Account Executive

Location: Chicago · Category: Sales & Business Development · Seniority: Mid-Level · Posted: May 20, 2026 · Verified: Sep 20, 2026

Role Overview & Description

This Account Executive role is responsible for managing and growing client accounts within the advertising technology space. The role involves selling The Trade Desk's programmatic advertising platform to advertisers and agencies.
Source & Transparency: This position was structured directly from the publicly accessible career portal of The Trade Desk. Details on the employer’s original job posting are authoritative. Polaris7 charges no placement fees and conducts no candidate screening.

About the company

The Trade Desk

thetradedesk.com

Independent DSP for omnichannel programmatic advertising on the open internet.

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