A foundational AI lab is training its model on agency-grade presentation work, and needs account directors to write, grade, and repair the decks it produces. You'll work across pitch decks, campaign recommendations, results readouts, and RFP responses, judging them the way a client-facing lead would before a room full of marketers sees them.

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What the work actually involves

Ethos is staffing this for a frontier lab that has decided generic slide output isn't good enough — it wants decks that hold up in a new business pitch. Day to day you'll do some mix of three things: writing reference decks from a brief (the gold standard the model learns from), evaluating model-generated decks against a rubric and explaining in writing exactly where the argument or the craft breaks down, and rewriting weak output into something you'd actually put in front of a client.

The task types mirror the agency calendar: client pitch decks, campaign recommendation presentations, quarterly and campaign results readouts, annual planning decks, new business RFP responses, and creative presentation support. Expect to be asked things like "does this results readout bury the bad quarter?" or "is this recommendation actually supported by the data on slide 9, or is it asserted?" Your written rationale matters as much as your score — the rationale is the training signal.

What the screen looks for

Real agency tenure, named. Five-plus years in account management at a recognized advertising, media, or communications agency. Screeners probe for specific accounts, pitch outcomes, and where you sat in the pitch hierarchy.
Craft, not just strategy. Slide-level command of PowerPoint or Google Slides — build order, data viz choices, hierarchy, the discipline of one idea per slide.
Evaluative writing. Can you say why a deck fails in three sentences a stranger could act on? Vague praise and vague criticism both score badly.
Judgment under ambiguity. Many tasks have no clean answer; the platform wants to see you name the tradeoff rather than pick a side and hide the cost.

Logistics

Fully remote and asynchronous, with work claimed from a queue on your own schedule. The stated commitment is 5–20 hours per week, with more available if you want it. Pay is observed at $70/hour for this cohort — rates vary by task type and tenure and are not guaranteed. The interview process includes an AI voice screen; expect follow-up questions that push on whatever you just said rather than moving to a fresh topic.

Agency Account Director

What the work actually involves

What the screen looks for

Logistics

Interview prep — 10 questions