SmartNews
The Senior Account Executive at SmartNews owns the full sales cycle for net-new advertisers, building a pipeline through outbound prospecting and agency relationships. The role involves qualifying, pitching, negotiating, and closing deals while developing new advertiser relationships across target industries. This position requires consistently achieving sales targets and maintaining a healthy pipeline through accurate forecasting and reporting.
SmartNews is a free news app that aggregates the latest information from roughly 3,000 media sources, delivering updates across politics, economy, entertainment, weather, health, and more. It curates content to surface the topics you care about from a vast information network, providing timely coverage from a wide range of outlets. The platform is mobile-first, offering easy access via its app and website for quick, digestible news consumption. Positioned as a comprehensive news aggregation service, SmartNews delivers broad, up-to-the-minute information to readers in Japanese and beyond.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
View leadership team, funding history,
and employee contacts for SmartNews.