Account Executive (AGENCY)

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE (PR AGENCY)

 

Job Summary: Notified is hiring an Account Executive on our New Logo Agency sales team focusing on PR agency sales. The Account Executive will be directly responsible for penetrating new agency accounts, building key strategic relationships and generating revenue through agency partnerships. You will be tasked with prioritizing assigned prospect agencies, selling into the accounts, and expanding and activating the agency channel. This is an excellent opportunity to be in a pivotal role at a rapidly growing company where you can make a huge impact and immediate name for yourself. 

 

Compensation

Account Executive:

75-96K base plus uncapped commissions. We also offer lucrative commission incentives for multi-year deals and for exceeding quota. Salary will be commensurate with experience and location.   

 

HYBRID (3 x per week in office):  Chicago / El Segundo / New York 

 

What you will do:

 

• Build and manage pipeline of self-generated agency opportunities

• Ruthless approach to time management and methodical approach to sales process and opportunity qualification

• Prioritize qualified sales opportunities and key prospects within assigned territory

• Execute sales cycle to penetrate the most promising agency accounts, generating net new revenue and relationships

• Identify and build multi-threaded relationships across the agency organization

• Establish reputation with assigned agencies as a trusted advisor with industry knowledge and the prospects solution needs

• Proactively identify potential needs of agencies, recommending best-fit solutions with a clear value proposition for the account

• Develop and maintain up-to-date expert understanding of Notified solutions and general understanding of relevant competitor solutions

• Research and actively identify emerging trends that influence Notified value proposition

• Build out and execute an agency activation strategy to grow newly acquired agency business

• Proactively manage pipeline; input, monitor, and update opportunities in a timely fashion

• Collaborate with Sales Engineering resources, as needed, to close the deal

• Identify and coordinate timely involvement of sales operations resources in the sales cycle to improve efficiencies

• Achieve assigned bookings quota

• Prioritize face to face meetings over remote meetings where possible

• Engage in networking meetings to develop market and influencer community 

 

What you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in business, information technology, or a related field
• 3+ years of sales experience specifically selling into net new agency accounts and/or selling into an existing agency book of business
• 2+ years PR/IR industry experience.
• Proven track record of achieving quota and achieving activity targets (KPI)
• Strong cold-calling, networking, prospecting and ability to close new deals 
• Self-starter with excellent time-management skills
• Superior relationship management and interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; including experience delivering compelling presentations to large audiences.
• Willingness to travel within assigned territory, up to 2 weeks a month. 
• Analytical mind-set and passion about our business!

 

ABOUT NOTIFIED

 

Best In Class!

• “Best Press Release Distribution Company,” MarTech Breakthrough Awards
• “PR Innovation of the Year,” Gold Stevie® Winner, 2023 American Business Awards
• “Marketing/Public Relations Solution,” Gold Stevie® Winner, 2023 American Business Awards

Who is Notified?    

We believe everyone has a story to tell and we’re passionate about helping people and brands amplify their stories across the globe. We are proud to be the number one provider of enterprise webcasting and investor relations content distribution, as well as a global leader in press release distribution. Our clients have used Notified to monitor