finance, meaning there’s plenty of opportunity for you, no matter what your career goals.Together we work hard to give our customers a better experience and are always looking for ways to improve in everything we do. That’s why our people are critical to our success. Our unique environment helps everyone to do their best work, fulfill their potential and achieve great things together
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Education
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Southampton Solent University
BA (Hons)