Senior Account Executive (Ad Sales)

TL;DR

Senior Account Executive (Ad Sales): Scaling hirify.global Ads by building advertiser partnerships, generating demand, and growing revenue across premium digital environments with an accent on video and native ad formats, ad tech, and data-informed monetization. Focus on prospecting, closing, renewing strategic accounts, designing repeatable sales processes, and shaping an early-stage advertising product for hundreds of millions of learners.

Location: New York, NY, United States

Salary: $120,700–$163,300 USD base salary, plus equity compensation

Company

hirify.global is an education technology company developing a free, ad-supported learning platform for language, music, math, and chess.

What you will do

• Own and grow a portfolio of advertisers through prospecting, pitching, closing, and renewals.
• Generate demand in key verticals and build a strong new-business pipeline.
• Sell premium video, native, and custom advertising formats to top-tier advertisers and agencies.
• Collaborate with business, product, design, and engineering stakeholders to advance deals and improve the ads product.
• Develop repeatable sales strategies, operational processes, pricing, packaging, and account prioritization.
• Use marketplace and campaign-performance data to shape proposals, partnerships, and product decisions.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in direct advertising sales.
• Demonstrated success selling video and native/custom ad formats in premium digital environments.
• Experience engaging senior client and agency decision-makers while independently building collateral, troubleshooting issues, and generating revenue.
• Strong understanding of ad tech, mobile app ecosystems, freemium business models, and advertising campaign performance.
• Experience creating standard and innovative ad-buying agreements.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, prioritization, and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on a mission-driven education product used by more than 150 million monthly users.
• Collaborate across a high-velocity, cross-functional ads organization.
• Access learning opportunities and work with experienced colleagues across disciplines.
• Receive equity compensation in addition to base salary.
• Employee benefits support holistic well-being.