Nielsen

Account Executive – Agency Sales

Nielsen

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • New York

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Salary

💰 $81,730 - $136,180 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Position Overview: drive sales of Nielsen’s Audience Measurement products and services to U.S. Advertising Agencies; manage client relationships by supporting existing products, conducting meetings and discovering new opportunities and uncovering net-new clients and opportunities.
  • Sales and Business Development: develop and execute strategies to acquire, retain, and grow relationships with advertising agencies in an assigned territory; develop and manage a sales pipeline, identifying new business opportunities while maintaining and growing existing client relationships; conduct in person and video sales meetings; understand client needs and leverage Nielsen’s audience measurement solutions to provide actionable insights and recommendations; achieve sales and strategic objectives, including revenue targets and KPIs, by promoting Nielsen's data services to clients.
  • CRM Management: Maintain a detailed and accurate sales pipeline in Salesforce, ensuring data integrity for sales reporting and forecasting; Deliver collaborative solutions through the use of Nielsen’s audience measurement tools to solve strategic marketing and advertising challenges.
  • Collaboration and thought leadership: Collaborate with internal teams, including Client Success, Analytics, Product, Sales Operation and Data Science; Represent Nielsen at industry events, client meetings, and conferences, positioning the company as a thought leader in audience measurement.

Requirements

  • A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of professional experience in a sales or business development role, within the advertising, digital media, or data-driven marketing industries.
  • Proven experience selling in the media industry.
  • Sales experience with audience measurement services or data-driven marketing solutions to brands, agencies and media planners is a plus.
  • Ability to understand client needs and craft tailored solutions that leverage Nielsen's audience measurement tools.
  • Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple opportunities in a fast-paced, high-growth environment under tight deadlines.
  • Knowledge of Salesforce is a plus.
  • A collaborative spirit, growth mindset, team player, eager to learn and grow and self-motivated.