Firsthand

AI Brand Agents

AccountExecutive,AgencyPartnerships(AIBrandAgents)

$150–170k New York, New York, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Account Executive, Agency Partnerships (AI Brand Agents) at Firsthand. Skills: agency partnerships, AI Brand Agents sales, category creation, full sales cycle ownership. Expand Existing Agency Relationships (Farmer ~40%). Grow current agency footprint from a handful of active accounts into broader adoption across multiple client teams”

What You'll Achieve.

Expand from a few active agency relationships to multi-client, scaled partnerships; Consistently open new doors within agency organizations; Become a trusted voice on the agentic shift in marketing; Turn early-stage deals into repeatable, scalable revenue streams; Use data and insights to drive renewals and deeper investment

Industry & Context.

AI Brand Agents

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5–8 years of experience in digital media, ad tech, or SaaS sales, Proven ability to both grow existing accounts and generate net-new business (60/40 motion), experience selling into agencies (holding companies and/or independents), Experience selling emerging or complex products that require education (not just transactional sales), Data-oriented mindset, you can translate performance into a compelling story that drives repeat investment, Ability to navigate and influence across complex agency org structures, High ownership and urgency: you build pipeline, you don’t wait for it, point of view: you can simplify and sell a new concept clear

What You'll Do.

Expand Existing Agency Relationships (Farmer ~40%)

Grow current agency footprint from a handful of active accounts into broader adoption across multiple client teams

Build multi-threaded relationships across investment

search and innovation functions

Identify repeatable use cases and scale them across verticals and clients

Turn pilots into longer-term

revenue-generating programs

Drive Net-New Growth Within Agencies (Hunter ~60%)

Prospect into new client teams

and offices within existing agency partners

Open new lines of business across both independent agencies and holding companies

Create and manage pipeline from first conversation through close

Define and Evangelize the Category

Educate agencies and brands on AI Brand Agents and the broader shift toward agentic experiences

Clearly articulate the value of: Paid media brand agents

Agentic site experiences

The full “agentic journey” across paid and owned environments

Position the company as a category leader

Own the Full Sales Cycle

Partner cross-functionally with product

and leadership to close deals

complex sales cycles with multiple stakeholders

Use Data to Drive Growth

Translate campaign and product insights into clear

actionable narratives

Show clients why to reinvest

not just what happened

Build credibility through performance

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Build multi-threaded relationships across investment, strategy, programmatic, search and innovation functions within agencies; Partner cross-functionally with product, marketing, and leadership to close deals

Communication Scope

Clearly articulate the value of AI Brand Agents; Translate campaign and product insights into clear, actionable narratives

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