Advertising Account Director

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Milan
Hybrid
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AdTech • Big Data • Digital Media • Marketing Tech
Taboola empowers businesses to grow through performance advertising technology that goes beyond search and social.
The Role
Lead the advertising business in Italy, develop the account management team, build client relationships, and drive revenue growth.
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Realize your potential by joining the leading performance-driven advertising company!  

As an Advertising Account Director in our Milan Office, you’ll lead and grow Taboola’s advertising business in Italy, partnering with top brands and agencies to deliver measurable outcomes at scale. You’ll inspire and develop a high-performing Account Management Team while building senior client relationships and setting the foundation for expansion across Italy .

To thrive in this role, you'll need:
  • 10+ years of experience in digital advertising with a strong client-facing, revenue-focused background
  • 5+ years of proven leadership experience managing and developing teams
  • A strong track record of achieving and exceeding ambitious revenue targets
  • Expertise in managing premium brands and agency partnerships within Italy
  • Strategic mindset with the ability to identify growth opportunities and scale client business
  • A structured and analytical approach (proficiency with the Office suite)
  • Attention to detail
  • Curiosity, appetite for innovation and a passion for excellence

Bonus points if you have:

  • Previous digital performance marketing experience
  • Experience managing teams across multiple European markets.
  • Background in scaling books of business in fast-growth, international environments.
How you’ll make an impact:

As a Senior Advertising Account Director you’ll bring value by:

  • Lead and develop the Italy account management team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
  • Drive client retention and revenue growth by building senior-level relationships with key Italian brands and agencies.
  • Oversee onboarding, training, performance management, and career development for your team.
  • Champion client needs internally by partnering with Product, Marketing, and Technical Support to influence new solutions.
  • Represent Taboola at quarterly business reviews and strategic meetings with top clients.
  • Prepare the Italy business for expansion into broader Southern European markets.
Why Taboola?

If you ask Taboolars what they love about working here, they’ll tell you that they’ve been empowered to realize their full potential while growing and learning from and with smart and talented people. They’ll also share more about:

  • Adam Singolda, Taboola Founder and CEO says; “You can copy anything from another business but you can’t copy a company’s culture.
  • Well-being: With an office culture that’s international, social and supportive, Taboola offers very generous benefits including 25 days holiday, excellent health insurance, stock options to name just a few.
  • Work with some of the biggest names: We work with some of the biggest names in the business. Our publisher partners include Yahoo, Conde Nast, Fox Sports, NBCU, ESPN, CBS, and E! Online. Our advertiser clients include Wells Fargo, Honda, Pinterest, Expedia and Honda.

Ready to realize your potential?

Taboola is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity in all forms. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and believe such an environment is critical for success. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Learn more about #TaboolaLife on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, & the Taboola Life Blog.

About Taboola

Taboola empowers businesses to grow through performance advertising technology that goes beyond search and social and delivers measurable outcomes at scale.

Taboola works with thousands of businesses who advertise directly on Realize, Taboola’s powerful ad platform, reaching approximately 600M daily active users across some of the best publishers in the world. Publishers like NBC News, Yahoo, and OEMs such as Samsung, Xiaomi and others use Taboola’s technology to grow audience and revenue, enabling Realize to offer unique data, specialized algorithms, and unmatched scale.

Sounds good, how do I apply?

It’s easy, submit your CV by clicking the “Apply” button below. 

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
1,900 Employees
Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

Taboola empowers businesses to grow through performance advertising technology that goes beyond search and social and delivers measurable outcomes at scale.

Taboola works with thousands of businesses who advertise directly on Realize, Taboola’s powerful ad platform, reaching approximately 600M daily active users across some of the best publishers in the world. Publishers like NBC News, Yahoo, and OEMs such as Samsung, Xiaomi and others use Taboola’s technology to grow audience and revenue, enabling Realize to offer unique data, specialized algorithms, and unmatched scale.

Why Work With Us

Taboola is the best of both worlds: We're an established public company but operate like a startup! You're encouraged to express opinions and challenge the status quo. Employees constantly come together to support each other's wins, from leadership development programs and wellness offerings to catered lunches and celebratory diversity events.

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