Account Executive (Sales Planner)

• The Account Executive is a quota carrying position; you will own the full sales cycle from building client and agency relationships to negotiating and closing deals.
• Work closely with your sales team to meet or exceed quarterly and annual revenue goals becomes Work closely with your direct seller and supporting team to meet or exceed quarterly and annual revenue goals.
• Act as a trusted consultant for your partners by recommending and putting together proposals that meet their marketing objectives and needs.
• Effectively communicate, author presentations/proposals, and demonstrate value of IGN to partners.
• Sell multi-platform solutions including: Desktop/Mobile Display/Video Ads, Native Apps, OTT, YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, Data & Programmatic.
• Provide comprehensive marketing campaign recommendations leveraging integrated sponsorships, digital video, social and efficiency media tactics.
• Ability to adapt quickly and evolve with the ever changing digital landscape, including learning how to sell and position new products and platforms.
• Ability to work cross functionally with departments and key stakeholders internally and externally.
• Ability to work efficiently and effectively under tight deadlines, while managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Act as an expert in the gaming and entertainment space by staying current with industry trends.
• Serve as the mentor and supervisor for Sales Coordinators and oversee post-sale campaign management and execution.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 3-7 years of digital media experience
• Previous sales or agency experience is preferred
• Excellent written, presentation and oral communication skills
• Ability to listen, adapt, and think quickly on your feet
• Excellent relationship-building skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PPT
• Ability to analyze data and use research tools (Google Analytics, Comscore, etc.)
• Ability to learn internal operating systems quickly with training (Adforce1, Salesforce, Trello, Google Analytics, etc.)