Account Director, Social

New York City, NY (On-site)

$130K/yr – $155K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and grow Kargo's agency partnerships across investment, strategy, and execution by leading go-to-market initiatives for social, commerce, and platform solutions and shaping scalable white-label offerings.

  • Build and maintain senior-level relationships across agency networks
  • Lead RFPs and JV/MSA programs with cross-functional teams

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the lead point of contact between Kargo and the world's largest agency holding companies and independent agencies, building relationships across investment, strategy, planning, social, digital, performance, and programmatic teams
  • Develop and evangelize a national agency strategy that positions the Kargo Commerce product suite—spanning social, CTV, open web, and retail media—across key buying groups and agency leadership
  • Act as senior pitch lead in competitive RFP and AOR environments, positioning Kargo as a Social Agency of Record or strategic execution partner for brands
  • Package Kargo's social, commerce, and creative solutions into scalable, white-label offerings—including driving adoption of KIT as a white-labeled technology solution across independent agencies
  • Create and scale Preferred Joint Business Plans (JBPs) and Master Service Agreements (MSAs) with agency networks and independent agencies
  • Lead go-to-market efforts for Dynamic Creative, feed-based solutions, social commerce, and the self-service platform—delivering education, onboarding, and ongoing support to ensure long-term engagement
  • Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Client Services, Customer Success, Product, Marketing, Research, and Data teams to grow existing accounts and deliver integrated, customized strategies for agency partners

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in digital advertising, media strategy, or agency investment across social, display, CTV, and programmatic media
  • Strong background working within or alongside agency investment, strategy, or planning teams—ideally at a major holding company or leading independent agency
  • Demonstrated success pitching brands and presenting capabilities in competitive RFP or AOR environments
  • Proven ability to build and scale agency partnerships, including packaging media, creative, and technology solutions into white-label or platform-based offerings
  • Experience driving adoption of self-service or SaaS marketing technology platforms within agency environments
  • Existing network of agency and brand decision-makers, particularly across investment, strategy, social, and digital leadership
  • Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to sell complex solutions to senior agency leadership and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment; willingness to travel frequently
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Kargo

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Kargo creates memorable experiences for advertisers that go beyond the first impression to captivate consumer attention. With its suite of exclusive omnichannel advertising solutions, Kargo helps leading brands drive meaningful customer connections across mobile, social, CTV and the open web. With a focus on performance, Kargo helps the world’s largest advertisers achieve incremental brand lift and higher returns on ad spend. For publishers, Kargo’s proprietary platform maximizes revenue per impression through unique creative and targeting solutions. The key to our success is our people. We’ve built a community that values teamwork, is not afraid to take chances and relentlessly strives to disrupt the industry and stand out from the crowd. Diversity is fundamental to the Kargo culture as we celebrate and embrace our differences in our inclusive workplace. Founded in 2003, Kargo is headquartered in New York with offices across the globe.

Founded in 2009
New York, New York, USA
1.1K employees (105 in marketing)
75% recommend to a friend
80% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
293.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
14.1%
Direct
57.4%
Referral
23.6%
Social
3.9%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
75 (7% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
3.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

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