Microsoft global head of advertising Rob Wilk has made the decision to leave the company after spending almost 8 years at the tech giant.
Wilk joined Microsoft in 2015 as the head of North America sales for advertising and seven years later became the corporate vice president and global head of the brand’s advertising sector.
Prior to his time at Microsoft, Wilk held senior roles at brands including Foursquare, Yahoo!, and Chacha Mobile. At Yahoo! he rose from the position of senior account executive to director of agency sales in three years.
“I have made the decision to leave Microsoft to take the next step in my career,” Wilk wrote on LinkedIn. “I have absolutely LOVED the past 8 years helping to build the mighty Microsoft Advertising team from what was primarily a paid search offering to a full funnel, $10 billion+ ad business.
“We welcomed the teams from PromoteIQ and Xandr, created a first of its kind measurement partnership with Roku, launched our exclusive partnership with Netflix, developed our official presence in Japan and so much more.
“Lots of emotions, but mostly I am feeling grateful. Grateful for the team, grateful for an amazing leadership team and grateful to our clients, partners and agencies we get to work with every day.”
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Kya Sainsbury-Carter will replace Wilk as the company’s advertising head.
Commenting on Carter, Wilk added: “She is someone I have respected and admired for many years. Go get em Kya!”
