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Account Director - West

AC Lion Digital Executive Search · Los Angeles, CA, USA ·

Job type:
Full Time

West Coast Sales Director

Our client is a global contextual advertising company helping brands reach high-value professional audiences across premium editorial environments. Their curated native advertising platform connects financial, business, technology, and B2B advertisers with audiences consuming trusted content across leading global publishers.
Built for a privacy-conscious, post-cookie advertising landscape, the platform matches ads to relevant article content rather than relying on user tracking or behavioral profiles. The company operates across the U.S., U.K., and APAC and works with a selective network of premium publishers across business, finance, news, technology, and professional media.
This is a high-ownership West Coast sales opportunity for someone excited to build a territory from the ground up. You will own and grow relationships across independent agencies and direct brand clients, bringing a premium contextual
ative advertising solution to market across key West Coast accounts.
The right person will be entrepreneurial, commercially sharp, and comfortable creating momentum in a largely greenfield territory.
What You'll Do

Own and build the West Coast market across agencies and direct clients
Develop new relationships across independent agencies, brands, and relevant media buyers
Sell contextual, native, video, display, and content-driven advertising solutions
Position the platform as a premium, privacy-forward alternative to cookie-dependent targeting
Build and manage a strong pipeline of net-new business opportunities
Partner closely with leadership and internal teams to shape go-to-market strategy for the region
Report directly to the Head of Global Sales
What We're Looking For

Strong digital media, adtech, or advertising sales experience
Existing relationships across West Coast agencies and/or direct brand clients
Experience selling to financial services, business, B2B, technology, or premium media advertisers is a plus
Ability to thrive in a remote, high-ownership, self-directed sales environment
Entrepreneurial mindset with the drive to build something from the ground up
Strong understanding of native advertising, contextual targeting, programmatic, content syndication, or premium publisher ecosystems
Based in Los Angeles or San Francisco proper
Compensation

Base Salary:

$120,000

$165,000
Additional Compensation:

Commission
Location:

Remote, based in Los Angeles or San Francisco proper
This is a true blank-canvas opportunity to own the West Coast for a global player in premium contextual advertising. You will have the ability to build meaningful agency and client-direct relationships while selling a privacy-aligned solution built for where the digital advertising market is headed.