Account Executive, Spotify
Emerging & Scaled
$67.4-96.3k
Plus equity. Plus bonus or commission
3 days a week in office
Commercial music streaming service
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Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$67.4-96.3k
Plus equity. Plus bonus or commission
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock the potential of human creativity—by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it
Role
Who you are
- We want someone who loves our product and wakes up every morning happy to interact with our clients
- You should be confident while staying humble
- Knowledgeable: 4+ years of experience managing a pipeline & driving revenue within a digital advertising technology organization. Expertise in audio advertising preferred
- Organized & self-reliant: You thrive while having to navigate varied demands on your time, rather than being told what to do in an environment free of distraction
- Articulate: You succinctly express your stakeholders’ needs, and your own, to others
- Intrinsically motivated: You want to be the best, but you’re more driven by beating your own prior top score than by reigning as the top scorer on your team
- Hungry: You’re excited to overachieve against targets
- Team-oriented: You’re keen to learn from peers, and share your own strengths & success stories to support others. You’re quick to credit others with wins; your team’s victory is your own
What the job involves
- Join the Sales team and you’ll build the relationships that help grow our business in existing markets and beyond
- We are seeking an outstanding Account Executive to join our Emerging & Scaled Sales team, a fast-growing unit within the Spotify ad sales organization
- This role includes strategic planning, expert product knowledge, storytelling, and client communication
- You work hard, but appreciate a healthy life balance
- Your work will impact the way we connect with Spotify advertisers and users, and will shape the way the world experiences Spotify, so operating with integrity, speed, and passion is invaluable
- Client Strategy: Focus on consultative selling, educating, and inspiring our clients to use Spotify to enhance their business objectives
- Business Development: Proactively source and engage customer relationships across the vertical and industry to build future pipelines
- Sales Propositions: Develop and coordinate effective sales propositions and practices for client interactions, sales, and services. Adapt to platform and ad product innovations by preparing key data, historical findings, and relevant research
- Sales Targets: Meet and exceed advertising revenue goals by taking ownership and applying an entrepreneurial approach to drive growth
- Strategic Insight and Reporting: Develop strategic insights and perform basic performance reporting for your market or vertical. Analyze campaign performance statistics and recommend enhancements to improve results
- Product Expertise: Maintain an in-depth understanding of Spotify products and developments. Use this knowledge to identify cross-selling opportunities aligned with customer business goals
- Pipeline Development: Track a high volume of complex conversations, utilizing software tools to prioritize activities and engagements
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with Product, Marketing, and Data teams to drive holistic strategies. Contribute to platform maintenance and efficiency as needed
Our take
Spotify was founded in an attempt to combat the rampant music piracy that was causing significant harm to the industry. The company has since taken music streaming mainstream and now has 180m+ paying subscribers across the world.
With features that include a highly accessible interface and a vast catalogue of artists, Spotify's strong brand has been able to maintain growth in spite of fierce competition from deep-pocketed rivals like Amazon and Apple. The company has achieved this by making smart acquisitions to move into other verticals to strengthen its offerings, especially podcasting, by acquiring Gimlet Media, Anchor and Parcast.
Spotify's future plans include rapid growth with a goal to become a one-stop destination for all digital sound, as well as AI and NFT integrations. However, high costs incurred from the acquisition of exclusive podcasts, increasing competitor strength, and weak bottom-line growth mean that the company must find a balance to maintain its position in the sector.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jan 2016
$1bn
CONVERTIBLE
Jun 2015
$526m
SERIES G
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company benefits
- Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse
- Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success
- Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents
- All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub
- Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs
Company values
- Innovative: We move fast and take big risks
- Sincere: We have no time for internal politics
- Passionate: We revel in what we do
- Collaborative: We recognise that we're all in this together
- Playful: We don't take ourselves too seriously
Company HQ
Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län
Articles
Leadership
Daniel Ek
(CEO & Chairman)Founded Spotify in 2006. Previously worked as an executive at Tradera, an auction company that was sold to eBay and was briefly the CEO of uTorrent.
People progressing
Joined as a Conversion Manager in the Growth Team. Promoted three times over seven years to Senior Director - Head of Growth.
Joined as a Customer Advisor. Since then has had the role titles Senior Advisor, Content Associate, Team Coach, and Operations Manager - Primary Support. Hurst is now currently the Business Operations Manager of Music.
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