EDGE Career Center
Account Executive
EDGE publishes news and entertainment information targeted to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community. We are a rapidly-growing company offering benefits for full-time workers and a fun, diverse corporate climate.
The position of Account Executive is a Full-Time position.
Location: Boston, MA.
Responsibilities
Contact small- to medium-sized business looking to advertise to the LGBT community.
Identify, uncover, and develop account opportunities.
Develop sales strategies for new and existing accounts.
Up selling and leveraging business from new and established customer relationships
Provide account management after sale
Qualifications
Demonstrated relationship building skills that extend to internal team members in pre/post-sales.
Proficiency in all aspects of the sales cycle, including qualifying accounts.
Ability to understand products and effectively identify how it can provide value to a prospective customer.
Ability to work within a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
College degree or equivalent practical experience.
Experience in advertising or media sales.
Local market knowledge preferred.
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Excel, Power Point, and Word computer skills
Ablility to multi-task in a fast paced environment
Additional Information
Self-motivated, standout colleague, action-and-results oriented.
Extraordinary selling capability.
Ability to successfully work under tight project deadlines.
Ability to understand existing business processes as well as investigate and troubleshoot issues.
Demonstrate a repertoire of skills such as scheduling, prioritizing, organizing, planning, and problem solving.
This is an full-time inside sales position with salary, commission, benefits and bonuses. All applicants should submit a cover letter and a resume to Todd Paschen, EVP, tpaschen@edgemedianetwork.com
Compensation
Salary + Commission, based on experience
Apply now!
To apply, send your resume and cover letter to careers@edgemedianetwork.com. Please reference job code 000042. NO CALLS PLEASE.
