Full-Time

Key Account Manager

UK

Posted on 9/11/2026

Monotype

Monotype

Designs and distributes typefaces and fonts

No salary listed

London, UK

Hybrid

Hybrid work arrangements are offered; travel domestically up to 25% annually.

Bachelor's

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Sales
Forecasting
Product Management
CRM
Salesforce

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Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field.
  • 4-7 years’ proven experience in account management, sales, or customer growth within SaaS, digital media, or technology environments.
  • Demonstrated success in meeting or exceeding sales and retention goals.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, with the ability to engage senior-level decision-makers across creative, marketing, and procurement teams.
  • A proactive, entrepreneurial mindset with exceptional organization and follow-through.
  • Strong abilities in prospecting, planning, and implementing account and territory management strategies.
  • Familiarity with AI-powered sales tools, such as prospecting and forecasting tools, and an interest in applying artificial intelligence to improve sales performance and customer engagement.
  • Understanding of customer relationship management technology is required.
  • Ability to travel domestically up to 25% annually.
Responsibilities
  • Own and grow a portfolio of existing enterprise accounts, achieving and exceeding retention and expansion targets of 90% or more.
  • Develop and execute strategic account plans to uncover opportunities, increase adoption, and drive revenue growth.
  • Identify, qualify, and close upsell and cross-sell opportunities by understanding client challenges and aligning Monotype’s solutions to their business objectives.
  • Act as a trusted partner and advisor, building credibility through product expertise, industry insight, and a consultative approach.
  • Lead client conversations end-to-end, including renewals, negotiations, and expansion discussions across key business functions.
  • Collaborate closely with marketing, product, and customer support teams to ensure seamless delivery and maximum client value.
  • Track performance and pipeline through customer relationship management tools, maintaining accurate forecasting and data-driven decision-making.
  • Stay informed on market trends and competitive activity to proactively position solutions and identify whitespace opportunities.
  • Represent the voice of the customer internally, sharing insights that drive product innovation and go-to-market strategies.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience exceeding sales and retention goals.
  • Experience with Salesforce.

Monotype designs, licenses, and distributes typefaces and typography tools. Its core product is digital fonts and font-related technology used by designers, publishers, and brands to render text across software and devices. The company originated from a metal typesetting machine and evolved into a digital fonts leader, offering a large library of fonts and tools for creative professionals. What sets Monotype apart is its long history in typography, its path from traditional typesetting to digital fonts, and its global reach under HGGC ownership, enabling ongoing investment in font libraries and digital creative tools. The company aims to provide high-quality typography and related technologies that support designers and brands worldwide, continually expanding its font library and capabilities for modern digital uses.

Company Size

N/A

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Woburn, Massachusetts

Founded

1887

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What believers are saying

  • Frontify partnership expands enterprise font governance into brand-management systems in 2026.
  • Gotham Variable adds 54 styles and broader language support, supporting premium upsells.
  • Monotype's 4,500 foundry partner library and 250,000-font catalog deepen switching costs.

What critics are saying

  • Japanese developers blasted Fontworks pricing after Monotype's 2025 acquisition; churn hit 2026 renewals.
  • Late 2025 AI investment failures reportedly triggered layoffs and eroded employee trust.
  • Adobe Fonts, Morisawa, and open-source alternatives weaken pricing power and threaten embedded licensing.

What makes Monotype unique

  • Gotham Variable launched May 12, 2026, modernizing a flagship font family.
  • Monotype Fonts, MyFonts, and Monotype Connect create a bundled distribution moat.
  • AI Search and Kittl integrations embed Monotype typography inside creation workflows.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Hybrid Work Options

401(k) Retirement Plan

Performance Bonus

Training Programs

Professional Development Budget

Company News

PR Newswire
Aug 6th, 2026
Monotype and Kittl expand partnership to integrate brand typography into AI-powered design workflows

Monotype and Kittl have expanded their partnership to enable organisations to access Monotype font libraries directly within Kittl's AI-powered design platform. The integration allows teams to use approved brand typography without switching between systems or repeatedly downloading files. The collaboration addresses growing challenges in brand consistency as AI tools enable more people across organisations to create content. Monotype's 2025 research found that whilst 82% of creative teams consider font management essential, 42% struggle with version control. Through the integration, users can apply organisation fonts within Kittl's browser-based editor, use text effects, and swap typefaces across designs. This reduces operational friction whilst helping organisations maintain font governance and licensing compliance. The partnership builds on a 2024 collaboration that introduced Monotype typefaces to Kittl's creative community.

PR Newswire
May 14th, 2026
Monotype launches Gotham Variable, transforming iconic typeface into dynamic design system after 25 years

Monotype has launched Gotham Variable, a major evolution of the iconic Gotham typeface, celebrating 25 years since its January 2001 debut on GQ's cover. The update transforms the widely used typeface into a dynamic design system with continuous control across weight and width. Gotham Variable consolidates multiple static files into a single, performance-optimised file, improving load times and simplifying implementation. It introduces 54 new intermediate styles and expanded language support, including Vietnamese and enhanced Cyrillic and Bulgarian. The typeface, originally designed by Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones, has been used by major brands including Netflix, Coca-Cola, and the Obama presidential campaign. Gotham Variable is now available on Monotype Fonts, Monotype Connect and MyFonts, offering designers enhanced creative control whilst preserving Gotham's distinctive clarity.

PR Newswire
Mar 19th, 2026
Monotype and Frontify integrate fonts platform to streamline brand typography workflows

Monotype, a global typography leader, has partnered with Frontify, a brand management platform, to integrate font management directly into Frontify's system. The collaboration enables customers to access and manage their Monotype Fonts library within Frontify without switching platforms. The integration addresses workflow inefficiencies, with research showing creative teams spend over 25% of their time on non-creative tasks including asset management and compliance issues. Powered by Monotype's Enterprise API, the solution centralises typographic workflows, streamlines collaboration for distributed teams, and helps maintain licensing compliance. Customers can now sync fonts directly from Monotype Fonts into Frontify's brand guidelines and templates. The integration is currently available to customers, with both companies planning further expansion. Frontify serves global brands including Uber, Microsoft and Kia.

PR Newswire
Feb 26th, 2026
Monotype launches AI search for fonts using natural language prompts

Monotype has launched AI Search, an AI-powered font discovery tool that enables designers to find typefaces using natural language prompts rather than traditional filters. The tool is now available on Monotype Fonts and MyFonts platforms in the US, UK and across Europe in five languages. AI Search allows users to describe creative intent conversationally, such as moods, brand traits or styles, and returns curated font recommendations from Monotype's library of over 4,500 foundry partners. The system provides semantic explanations for font choices and instant previews. According to Monotype research, 82% of creatives cite typography among their top three decision-making components, whilst 85% view distinctive fonts as critical to brand identity. Artist Max Trutt used the tool to select typefaces for his upcoming limited-edition artist's book, describing it as enabling him to "navigate the universe of scripts by describing my references and expectations rather than technical parameters.

MarTech360
Jul 9th, 2025
Wix Expands Font Library Through Strategic Partnership with Monotype

Wix expands font library through strategic partnership with Monotype.