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Account Executive
London, England, United Kingdom
At Cision, we believe in empowering every individual to make an impact. Here, your voice is heard, your ideas are valued, and your unique perspective fuels our collective success. As part of our global team, you'll thrive in an environment that champions curiosity, collaboration, and innovation, all while making meaningful contributions to the brands we accelerate.
Join us in shaping the future of communication and building authentic connections that matter. Whether you're solving complex problems or driving bold innovations, your growth is our success, and together, we’ll create the conversations of tomorrow.
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Account Executives (AE) play a huge role in the sales process.
In this role, you'll have the opportunity to impact the growth of our business by closing new business deals. The role focuses on identifying client needs and showing them how our platform can work for them.
You will be responsible for reaching out to potential clients to learn their current pain points with social media and sell our solution. If you consider yourself a high performer, with a proven track record in sales combined with a solid understanding of social media, then you might be our next Account Executive.
What you will do:
- Be our resident expert in social at Brandwatch by calling on new business, running demos and selling our solution
- Actively build, maintain and grow your own pipeline
- Manage the entire sales process from initial contact to hand off
- Meet and exceed quarterly targets
- Close provided warm leads from Inbound and Lead Generation
- Have a consultative approach
- Bring your swagger and have an opinion
- Become an expert on our brand, business, and SaaS product
- Stay current on industry news and understand the social media landscape
What you will have:
- 3-5 years proven sales success (mid-market SaaS experience)
- Solid understanding of social media and/or digital marketing
- Fluent in written and spoken English
- Team player attitude, eager to be part of an ambitious team
- Exceptional ability to organise work and tasks
- Experience with new business sales
- You are motivated to take on the challenge of new sales and are hungry to meet your goals
- Ability to thrive in a performance oriented international environment with short or long sales cycles
As a global leader in PR, marketing and social media management technology and intelligence, Cision helps brands and organizations to identify, connect and engage with customers and stakeholders to drive business results. PR Newswire, a network of over 1.1 billion influencers, in-depth monitoring, analytics and its Brandwatch and Falcon.io social media platforms headline a premier suite of solutions. Cision has offices in 24 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA and APAC. For more information about Cision's award-winning solutions, including its next-gen Cision Communications Cloud®, visit www.cision.com and follow @Cision on Twitter.
Cision is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and perform at their best. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion is vital to driving our culture, sparking innovation and achieving long-term success. Cision is proud to have joined more than 600 companies in signing the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ pledge and named a “Top Diversity Employer” for 2021 by DiversityJobs.com.
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