Account Executive, Teads
Small and Medium Enterprises
$90-130k
3+ days a week in office
Video advertising platform
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Video advertising platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$90-130k
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
Teads is dedicated to making ad experiences better for brands, publishers, and consumers.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years in AdTech, preferably at a demand platform
- Experience working with performance marketing clients (small & medium enterprise brands, direct response agencies)
- Strong understanding of performance advertiser goals: CPL, CPA, ROAS, CPI, RPC
- Proven sales track record in the digital advertising or programmatic space
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills
- High proficiency in English (spoken and written) is a must
- Familiarity with campaign optimization
What the job involves
- 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
- 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 management and tech teams to ensure seamless onboarding and campaign success
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of programmatic trends, competitor offerings, and client needs
- Meet and exceed revenue targets and business development goals
Our take
Teads operates a cloud-based end-to-end technology platform that enables programmatic digital advertising across a global ecosystem of quality digital media. The modular platform allows partners to leverage buy-side, sell-side, creative, data and AI optimization technologies.
The company partners with marketers and agencies, and has a mass reach for advertisers across some of the most well-known publishers in the world, such as Vice, CNN and BBC. After newly hiring talent into some senior roles, the company has enabled itself to switch focus towards providing more resources and service across some of the fastest-growing verticals such as automotive, retail, technology, telecoms, FMCG, travel, and luxury.
In 2025, it was announced that Teads had been acquired by Outbrain for $1 billion. This represents a significant step up for the two companies, which, combined, make the largest open internet business in the world. With an expanded reach of 2.2 billion customers, Teads and Outbrain will merge two of the richest contextual and interest data sets on the open internet.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2015
$13.6m
SERIES B
Oct 2013
$5.2m
SERIES A
Total funding: $49.9m
Company benefits
- Teads Summit - Every two years, all global team members come together to reflect on the previous year and plan for the upcoming.
- Training Program - Our training platform is available for everyone who wants to learn more about our products and offering. Mentorship and Buddy programs are in place in main regions.
- Wellness - A balanced approach to work and health is crucial in building a successful team, so we offer Teadsters gym memberships and healthy snacks at the office to support all aspects of working life.
- Work Hard, Play Hard - We’re not only friends in the office, Teads encourages all members to go to team activities outside of the office.
- Flexible Hours
Company HQ
Greenwich Village, New York, NY
Leadership
Bertrand Quesada
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Executive Director of Golog, and CEO of Ebuzzing.
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