Decide is an AI-powered, performance-focused advertising platform that connects direct code on page premium publisher inventory with outcome-driven advertiser demand. We specialize in helping media buyers drive measurable performance by accessing highly engaged audiences across trusted editorial environments via proprietary units. Our engine, the Decision Marketplace, enables our proprietary AI agents to perpetually optimize within our ecosystem, ensuring every decision is calibrated for outcome driven real-time advertising.
Job Title: Strategic Advisor, Agency Partnerships
Reports to: Chief Revenue Officer
Status: 1099 Consultant
Decide has built a strong footprint across news, editorial and performance-driven inventory. In 2026, Decide is expanding its agency relationships to capture a larger share of media investment and reinforce our role as a trusted performance partner.
Role Overview
This pivotal 1099 Consultant position is designed for an experienced AdTech sales leader to drive high-impact revenue from Advertising Agencies. As an independent contractor, you will act as a strategic advisor and growth partner, leveraging your existing network to secure high-profile account presentations and close new business. This role focuses on securing and expanding managed service media budgets.
Key Responsibilities
- Vertical Leadership: Identify, prospect, and navigate the full sales cycle to secure budgets from agency trading desks.
- Strategic Budget Development: Partner with media buyers and agency stakeholders to design scalable media strategies that align with client KPIs, audience- targeting goals and timeline-driven campaign objectives.
- Performance Consulting: Collaborate with our analysts to monitor campaign performance against KPIs such as impressions, clicks, conversions, outcomes and engagement metrics and provide data-driven recommendations to improve campaign effectiveness and scale.
- CRM & Forecasting Discipline: Maintain accurate pipeline visibility, outreach tracking and forecasting while collaborating closely with internal sales and operations teams to support revenue growth objectives.
Qualifications
- Experience: 5-7+ years in digital media sales
- Digital Media Expertise: Strong understanding of media buying across digital channels including native, display, video, CTV and emerging formats, inclusive of the programmatic ecosystem, PMP execution, audience targeting and performance measurement.
- Relationship Expectations: Demonstrated access to established agency trading desks, media buying teams and campaign-level budget decision makers that can be activated within the first 90 days. Candidates should have a track record of opening doors, securing senior stakeholder meetings and translating relationships into measurable revenue outcomes.
- Executive Communication: Exceptional presentation, relationship-building and negotiation skills with the ability to operate as a trusted advisor to agency and media stakeholders.
- Consultant Mindset: Highly self-directed, entrepreneurial and comfortable operating independently in fast-moving election and campaign environments.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications or related field preferred.
Compensation Structure (Consultant Framework):
As an independent contractor, your compensation is designed to reward high performance and results-driven outcomes.
- Monthly Retainer: Dependent on qualifications and level of experience
- Commission Rate: 10% on gross revenue generated within 12 months from the start of each specific account, paid on Net 45 terms and upon payment from the client
values a diverse team. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis in our employment decisions. We welcome all to apply.
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