651: How to Break Into Ad Operations at Streaming Service Hulu With Adam Moser, Hulu [Espresso Shots]

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Adam Moser is a vice president and head of ad operations at Hulu, a U.S.-based online video streaming service. Adam is responsible for overseeing the company’s day-to-day advertising platform operations and strategic ad tech investments. His work at Hulu helps to maintain a best in class advertising experience across the platform. Before joining Hulu, Adam was vice president of digital sales operations at NBCUniversal, where he oversaw the teams responsible for delivering ads across the company’s broadcast and cable portfolios. Prior to NBCUniversal  Adam supported sales operations at CBSInteractive, where he worked on video ad implementation for sports and entertainment. Adam has also helped implement ad serving at MTV Network and Viacom. He studied film and animation at the School of Visual Arts in New York. 

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE:

• How internships and entry level coordinator positions are a great way to get your foot in the door (5:13) 
• Why being empathetic towards your customers is an underrated soft skill to cultivate (7:39) 
• How having good analytical skills and understanding “media math” makes you stand out  (8:36)
• How having experience “selling” your ideas in any job are great experiences (11:35)
• Why Adam loves the business side of television (13:25) 
• How being told “do your job well and good things will happen” was the best career advice Adam ever received (17:26) 
• How Mad Men is the TV show that best depicts his career (19:58)
• If you want to learn more about what Adam does in his role at Hulu and how he built his career tune in to his main Time4Coffee interview #431