Agency Lead

Pinterest Pinterest · Consumer · Chicago, IL · Agency Sales

This role is for an Agency Lead at Pinterest, focused on growing the US agency business by acting as the primary point of contact for Publicis agencies. The role involves leveraging executive relationships and ad platform expertise to educate agencies, drive revenue, and build advocacy. While the role mentions using AI tools for data analysis and efficiency, the core responsibilities are in sales, client management, and business development within the advertising platform, not in building or directly shipping AI/ML models or systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Establish Pinterest as a leading business driving platform for a US agency network
  2. Drive incremental and new business revenue within your book of business
  3. Act as the primary point of contact, escalation point and thought leader for your Agencies
  4. Build relationships at the c-level and educate agencies to master the Pinterest ad platform and maximize success for their partners
  5. Continually keep agencies updated with new Pinterest ad offerings so they can present new offerings to partners

Skills

Required

  • digital advertising agency and agency sales experience
  • media and related agencies on brand and performance advertising products
  • implementing sales strategies into the holdco and opco level of a media agency network
  • strong understanding of agency operating models and structures
  • working with executive-level business and marketing leaders within agency organizations
  • customer focus
  • managing revenue pipeline with forward-looking predictability
  • independent, business-focused creative thinker
  • excellent communication and presentation skills
  • attention to detail
  • bias for proactively resolving issues
  • Experience using AI tools to drive efficiency, generate insights, and improve the quality of business materials and client communications
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or equivalent experience

Nice to have

  • AI tools to drive efficiency
  • generate insights
  • improve the quality of business materials and client communications

What the JD emphasized

  • 10+ years of digital advertising agency and agency sales experience
  • 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