Roku · 1 week ago
Account Manager - Political, Advocacy & Government
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$85K/yr - $93K/yr
3+ years expRoku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, aiming to connect the entire TV ecosystem. The Account Manager role acts as a strategic partner to clients in the Political, Advocacy & Government Ads vertical, ensuring the success of advertising campaigns through effective communication and collaboration with internal teams.
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Responsibilities
Serve as the lead day-to-day point of contact for Roku’s clients in the Political, Advertising and Government spaces
Manage high volume accounts with very quick timelines while still forging strong client relationships, understanding their objectives, and proactively driving renewals and upsell opportunities
Maintain exceptional attention to detail while multitasking across clients, often shifting priorities in real time based on breaking news or campaign needs
Collaborate with Account Executives and Sales Planners to review and respond to RFPs (Request for Proposals) for your assigned accounts with comprehensive media plans and inventory forecasts
Support Account Executives on client meetings, including presenting insights, data, and campaign metrics during meetings and/or QBRs
Be an expert on Roku’s unique ad products with support from Measurement, Analytics, and Product teams to provide the best value to our clients to achieve their advertising goals
Serve as the liaison between the client, Roku’s Sponsorships and Design team, and ad operation teams – support Roku Best Practices & Ad Guidelines on design and approach for assets
Responsible for ensuring campaigns launches are seamless and on time. Regular and constant communication with clients and internal teams to confirm creative asset collection, campaign setup and activation
Frequent monitoring and reporting of campaigns to ensure they are performing and pacing toward client KPIs. Provide status updates and reporting to key stakeholders (AEs and clients)
Exceptional troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills, along with a strong ability to collaborate cross-functionally with Ad Operations and other business operations teams on campaign activations and optimizations
Own the creation and presentation of campaign report deliverables including pacing reports, custom performance insights, and end of flight wrap decks. Craft persuasive narratives with data driven storytelling to engage and upsell clients to drive incremental revenue
Support the Finance team to ensure campaigns are properly invoiced each month and work with clients to receive timely payments
Well organized and detailed-oriented individual with the ability to prioritize, multitask, and meet deadlines
Execute across a variety of media types including Direct IO, PG, and PMP campaigns
Qualification
Required
3-5 years of experience in account management/client services at an ad tech company or media planning at an agency
Experience working with major political campaigns and/or political advertisers for at least 1 election cycle
Experience in media planning and crafting or responding to RFPs preferred
Experience in display, video and CTV advertising with a premium publisher, agency, ad network, or data vendor
Hands on experience in Programmatic video executions, workflows, and troubleshooting--particularly within a DSP, Ad Exchange or SSP (ex: TTD, Yahoo DSP, DV360, Stackadapt, Magnite)
Understanding of PMP and PG deals and how to troubleshoot & optimize them
Proficiency in ad serving platforms and understanding of how tags function (ex: DCM/GCM, ExtremeReach, Innovid, etc.)
Reporting intelligence with Salesforce, Excel, PowerPoint & Tableau
Comfortability in working within campaign data sets, finding actionable insights through analysis and data visualization techniques, and presenting them to a client in a clear compelling narrative
Analytical, project management, deadline-driven, and process-oriented personality
Strong desire for collaboration, creative brainstorms and proactive client engagement
Strong & persuasive communication skills, both verbal and written
Self-starter, comfortable working in fast-paced, growing environment
Benefits
Incentive compensation/commissions
Health insurance
Equity awards
Life insurance
Disability benefits
Parental leave
Wellness benefits
Paid time off
Healthcare (medical, dental, and vision)
Life
Accident
Disability
Commuter
Retirement options (401(k)/pension)
Company
Roku
Roku develops video streaming devices that provide users access to Internet-streamed video or audio services.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Roku has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (120)
2024 (166)
2023 (81)
2022 (279)
2021 (195)
2020 (107)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$220.61MKey Investors
News CorpFidelityGlobespan Capital Partners
2017-09-28IPO
2015-11-09Series H· $45.5M
2015-11-01Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Preston Smalley
VP of Viewer Product
T
Thomas Dodson
Vice President of Platform Operations
Recent News
2026-01-19
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