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Kargo

Cross-channel media activation platform for advertising

Account Director, Social - Sales

Account ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeChicago, IL, USA$120k - $140kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in digital advertising, media strategy, or agency investment across social, display, connected TV, and programmatic media.
  • A strong background working within or alongside agency investment, strategy, or planning teams.
  • Demonstrated success pitching brands and presenting capabilities in competitive requests for proposal or agency-of-record environments.
  • 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 software-as-a-service marketing technology platforms within agency environments.
  • An existing network of agency and brand decision-makers, particularly across investment, strategy, social, and digital leadership.
  • Presentation, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to sell complex solutions to senior agency leadership.
  • Willingness to travel frequently.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the lead point of contact between Kargo and major agency holding companies and independent agencies, building relationships across investment, strategy, planning, social, digital, performance, and programmatic teams.
  • Develop and promote a national agency strategy that positions the Kargo Commerce product suite—including social, connected TV, open web, and retail media—across key buying groups and agency leadership.
  • Act as senior pitch lead in competitive request-for-proposal and agency-of-record 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 and Master Service Agreements 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 with Sales, Client Services, Customer Success, Product, Marketing, Research, and Data teams to grow existing accounts and deliver integrated, customized strategies for agency partners.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience at a major holding company or leading independent agency.

About the Company

Kargo

Cross-channel media activation platform for advertising

Kargo activates digital advertising campaigns across mobile, CTV, social, and e-commerce through integrations with leading DSPs. Its Create Once, Run Everywhere approach lets a single creative run across multiple publishers and formats, simplifying campaign management. It differentiates itself with premium supply, strong creative capabilities, and full-funnel solutions that maximize brand lift and ad spend return for advertisers while boosting revenue per impression for publishers. Its goal is to help brands connect with audiences in a meaningful way across channels and achieve measurable engagement and business outcomes.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Early VC
Total funding
$6.7M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1999

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