Kickstarter

Account Executive

• Build and strengthen relationships with creators in Kickstarter’s community, connecting with promising businesses and individuals who could use Kickstarter to bring impactful projects to life.
• Track creator interactions using Kickstarter’s CRM, ensuring adherence to service-level agreements (SLAs) for curation and outreach support.
• Own relationships with top-tier creators in the category of focus, assuring consistent communication to retain their business and collaborating with Kickstarter’s creator success team to support their launches.
• Develop and refine category-specific educational resources in collaboration with internal teams to better support creators.
• Identify opportunities to educate and empower creators by sharing best practices, industry insights, and platform resources.
• Serve as the face of Kickstarter within the category of focus, working with Kickstarter’s Communications and Marketing teams to pursue press appearances as well as in-person and virtual one-to-many community development opportunities.
• Establish and strengthen relationships with institutions and partners within the broader creative ecosystem to build Kickstarter’s referral pipeline.
• Collaborate with industry stakeholders to expand Kickstarter's reach and visibility within key creative communities.
• Contribute to Kickstarter’s strategy for industry events, attending as a representative to engage with creators and industry audiences through networking and public speaking opportunities.
• Leverage events to connect with new and returning creators, positioning Kickstarter as the go-to platform for their funding needs.
• Own the strategy for category of focus, collaborating across the company to meet key targets for revenue, creator retention, and growth.
• Advocate for Kickstarter in a competitive funding landscape, identifying and pitching new prospective creators while working to re-engage and win back those exploring alternate funding paths.
• Gather market intelligence on industry trends and competing platforms to inform outreach strategies and positioning.
• Support the development and rollout of new product features and services by recruiting beta participants and driving adoption among priority creators.
• Serve as an internal champion for the needs of creators, surfacing feedback on product, policies, and user experience to internal stakeholders and collaborating across teams to enhance the creator experience.
• Utilize Kickstarter’s category-specific curation channels to showcase creators' work and collaborate with marketing teams to feature priority creators across brand channels.
• Develop strategies to highlight success stories and inspire new creators to engage with Kickstarter.

Account Director, Collectables – Comics