Rolling Stone: Account Manager

Penske Media Corporation; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Assistance Program

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

401(k) with employer match

Employee discounts

Job summary

Rolling Stone is seeking an Account Manager to join the New York-based revenue team, reporting to the Vice President, Revenue Strategy & Operations. This role will serve as a key link between Sales, Marketing, Revenue Operations, Ad Operations, Program Execution, and our advertising partners.

You will manage the full lifecycle of advertising partnerships—from RFP responses and media planning through campaign execution, reporting, and wrap-up—and serve as the primary day-to-day contact for

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in account management or related digital advertising roles.
• Strong understanding of the digital campaign lifecycle from RFP through billing.
• Ability to manage multiple campaigns and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with clear client updates.
• Proactive, detail-oriented, client-focused with problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace; Salesforce/Prisma/GA/Ad Manager experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for a book of clients with proactive updates.
• Partner with Sales to develop media plans and RFP responses aligned with objectives.
• Translate sold concepts into actionable campaign plans with timelines and budgets.
• Manage campaign kickoffs, handoffs, pacing, and performance, solving cross-team issues.
• Create client-facing wrap reports using campaign data and insights for renewals.
• Maintain accurate campaign information and support billing reconciliation.

Skills

Account management

Digital advertising

Media planning

Sales planning

Client services

Cross-functional collaboration

Office & collaboration tools

Tools

Salesforce

Prisma

Google Ad Manager

Google Analytics

comScore

Job description

Rolling Stone is seeking an Account Manager to join our New York-based revenue team, reporting to the Vice President, Revenue Strategy & Operations. This new role will serve as a critical link between Sales, Marketing, Revenue Operations, Ad Operations, Program Execution, and our advertising partners.

The ideal candidate is a proactive, detail-oriented, and client-focused media professional who can manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. The Account Manager will support the full lifecycle of advertising partnerships---from RFP response and media planning through campaign execution, reporting, and wrap-up---while serving as primary day-to-day contact for active New York territory clients.

Rolling Stone values in-person collaboration and team cohesion, employees work onsite 4 days a week and 1 day remotely with a focus on maintaining a vibrant and inclusive culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for a book of clients, providing proactive communication, campaign updates, reporting, and deliverable tracking.
• Partner with Sales to manage RFPs, develop strategic media plans, and create solutions aligned with client objectives, KPIs, budgets, and buying behaviors.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to translate sold concepts into actionable campaign plans with clearly documented deliverables, timelines, budgets, contractual commitments, and measurement requirements.
• Manage campaign kickoffs, internal handoffs, status updates, pacing, and performance---proactively identifying risks and coordinating solutions across teams.
• Use campaign data and insights to develop client-facing wrap reports and identify optimization, renewal, upsell, and incremental revenue opportunities.
• Maintain accurate campaign information across internal systems, support billing reconciliation, and help establish scalable account management processes and best practices.

Required Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in account management, client services, media planning, sales planning, or a related digital advertising role, preferably at a publisher, media company, or agency.
• Strong understanding of the digital media campaign lifecycle, from RFP and media planning through launch, optimization, reporting, and billing.
• Proven ability to manage multiple campaigns, deadlines, priorities, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex campaign details into clear, client-friendly updates.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with exceptional attention to detail and a proactive, solutions-oriented approach.
• Collaborative and adaptable, with the ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment; proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace required, with experience in Salesforce, Prisma, Google Ad Manager, Google Analytics, and comScore preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working at a digital media company, premium publisher, or music and entertainment brand
• Familiarity with integrated advertising programs spanning digital media, branded content, social, video, print, and experiential activations
• Experience managing both agency and direct client relationships
• Understanding of digital campaign performance metrics, reporting, optimization, and brand lift measurement
• Track record of contributing to successful campaign renewals, upsells, and incremental revenue opportunities
• Interest in music, entertainment, culture, and the Rolling Stone brand

A good faith estimate of the salary range is $68K - $78k upon hire. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role.

If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors).

It's All About You...

PMC's comprehensive benefits package is thoughtfully designed to support every aspect of your life, empowering you to thrive both personally and professionally. We offer PMC-Paid Healthcare with no employee paycheck contributions on medical, dental, and vision for you and your family. PMC also offers Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care & Commuter), an Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance, Short- & Long-Term Disability, Paid Parental Leave, and a 401(k) Retirement Plan with an Employer match. Employees are also eligible to take advantage of company discounts and perks including Pet Insurance, Home & Auto Insurance, Mortgage discounts, and a variety of other savings on wellness, lifestyle, and financial essentials. As part of PMC's dedication to consistently meeting employees' needs, we have launched a new Flexible Vacation Policy. At PMC, we believe working in a highly collaborative, office-first environment fosters real-time communication, spontaneous idea sharing, and stronger interpersonal relationships that drive innovation and team cohesion. PMC prioritizes in-person collaboration and does not offer remote-only roles.

About Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone, the number one brand in music publishing, has been the leading voice of music and popular culture for 50 years. The multi-media brand features the latest in music reviews, in-depth interviews, hard-hitting political commentary, and award-winning journalism across many platforms including magazine, digital, mobile, social, and event marketing. Rolling Stone provides ''all the news that fits'' to a global audience of approximately 60 million people every month and publishes over 100 pieces of content every day.

About Penske Media Corporation (PMC)

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading global media and information services company whose award-winning content attracts a passionate monthly audience of more 500 million people. Since 2004, PMC has been a pioneer in digital media and owns over 300 live events, while reaching audiences across all screens. Penske Media is recognized, as one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America.

Our Companies & Brands

• Iconic Media Brands (PMX): Variety, Rolling Stone, The Verge, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, WWD, SHE Media, Robb Report, Deadline, Eater, Sportico, ARTnews, Fairchild Media, VIBE, IndieWire, SB Nation, ARTFORUM, POPSUGAR, Gold Derby, BEAUTY INC, Art in America, Punch, The Dodo, and more.
• Live Events & Experiences: The Golden Globes, SXSW, Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMs), Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs), Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, SXSW London, American Music Awards (AMAs), and Latin Music Week.
• Data & Analytics: Luminate, the premier music and entertainment data and analytics company.

Global Footprint

PMC and its subsidiaries are co-headquartered in New York and Los Angeles , with additional offices spanning 14 countries worldwide.

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