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Cision is the global leader in consumer and media intelligence, engagement, and communication solutions. We equip PR and corporate communications, marketing, and social media professionals with the tools they need to excel in today's data-driven world. Our deep expertise, exclusive data partnerships, and award-winning products, including CisionOne, Brandwatch, and PR Newswire, enable over 75,000 companies and organizations, including 84% of the Fortune 500, to see and be seen, understand and be understood by the audiences that matter most to them. 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.
Account Director
Location
United States
Posted
115 days ago
Salary
$210K - $230K / year
Seniority
Lead
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Account Director
Cision
Role Description Cision is looking for an Enterprise Account Director to focus on retaining and growing our footprint within our most valued strategic customers. The position will sit under the Sales organization and is designed to focus on expanding our services footprint across your assigned account base consisting of mostly Fortune 100 type accounts. You will love to engage clients to share the value of marketing technology, data, analytics, and strategic services to build higher revenue streams with major brands. We want a person who understands how to oversee renewal and upsell programs in conjunction with customer success managers to continuously add value to our clients while growing their commitment to Cision. Reporting to the Regional Vice President of Sales, you will use your position to bring the best thinking to this important role to meet the needs of our brand clients, and deliver sustained revenue growth by developing and executing on strategic account plans. What you'll do: - Be assigned revenue targets in assigned key accounts, and meet other key account objectives defined by company management; - Establish productive, professional relationships with key personnel in assigned customer accounts; - Introduce new offers to existing users and expand our presence to new divisions and subsidiaries; - Develop a comprehensive understanding of typical business challenges faced by customers and common objectives to map Cision product features and associated benefits to address their needs; - Collaborate with marketing and pre-sales teams to build and launch upsell programs that highlight the value of new offers; - Work with internal stakeholders, including Product, Customer Success and Client Services teams to evangelize Cision’s product offering to clients, and meet customer expectations and performance objectives; - Introduce Cision solutions to additional client teams and groups to advance our position across key accounts; - Coordinate the development of strategic account plans with the customer success teams to align timing and sequence of sales processes in conjunction with renewal and retention effort; - Onsite travel to meet with your clients (minimum of 30% travel); - Achieve and exceed assigned sales quota in designated strategic accounts. Qualifications - 5+ years’ experience in sales or account management role; - Genuinely curious about how earned and social data can solve business problems; - Experienced in crafting and executing sales strategies to win business; - Ability to develop high level relationships across an organization in fortune 100 accounts; - Completely comfortable leading meetings in front of large groups and pitching offers; - Dedicated to teamwork and able to deliver in competitive sales engagements; - An exceptional communicator and relationship builder; - Drive to work autonomously and proactively in a remote work environment. Requirements - Experience working in digital, social, media relations and marketing, analytics research and insights teams; - Knowledge of the marketing technology sector including public relations, digital, social, marketing automation, data integration, attribution and consumer and market insight; - Prior roles in sales and account management. Benefits - Competitive salary range: $210,000-230,000 OTE; - Inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves; - Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience in sales or account management role;
- Genuinely curious about how earned and social data can solve business problems;
- Experienced in crafting and executing sales strategies to win business;
- Ability to develop high level relationships across an organization in fortune 100 accounts;
- Completely comfortable leading meetings in front of large groups and pitching offers;
- Dedicated to teamwork and able to deliver in competitive sales engagements;
- An exceptional communicator and relationship builder;
- Drive to work autonomously and proactively in a remote work environment.
- Experience working in digital, social, media relations and marketing, analytics research and insights teams;
- Knowledge of the marketing technology sector including public relations, digital, social, marketing automation, data integration, attribution and consumer and market insight;
- Prior roles in sales and account management.
Benefits
- Competitive salary range: $210,000-230,000 OTE;
- Inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves;
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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