Account Executive

Aragon Advertising; New York (NY); Remote; USD 80,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote: Work from anywhere in US

Medical, dental & vision

Tax-advantaged accounts: HSA, FSA

Life & disability insurance

401(k) with automatic enrollment

Unlimited PTO

Paid holidays

Wellness & family support

Job summary

The Aragon Company, via Vibrant Performance, is hiring an Account Executive to own new-business sales from prospecting through close. This full-cycle, quota-carrying role requires building your own pipeline and guiding deals from first contact to signed contract.

You’ll operate remotely from anywhere in the U.S., develop proposals, negotiate, and ensure smooth handoffs to delivery, while expanding client relationships across our affiliate and performance-marketing services.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of full-cycle sales with self-sourcing and quota attainment.
• Strong discovery, proposal, negotiation, and closing skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; CRM discipline.

Responsibilities

• Own the full sales cycle from prospecting to close.
• Self-source opportunities via email, LinkedIn, calls.
• Understand goals, challenges, and economics to tailor solutions.
• Construct tailored proposals and address objections.
• Negotiate and close to signed contracts with quota attainment.
• Maintain accurate deal stages and forecasting in HubSpot.
• Ensure smooth handoffs to the delivery team.
• Identify cross-sell opportunities across services.

Skills

Full-cycle sales

Self-sourcing

Negotiation

CRM discipline

Forecasting

Communication

Tools

HubSpot

Job description

Our Mission & Values

The Aragon Company is a performance marketing agency on a mission to be an indispensable source of growth for our clients. We specialize in customer acquisition across finance, home services, fintech, mobile apps, insurance, and emerging AI-first companies, helping them scale through affiliate marketing, pay-per-call, and strategic traffic partnerships.

Our work is focused on client ROI and measurable results. Every role at Aragon contributes to performance, momentum, and growth.

Our Core Values:

• We are an accelerant to our customers' growth.
• We thrive in dynamic environments and move with agility.
• We are passionate about performance.
• We own our outcomes down to the smallest detail.
• We cultivate momentum and build forward.

At Aragon, you'll join a company building something bigger. We combine products, data, and marketing expertise to solve complex customer acquisition challenges. We invest in our people, promote cross-team collaboration, and recognize results.

About Vibrant Performance

Vibrant Performance is the affiliate partnership agency division of The Aragon Company. We help advertisers grow through Affiliate Marketing, AEO, Paid Social, and Pay Per Call.

Our agency specializes in finance and lead generation while also serving B2B, mobile app, subscription, and other businesses. We're a lean, fast-moving team that rewards ownership and measurable results.

The Opportunity

We're hiring an Account Executive to own new-business sales from prospecting through close. This is a full-cycle, quota-carrying role for a closer who can build their own pipeline, lead deals from first conversation to signed contract, and ensure a smooth handoff to our delivery team.

If you enjoy owning the entire sales process and want a direct impact on a growing business, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

• Own the full sales cycle: Manage opportunities from prospecting, discovery, and proposal through negotiation, close, and contract.
• Build your own pipeline: Self-source opportunities through outbound email, LinkedIn, calls, market and competitor analysis, and inbound follow-up.
• Run effective discovery: Understand prospect goals, challenges, and economics to recommend the right affiliate and performance-marketing solutions.
• Build and present proposals: Develop tailored proposals, present solutions confidently, and address objections.
• Negotiate and close: Lead opportunities to signed contracts and consistently achieve quota.
• Manage your pipeline in HubSpot: Maintain accurate deal stages, activity, forecasting, and reporting.
• Ensure strong handoffs: Transition closed clients to the delivery team with the context needed for a successful onboarding.
• Expand client relationships: Identify and pursue cross-sell opportunities across The Aragon Company's services.

What You'll Bring

• 3–6 years of proven full-cycle sales experience, including self-sourcing and closing your own deals against an individual quota.
• Strong discovery, proposal, negotiation, and closing skills.
• Confidence owning a revenue target and accountability for results.
• Strong CRM and pipeline-management discipline with accurate forecasting.
• Self-motivation, coachability, and the ability to thrive in a fast-moving, performance-driven environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to Have

• Agency, affiliate, or performance-marketing sales experience.
• Experience selling services, retainers, or other consultative offerings.
• Experience working with financial services or other regulated, compliance-sensitive industries.
• HubSpot proficiency.
• Familiarity with affiliate platforms such as Everflow, Impact, TUNE, Rakuten, or Partnerize.

How You'll Be Set Up to Win

• Clear ownership: Report to our VP, Affiliate Marketing, who provides pricing and scope guardrails and partners with you on strategy.
• Coaching & enablement: Receive dedicated sales coaching, training, and HubSpot enablement to accelerate your ramp and development.
• Direct impact: Clear revenue targets and a direct connection between your work and company growth.
• Career growth: Opportunity to progress into senior sales roles as the company scales.

Compensation

• Base salary: $80,000–$95,000
• OTE: Approximately $135,000–$160,000
• Commission: Uncapped
• Pay mix: Approximately 60/40 base-to-variable

Benefits & Perks

Full-time employees are eligible for a comprehensive U.S. benefits package, including:

• Fully remote: Work from anywhere in the U.S. with no office requirement.
• Medical, dental & vision: Aetna medical coverage, including no-deductible and HSA-compatible high-deductible plan options, plus MetLife dental and vision.
• Tax-advantaged accounts: HSA, FSA, and commuter benefits.
• Life & disability: Company-paid basic life and AD&D insurance, with voluntary supplemental life and short- and long-term disability options.
• 401(k): Retirement plan with automatic enrollment.
• Unlimited PTO: Flexible PTO after an initial 90-day period, plus paid sick leave.
• Paid holidays: Generous holiday schedule, including a company-wide year-end closure between Christmas and New Year's.
• Wellness & family support: One Medical membership, Talkspace virtual therapy, Employee Assistance Program through Health Advocate, Kindbody family-building support, and employee discount programs.