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We’re looking for an Independent Agency Lead to help grow Pinterest’s US agency business. As the primary point of contact for a listed set of independent agencies in the US, you’ll leverage executive relationships and your Pinterest ad platform expertise to inspire agencies to become Pinterest ad experts and transform our agency partners into advocates to meet their clients’ goals. In doing so, you’ll play a key role in scaling one of the fastest growing advertising platforms in history through your agency partnerships.
What you’ll do:
- Establish Pinterest as a leading business driving platform for a group of US independent agencies
- Drive incremental and new business revenue within your book of business
- Act as the primary point of contact, escalation point and thought leader for your agencies
- Build relationships at the c-level and educate independent agencies to master the Pinterest ad platform and maximize success for their partners
- Continually keep agencies updated with new Pinterest ad offerings so they can present new offerings to partners
- Conduct periodic business reviews with independent agency leadership and important constituencies
- Provide best-in-class client service and partnership across all facets of agency investment, planning, social and research
- Track, analyze, and communicate key quantitative metrics and business trends as they relate to agency relationships
- Work cross-functionally to help Pinterest build a world-class advertising platform
What we’re looking for:
- 10+ years of digital advertising agency and agency sales experience, working specifically with media and related agencies on brand and performance advertising products
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Business or Marketing, or equivalent experience
- AI Enthusiast: Demonstrates curiosity and a willingness to explore AI tools to improve day-to-day productivity, including campaign setup, performance reporting, client communications, and research.
- Demonstrative capabilities in implementing sales strategies into an independent agency book of business, showing a strong understanding of agency operating models and structures
- Experience working with executive-level business and marketing leaders within agency organizations with a customer focus
- Proven track record of managing revenue pipeline with forward-looking predictability
- An independent, business-focused creative thinker who is excited to work with leading agency and technology partners
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, attention to detail, and a bias for proactively resolving issues
Relocation Statement:
- This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
In-Office Requirement Statement
- We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection
- This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 2 times per week and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance from our offices in Los Angeles, Chicago or New York.
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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity and incentive compensation. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
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