What are the responsibilities and job description for the Publisher Development Executive position at Nova?
Summary
Nova is seeking a Publisher Development Executive to serve as a strategic, client-facing partner responsible for driving revenue growth across a targeted portfolio of digital media owners and streaming companies. This role is ideal for a seasoned digital media sales professional with deep sell-side relationships and a strong understanding of programmatic and omnichannel media.
The ideal candidate brings 7–10 years of experience in digital media sales or platform roles and thrives in a consultative, growth-oriented environment.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Publisher teams including Sales, Branded Content and Video to drive adoption of Nova's products
- Enable decision-makers to drive better client outcomes using Nova’s creative tools
- Identify and unlock new growth opportunities across teams, geographies, functions, use cases, and applications
- Serve as the internal advocate for client needs, acting as the “voice of the customer”
- Lead and negotiate commercial terms and partnership agreements
- Own and conduct Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) for top-tier clients, including content creation and presentation
- Lead Monthly Account Performance Reviews in partnership with Customer Success Managers
- Maintain accurate activity, pipeline, and revenue reporting within Nova’s CRM
Qualifications
- 7 years of experience in advertising technology or digital media sales environments (10 years preferred)
- Strong working knowledge of programmatic media and the broader advertising ecosystem
- Proven ability to build relationships and uncover growth opportunities within the publishing community
- Demonstrated success integrating products into client technology stacks or workflows in durable, “sticky” ways
- Clear strategies for remaining top-of-mind and relevant in highly competitive, vendor-dense publisher environments
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with a bias toward proactive problem solving
- Track record of driving customer success, revenue growth, and long-term client relationships through credibility, efficiency, and domain expertise
Culture & Benefits
- Work From Anywhere: Fully remote with no physical offices
- Unplug: Minimum of four weeks of paid vacation per year
About Nova
For over 12 years, Nova has provided creative advertising technology to hundreds of media companies worldwide. Nova’s mission is to make it easy to deliver high-performing ads across every digital channel.
Nova enables brands and agencies to repurpose social-first display and video creative—originally built for walled gardens like Facebook and Instagram—and activate it programmatically at scale across the open web.
In the past year alone, more than 5,000 brands—including Amazon, American Express, L’Oréal, McDonald’s, Microsoft, P&G, Samsung, Spotify, Starbucks, and Walmart—ran over 12,000 campaigns across 30 countries using Nova’s platform.