Senior Account Executive

The N2 Company; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 165,000 - 336,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Schedule

Uncapped Income Potential

Business Ownership Opportunity

Award-Winning Culture

Comprehensive Virtual Training

Meaningful Community Impact

Job summary

A community-focused marketing firm is seeking a Senior Account Executive to launch and grow Stroll in Springfield, Illinois. This hybrid role blends sales, ownership, and community leadership. The ideal candidate will have strong relationship-building skills and a motivation to support local businesses. With comprehensive training and a commission-driven structure, there’s significant income potential and the opportunity to make a meaningful community impact.

Qualifications

• Outgoing personality with an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Strong relationship-building and consultative skills.
• Motivation to help local businesses grow.

Responsibilities

• Conduct consultative meetings with local business owners.
• Build meaningful, long-term community relationships.
• Manage territory, sales pipeline, and publication operations.

Skills

Professional, outgoing personality

Strong relationship-building skills

Motivation to help local businesses grow

Consultative skills

Openness to learning

Education

High School Degree Or GED

Job description

This is an entrepreneurial sales role where you’ll own your local market, build community relationships, and grow a neighborhood magazine backed by N2’s national support system. If you’re a consultative seller who loves helping local businesses succeed, this role blends sales, ownership, and community leadership into one unique opportunity.

About The N2 Company The N2 Company helps small- to mid-sized businesses efficiently connect with affluent homeowners through high-quality monthly publications, targeted digital advertising, online media, and creative community events. Our portfolio includes 800+ custom publications across award-winning brands such as Stroll, BeLocal, Greet, Real Producers, Uniquely You, Salute, and N2 Digital.

Stroll Magazine delivers hyper-local content to desirable, affluent communities. Residents value Stroll because much of the content comes from, and is written by, the local community itself. Local businesses benefit by connecting directly with these engaged homeowners through advertising opportunities.

Position Summary

We are seeking a Senior Account Executive to launch, grow, and represent Stroll in your local community. This role combines relationship-driven sales, market leadership, and business ownership. You’ll operate like a local publisher: driving revenue, building partnerships, and shaping a publication that reflects the heart of your community, with the full training, support, and resources of N2 behind you.

This hybrid position involves a blend of in-person community engagement and remote work performed from your home office.

Who We’re Looking For / What You’ll Bring

• Professional, outgoing personality with an entrepreneurial mindset
• Strong relationship-building and consultative skills
• Motivation to help local businesses grow
• Openness to learning N2’s low-pressure, relationship-focused sales model
• Comfort with a commission-driven compensation structure

Your Day-to-Day / What You’ll Do

• Conduct consultative meetings with local business owners to establish mutually beneficial advertising partnerships
• Build meaningful, long-term relationships within the community using a proven engagement model
• Connect local businesses with their ideal customers through publications
• Engage with homeowners to capture authentic, community-driven content
• Manage your territory, sales pipeline, and publication operations with support from the national team
• Partner with N2’s national support team for design, production, training, and operational guidance
• Lead your publication’s growth and long-term success as the face of N2 in your market

Why This Role Is Attractive / What You’ll Love

• Flexible Schedule – Optimize productivity and work-life balance
• Uncapped Income Potential – Grow your income year over year
• Business Ownership Opportunity – Launch and manage your own publication
• Award-Winning Culture – Work within a supportive, nationally recognized team
• Comprehensive Virtual Training – Proven, repeatable systems to guide your success
• Meaningful Community Impact – Become a connector and leader in your local area

Income Snapshot

The average commission for the top 10% of Area Director franchisees with one publication is $165,399*.

The average yearly commission earned among the top 10% of the Reporting Publications (the 39 highest earning publications out of the 394 total Reporting Publications) in the Reporting Period was $177,692.00. Of this group, 14 of the publications (36%) earned Commissions greater than or equal to the group average, and 25 of the publications (64%) earned Commissions less than the group average. The median Commission earned by publications in this group was $160,913.00. The highest Commission earned by a publication in this group was $336,214.00. The lowest Commission earned by a publication in this group was $132,096.00.

*Your financial results may differ from those stated above. Important assumptions and qualifiers relating to this information can be found in Item 19 of our October 10, 2025 franchise disclosure document.

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REQUIREMENTS:

High School Degree Or GED

US Resident

Hybrid tag (not remote)