Job Description

Accepting applications until: 

29 November 2024

Job Description

Description
Account Manager (Audio)

Reporting of the Role
This role reports to the Regional Sales Manager – (Audio)


Overview of job

This is a field-based role supporting Local Sales, by selling our Audio product portfolio to new customers, and growing and retaining our existing direct customer base, across the private and public sector markets.

3 best things about the job

  • Exposure to a variety of industries; our portfolio has options for everyone, so you will be pitching to marketeers and business owners from all industries.

  • You will be responsible for handling your own marketplace, being in control of your own density and able to scope out your own niche.

  • You will be client facing ambassador of Global, representingthe coolest brands in audio, and the award-winning Digital Ad eXchange (DAX)!

  • Measures of success – 

    In the first few months, you would have:

  • Become an expert in the knowledge of our Radio, Classic and Digital products, inventory, and brands!

  • Be able to effectively plan and book a client’s campaign in our booking system.

  • Understand you own marketplace and develop a local contact list to grow the territory account base, and source new business. 

  • Responsibilities of the role

  • Develop an expert knowledge of the businesses within your assigned marketplace, working on contact leads provided, and developing a local contact list to grow the territory account base. 

  • Maintain and grow existing clients and ensure a clear growth plan is in place to grow revenues each quarter.

  • Understand the needs of your clients, identify the best possible marketing solutions for them and make valuable contributions.

  • Achieve the weekly face to face meetings and prebook meeting KPIs, ensuring all activity is recorded accurately in Salesforce.

  • Ensure activity enables the creation of opportunities each week that are working at your recommended revenue pacing level (monthly revenue target) and accurately forecast.

  • Grow an expertise in understanding Global’s full product base and how they can help clients achieve their campaign objectives

  • Ensure value is improved for all transactions avoiding high level discounting

  • Work in collaboration with the Campaign Hub and Creative Solutions teams by providing clear customer briefs, to produce compelling and innovative solutions.

  • Be able to effectively plan and book a client’s campaign in our booking system, gPlan and grow proficient in using our gLabs dashboard reporting suite

  • Invest in your self-development to stay on top of all internal communications such as Workplace, The Catch Up & Digital Bytes, plus attend all relevant training opportunities.

  • What you will need
    The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following:

  • Demonstrate a track record of success in delivering sales targets and KPIs.

  • Experienced in selling to small and medium businesses.

  • Previous sales experience working within a radio, outdoor or digital environment preferred but not essential.

  • A positive, confident and resilient approach, with the desire to self-source new business leads and meetings.

  • A high degree of self-motivation and autonomy, and to also work as part of a team

  • Good understanding of the pattern of the sale from opening to close

  • Excellent listening skills that establish client needs, build excellent rapport and put the client’s objectives first 

  • Ability to build a brief for the campaign support team 

  • Proficiency in planning systems and skills to build effective campaigns

  • Proficiency in Salesforce and be able to record activity at all stages of the sales process from lead creation to winning and booking business

  • Excellent in diary and time management to work the territory efficiently

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