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Account Director, Brand

Role overview

Summary

This role is for managing a portfolio of Stacker brand clients, ensuring their success from onboarding through renewal. You will collaborate with various teams to enhance client experiences and drive results, focusing on long-term growth and visibility in media.

Qualifications

  • 3-5+ years in account management, client success, or a client-facing marketing role.
  • Experience owning renewals or a book of business.
  • Working knowledge of SEO, content marketing, or link building.
  • Comfort with analytics tools like Google Analytics, Search Console, Ahrefs, or SEMrush.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Run kickoffs to confirm goals and KPIs, and set expectations on submission timing and review.
  • Keep content moving by tracking pacing against contracts and following up on submissions and approvals.
  • Report on results by sharing performance metrics that connect back to kickoff goals.
  • Own renewals by starting conversations early and recommending upgrades based on results.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Communication

About the company

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Stacker

  • News & Publishing
  • Scaleup
  • 51–200
Stacker is a new media company excited by the future of journalism. Every day, our efforts center on developing new and more sustainable ways to produce, distribute, and fund great storytelling that contextualizes our world and drives impact for news publishers big and small. We do this through a number of ways—from our tech-forward storytelling method and freely accessible newswire, to offering a structured avenue for non-publisher organizations to participate and contribute to quality journalism.Our ultimate mission is to empower the world’s publishers: through a commitment to provide free access to great storytelling and by championing innovation in how journalism is done, we enable our national- and local-scale publishing partners to engage their audiences and focus on their own original reporting.As a bootstrapped company, we’re a resourceful team focused on building an inclusive, equitable culture around shared values of integrity, ownership, and collaboration. Building for the future is reflected in the way we work: we are remote-first, embrace flexible schedules, and offer competitive benefits and perks including unlimited vacation, an employee equity program, heath & dental coverage, and 401(k) matching.We’re always looking for curious, media-minded thinkers to join the team. We encourage women, people of color, veterans, people with disabilities and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

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Job description

About the Role

You’ll manage a book of Stacker brand clients, from growing startups to established mid-size companies, and own their experience from kickoff through renewal. You’ll report to the Head of Accounts and partner with an Account Coordinator, our Editorial team, and the Value Team.

Most of these clients come to us with a clear goal: more backlinks, more brand mentions, better visibility in search and AI answers. Your job is to get them up and running quickly, keep their content flowing, and show them what it’s producing. You’ll carry a quarterly renewal goal, and part of that is spotting when a client is ready for a bigger package.

About Stacker

Stacker helps brands and nonprofit newsrooms get their stories in front of more readers. Organizations submit content, our editorial team prepares it for syndication, and it’s distributed for free to a network of 3,000+ trusted news publishers. Clients get earned media placements, canonical links back to their site, and visibility in search and AI answers. We’re bootstrapped, remote-first, and growing, and we care about long-term results over short-term wins.

What You’ll Do

  • Run kickoffs: Confirm goals and KPIs, walk clients through the portal and our editorial guidelines, and set expectations on submission timing and review.

  • Keep content moving: Track pacing against each contract, follow up on submissions and approvals, and make sure clients use what they’ve paid for.

  • Help clients succeed with editorial: Explain why a draft needs changes, suggest angles that tend to get picked up, and loop in Editorial or the Value Team when a client needs deeper strategy.

  • Report on results: Share pickup, backlink, and search performance in a way that connects back to the goals from kickoff. Flag what’s working and what to try next.

  • Own renewals: Start renewal conversations early, address concerns before they turn into churn, and recommend upgrades when the results support it.

  • Stay organized: Keep notes, tasks, and account health current in the CRM so anyone on the team can pick up where you left off.

  • Make the team better: Share what you learn from clients and help improve our templates and processes.

What You’ll Bring

  • 3-5+ years in account management, client success, or a client-facing marketing role

  • Experience owning renewals or a book of business

  • Working knowledge of SEO, content marketing, or link building

  • Comfort with analytics tools like Google Analytics, Search Console, Ahrefs, or SEMrush

  • Strong written and verbal communication. You can explain a performance dip without getting defensive

  • Good organization. You’ll manage many accounts at once, each with its own timeline

  • Genuine interest in media, journalism, or how content gets discovered

Nice-to-Haves

  • MarTech, agency, or digital PR experience

  • Familiarity with GEO or AI search

Location

Remote (U.S.)

Why Join Us?

We’re a diverse team of storytellers committed to building a more exciting, innovative future for media and marketing. As a bootstrapped company, we’re resourceful, fast-moving, and focused on sustainable growth. Our virtual-first culture is rooted in trust, ownership, and collaboration, with a deep respect for each team member’s voice and value. You’ll be joining a company that’s serious about impact, and intentional about how we scale it.

Perks & Benefits

💸 Equity Program
🏖 Unlimited PTO
🏡 100% Remote
👶 3 Months Paid Parental Leave
💰 401(k) Match
🏥 Full Health & Dental Coverage
🛡️ Life Insurance & Short-Term Disability
🎉 Awesome Team Culture, Events & Retreats

Stacker is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage women, people of color, veterans, people with disabilities, and gender-nonconforming candidates to apply. We don’t discriminate based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic.

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