Account Executive - Team Publicis

Account Executive - Team Publicis

Los Angeles

Teads is a leading omnichannel advertising platform focused on driving outcomes for brand and performance advertisers across screens. With a focus on meaningful business outcomes for branding and performance objectives, Teads drives value by leveraging predictive AI technology to connect quality media, beautiful brand creative, and context-driven addressability and measurement. Teads is directly partnered with more than 10,000 publishers and 20,000 advertisers globally. The company is headquartered in New York, New York with a global team of around 1,700 people in 30+ countries.

About the Opportunity & Team

This role sits in Los Angeles driving our growth strategy across the Publicis Groupe ecosystem. As an Account Executive dedicated to Publicis, you will act as the primary strategic commercial partner across Publicis agencies (including Zenith, Starcom, Spark Foundry, Digitas, and PMX) and brand direct clients.

This team is responsible for driving our advertiser-first strategy and accelerating revenue growth through strategic agency partnerships. You will collaborate daily with cross-functional partners across Insights, Customer Experience, and Technical Solutions to turn client objectives into high-performing, innovative media strategies.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, excel at building deep relationships across complex agency networks, and are excited to bring Teads' cutting-edge adtech solutions to life, this is your stage.

About the Role

As an Account Executive, your core mission is to expand Teads' commercial footprint and accelerate revenue growth across Publicis agencies and associated brand-direct accounts. You will take full accountability for managing the complete commercial lifecycle, from navigating complex agency trading desks to delivering consultative pitches and driving ongoing campaign performance.

Success in this role means achieving regional revenue targets, deepening partner adoption across CTV, online video (OLV), display, and programmatic solutions, and maximizing client renewal rates.

What You'll Do

Commercial Growth & Account Ownership

• Identify and close high-potential revenue opportunities to grow our market footprint across Publicis agencies and brand-direct accounts.
• Navigate and establish deep, multi-threaded relationships across complex Publicis structuresfrom trading desks (PMX/APEX) and planning teams to executive leadership.
• Educate agency partners and brand clients on Teads' cutting-edge offerings across CTV, OLV, digital display, and programmatic advertising.

Consultative Strategy & Solution Alignment

• Align Teads' omnichannel product portfolio with the evolving business needs of Publicis prospects and clients to deliver tailored, high-impact campaign solutions.
• Partner seamlessly with internal cross-functional teamsincluding Insights, Customer Experience, and Technical Solutionsto execute flawless campaigns and optimize client satisfaction.

Pipeline Management & Operational Excellence

• Maintain a disciplined, accurate sales pipeline and pipeline hygiene within internal CRM systems to ensure precision in revenue forecasting.
• Review and analyze key operational and campaign inputssuch as RFPs, trade agreement margins, and performance metricsto optimize account growth and renewal rates.

What Will You Bring to the Team?

• Core Experience: 35 years of proven digital media sales experience, ideally focused on video, CTV, or programmatic channels.
• Agency Network & Domain Expertise: Strong existing network across Publicis Groupe agencies (e.g., Zenith, Starcom, Spark Foundry, Digitas) and direct advertiser contacts, paired with a solid understanding of CTV, OLV, digital display, and programmatic buying.
• Communication Skills: Excellent written, verbal, and presentation capabilities, with demonstrated skill in negotiating and influencing key agency and brand decision-makers.
• Mindset & Execution: Proactive, collaborative, and self-directed approach with comfort navigating a fast-moving, rapidly evolving adtech landscape.

What You'll Get

At Teads, your scope is bigger than your title. Here is what you can count on in return:

• Meaningful scope & real ownership direct accountability for driving growth across high-profile Publicis accounts with trusted autonomy.
• Global exposure and genuinely complex challenges at real scale reach 2.2Bn users/month across 18Bn ad opportunities/day.
• Smart, ambitious peers across 30+ markets in a collaborative, cross-border setup.
• A genuinely human culture high care alongside high accountability.
• Real investment in your growth structured mentorship, coaching, courses, workshops, certifications, and leadership development programs.

The pay range for this position is USD $200,000 to $250,000 annually including on target earnings. The actual amount offered may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, job-related knowledge, skills, and abilities. In addition to salary, you may be eligible for our competitive benefits and perks to support you and your family as part of Teads' total rewards package.

Life at Teads

At Teads, we don't just offer new roles - we blend creativity, technology, and data to shape the future of media. You'll work with smart humans, meaningful brands, and cool tools, all while helping redefine how advertising works in a world that demands more transparency, better insights, and smarter strategies.

As a Teadster, you'll play a critical role in shaping our future success in the region. Here's why Teads stands out:

• We've merged two open internet category leadersOutbrain and Teadsto create the 'new' Teads, a unified omnichannel platform that drives results from branding to performance across all screens, including CTV, mobile, and web.
• As part of our team, you'll thrive in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment that fosters innovation, creative problem-solving, and continuous learning.
• Teads is committed to your success, offering the support, tools, and development opportunities you need to excel in your role.

Our company culture is welcoming, dynamic, diverse, global, and built on top performance.

Teads is an equal employment opportunity employer and committed to diversity and inclusion at all stages of recruitment and employment.

Our team is made up of individuals who are approachable, resourceful, passionate, and proactive. We foster a sense of belonging through our Employee Resource Groups employee-led groups in which we debate topics and drive change: environmental, women empowerment, charitable initiatives to diversity, equity, and inclusion, you'll be able to share your passions with likeminded people.