Senior Media Account Executive - Sales Hunter Role - REMOTE - $150k Base - Influencer Marketing[...]

RevsUp; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 109,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading influencer marketing agency is seeking a Senior Media Account Executive to drive sales of high-impact social media campaigns with collegiate athletes. This role requires a proactive seller skilled in influencer marketing with a track record of building custom solutions for major brands. Join a dynamic team at the forefront of NIL technology and leverage your expertise in a fast-paced, growth-focused environment.

Benefits

401(k)

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Parental leave

Company equity

Performance accelerators in compensation package

Qualifications

• 10+ years of sales experience required, especially in media or brand partnerships.
• Strong background in building pipelines and client relationships.
• Creative and consultative approach to selling, not fixed on a product.

Responsibilities

• Sell custom influencer solutions to brands and agencies.
• Own the full sales cycle from prospecting to closing deals.
• Educate the market on NIL dynamics to maximize athlete engagement.

Skills

Sales experience

Influencer marketing

New business development

Consultative selling

Creativity

Job description

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Our staffing agency represents a privately-held Influencer Marketing Agency that is the world’s leading athlete marketplace and NIL technology company. They have enabled more than 10,000 brand campaigns and represent more than 100,00 collegiate athletes.

This 90-employee firm, which has signed lucrative deals with companies like Pepsi, Toyota, Peacock, and EA Sports, is seeking a Senior Media Account Executive to sell $50k to $500k+ influencer and social media campaigns to major brands and agencies. This is a work-from-home role, but you must live in a major media metro area.

Solution

Opendorse leverages proprietary technology and a seasoned team to provide full-service NIL campaign execution—managing everything from athlete discovery and contracting to creative approvals, payments, and post-campaign performance reporting.

This end-to-end solution enables brands to launch scalable, authentic influencer campaigns with athletes nationwide, quickly and compliantly, without requiring in-house NIL expertise or additional operational burden.

Role

* Individual contributor role, working from your home office. Up to 40% regional and national travel.

* $150 to $175k base, commensurate with previous revenue performance. OTE is double your base, and the comp plan is uncapped.

* Comp plan includes accelerators, 401(k), medical, dental, vision, parental leave, and company equity.

* You must have experience selling influencer marketing social media campaigns – this is a unique selling motion, and we need someone to ramp quickly.

* Bonus points if you are familiar with NIL, creator marketing, or digital/social media campaigns.

* You have sold custom or conceptual solutions; we don’t sell widgets here, we build unique solutions for each customer, based on their marketing goals.

* Top performers here use a disciplined methodology applied towards driving new business. Ideally, you will have experience selling with a methodology such as The Challenger Sale combined with a highly consultative approach.

* We’re looking for high-energy, driven, optimistic hunters – who want to blow past their quota and advance their careers!

Culture

* 3.9 Glassdoor, 73% Recommend to Friend, 72% Approve CEO.

* One employee writes, “You are truly cared about as a person and motivated to do great things. That is why their business works.”

* Hiring manager has worked for only 3 companies since 2012 and has been a top performer here since 2022.

* 2023 TIME100 Most Influential Companies. New CEO has previously scaled 3 companies that led to a large M&A deal.

Official Job Description

Our client helps brands connect with college athletes to create high-impact media campaigns that reach the most engaged audiences in sports. We’re at the center of NIL—one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic spaces in the sports media industry.

We’re looking for someone who thrives in a new business role—someone who’s energized by identifying opportunities, opening doors, and building meaningful partnerships from the ground up. You’ll be part of a small, entrepreneurial team focused on helping brands break into this space with thoughtful, creative campaigns.

If you’ve been a Senior AE, VP of Business Development, or media seller and you’re ready to break out into something more exciting than your current role—this could be it.

What You’ll Do

• Sell custom influencer solutions to brands and agencies that want to tap into the power of athletes, creators, and social media.
• Own the full sales cycle: Prospect, pitch, close, and grow new client relationships.
• Help educate the market on how NIL works—and how it unlocks new ways to reach fans through athletes’ audiences.
• Build and manage a pipeline of qualified leads and target accounts, with the support of a team behind you.
• Collaborate with marketing, data, and creative to craft smart, exciting campaigns that deliver results.

Who You Are

• 10+ years of sales experience, ideally in media, brand partnerships, or influencer/creator marketing
• Strong background in new business development — you’re proactive, resourceful, and comfortable building your own pipeline
• Confident pitching to brand marketers, media buyers, and agency leads
• Creative and consultative — you don’t need a fixed product to sell
• Driven, self-starting, and motivated by hitting targets
• Excited about working in the sports and media space and ready to grow with a fast-moving team

Bonus Points If You Have:

• Direct experience with national brands or major media/influencer agencies
• Familiarity with NIL, creator marketing, or digital/social media campaigns
• A network you can tap into quickly to start conversations

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Business Development

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Media and Advertising Services

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