About Acast
Since 2014, Acast has been building the world’s most valuable podcast marketplace, creating the technology that connects podcast creators, advertisers, and listeners. Its marketplace spans more than 140,000 podcasts, 3,300 advertisers, and one billion quarterly listens. Crucially, those listens are monetized wherever they happen—across any podcast app or listening platform.

About the role
We are looking for a driven and passionate Key Account Manager for a 12 months parental leave cover to join our team based at our Stockholm office, with an on-site presence. 

The Key Account Manager will be responsible for managing their own portfolio of agencies and clients, and for driving revenue across our content partners. Podcasting is now a mainstream, reach-driving media channel, making the opportunity both large and exciting. Our ad tech is best in class, advertisers are increasingly investing in podcasting, and our premium content partners continue to grow rapidly. This is an amazing opportunity to join one of the most exciting scale-ups in the world.

Passion for podcasts is an absolute must.

What you´ll do

• You will be responsible for your own portfolio and grow revenue

• You have a strategic business mindset and are passionate about developing our clients’ business

• You will sell audio ads, sponsorship, and branded content

• You will work closely with the content team to understand commercial opportunities 

• You will liaise with our UK, US and Australian offices

• You will play an active role in all parts of the business - content, marketing, finance, and strategy

• You will write and create media proposals in excel, google slides and keynote

• You will be responsible for post-sales reporting and up-selling

Who you are

• An agile, fast-moving seller with a proven track record of driving revenue

• Confident in presenting, pitching and building strong commercial relationships
  A strong interest in brand storytelling and advertising

• Able to deliver results in a structured, timely and precise way

• An “anything is possible” mindset and a genuine love for pitching and closing deals

• Excellent English and Swedish communication skills

• Experience from fast-paced, revenue-driven media environments such as podcasting, radio, music streaming, video or digital publishing is highly valued

• A belief in long-term customer relationships and partnership-based selling
  
  

Culture 

Acast is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin or any of the other wonderful characteristics that make us different.

Culture is our number one priority as a business. We believe people come first, and we work every day to enable autonomy, continuous improvement and bring out the best in people. We’re global and have remote teams, so it’s even more important that we strive for an open, inclusive and caring environment where everyone feels visible and welcome. 

We consider ourselves a modern organization driven by strong values to create the best, most fulfilling and nurturing culture.

We very much look forward to finding the next great person to join our cause!