Account Executive, Cision
PR and marketing software
Job no longer available
PR and marketing software
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To use their software to provide prompt and professional resolutions that allow PR and Marketing professionals to focus on optimal communication.
Role
Who you are
- 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
What the job involves
- 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
- 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
- Be an absolute expert on our brand, business, and SaaS product
- Stay current on industry news and understand the social media landscape
Salary benchmarks
Our take
As marketing and PR continues to be digitised, software that helps streamline and make their communication more efficient is in high demand. Cision ranks amidst the top PR Software companies and boasts over 100,000 public relations and marketing professionals globally.
The company is well established as a Media and Influencer Targeting Software and has rapidly become the market leader. As influencers have become more plentiful and effective, there is a forecast growth of brand spend on influencer marketing. Tools such as Cision are therefore looking to be in higher demand.
It is a global enterprise with a vast team of over 2000 employees, making it a company able to deal with high-frequency requests. Cision is already ranked as a leader in the $3 billion communications intelligence software and services market. In February 2023, Cali Tran took over as CEO, having previously led the influential Brandwatch which was one of four high-profile acquisitions made by Cision between 2021 and 2023.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Career progression opportunities
- Dental and healthcare plan
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Learning Portal
Company values
- STRONGER TOGETHER
- BE REAL. BE YOU
- IMAGINE THE IMPOSSIBLE
- MAKE AN IMPACT
- OWN IT
Company HQ
New Eastside, Chicago, IL
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Leadership
Cali Tran
(CEO (Not Founder))Previously CEO at Brandwatch and Valassis and President at Centerfield and Vericast.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Cision
Jasmin Zamora (Director, Engagement and Inclusion )
- 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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