
Account Executive
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Act as a thought partner on behalf of Samba with industry-leading agencies and brands as they look to evolve their TV, Video, and Marketing strategies through more effective use of data.
- Sell SambaTV's suite of advertising, measurement, and research/analytics solutions to brands advertisers and their agencies.
- Prospect, qualify, close and scale revenue-generating relationships with advertisers and agencies within a territory or vertical
- Persuasively communicate Samba TV's offerings and unique value proposition to advertisers and agencies via email, phone and in-person presentations and discussions
- Collaborate with internal teams, including account management and programmatic consultants to deliver proposals that exceed advertiser and agency marketing objectives and expectations
- Deliver exceptional customer service and insight led learnings that will ensure you deepen relationships and keep your customers coming back for more!
- Develop and maintain relationships at all personnel levels within agencies and brands, demonstrating a thorough understanding of the account's organization, needs and revenue potential
- Meet or exceed quarterly sales goals against an account list
- Work with cross-functional teams internally to ensure campaign success and growth of partnerships
- Help develop local marketing initiatives and participate in industry events, ultimately becoming a regional knowledge leader on cross-platform ad synchronization and retargeting.
- Experience working across Dentsu network agencies required; familiarity with Omnicom agencies is a plus
- Demonstrated ability to perform against quota and excel in a highly competitive market
- Bachelor's degree
- A thirst for learning and a desire to continually improve yourself as a customer-facing sales professional
- Hunger to succeed and a desire to work hard to achieve both personal and professional goals
- Proven sales success with a minimum of 2+ years total experience in advertising, digital media, mobile or internet technology sales
- Demonstrated strategic, consultative and analytical sales approach with a focus on building partnerships with clients
- Customer-focused leadership with excellent communication, networking and negotiation skills
- Willingness to travel to outside markets if required
- Knowledge of the TV/online/mobile advertising industry and data a plus
- Willingness to entertain clients during evenings and occasionally weekends
- Strong references with partners, customers and colleagues
- Existing, current relationships with media-buying / decision-makers favoured