Account Executive, Direct Response

🏢 Teads1 · 📍 New York City 💰 $90,000 - $130,000 / yr

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Position Summary & Responsibilities

About Teads

Teads is a leading omnichannel advertising platform building the future of digital advertising where quality content, trusted publishers, ambitious brands, and human creativity can thrive. Operating at true scale - processing 18 billion ad opportunities every single day - we connect global brands with a monthly reach of over 2.2 billion unique users.

At Teads, we believe your impact travels further. We are a borderless team of 1,700+ innovators across 30+ countries who favor outcome over tenure, value trusted autonomy, and use predictive AI to amplify human ingenuity rather than replace it. We move at pace, tackle genuinely complex problems, and foster a high-accountability culture that stays genuinely human. If you are looking for room to build and meaningful scope, you belong here. Learn more at www.teads.com.

About the position

As an Account Executive for our Direct Response team, you will play a key role in scaling our performance advertising business. This is a strategic, client-facing position focused on acquiring and growing direct advertiser relationships across performance-driven small & medium enterprise (SME) brands.

Your mission will be to drive adoption of the Outbrain Direct Response by Teads platform among performance marketers who are laser-focused on conversion KPIs such as CPL, CPA, ROAS, and CPI. You’ll leverage your deep AdTech experience to articulate how our platform’s targeting, optimization, and traffic quality capabilities deliver real business results.

You’ll work closely with internal product, account management, and technical teams to ensure a seamless experience for new clients — from prospecting and onboarding to scaling spend and delivering ongoing performance. This role demands a proactive hunter mindset, a strong understanding of performance marketing, and a passion for solving advertisers’ goals through data-driven solutions.

https://www.outbrain.com/

What will you do?

Build and manage a pipeline of direct advertisers and performance marketers globally.
Drive new business through outreach, networking, and platform demos.
Understand client KPIs (CPL, CPA, ROAS, CPI) and pitch value propositions accordingly.
Collaborate with account

🎯 Candidate Preparation Guide For Teads1 Applicants

Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights

Key Role Focus:

Evaluating your mastery of outstream video advertising, publisher-side supply chain dynamics, and scalable global ad-tech partnerships.

📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):

1. Relying on outdated display advertising paradigms rather than high-impact video formats
2. Failing to understand the complex ecosystem balance between advertiser ROI and publisher yield
3. Showing ignorance of global data privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA

✨ Recommended Role Alignment Hook:

I help tier-one publishers maximize yield through premium outstream formats while delivering unmatched attention and completion rates for global brands.

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