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Amazon Account Executive, Hardlines in Chicago, Illinois
Description
Amazon Ads operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising, offering an array of digital advertising solutions that enable customers to find and discover anything they want to buy. We help advertisers reach Amazon customers on Amazon.com, Twitch, Prime Video, and on millions of Fire TVs, Fire Tablets, and other Amazon devices. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do, including advertising. If you’re interested in joining a rapidly growing team working to build a unique, world-class advertising group with a relentless focus on the customer, you’ve come to the right place.
As an Account Executive in our Consumer Electronics - PC & Wireless team, you will be responsible for selling digital advertising solutions to Fortune 500 customers and their ad agencies. You will focus on growing our customers’ business and scaling the category’s domestic revenues. With your long-standing client-side and agency relationships within the Consumer Electronics, PC and Wireless world, consultative approach, and deep understanding of the digital advertising landscape you will act as a strategic partner to your assigned clients with the support of our operations and leadership team.
Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Deliver the highest level of sales and customer service to our clients
• Prospect, penetrate and create new relationships with clients
• Drive deals to closure in a new business environment
• Retain and grow revenue from existing advertisers
• Understand Amazon's display advertising opportunities and tools to help build relevant advertising solutions for our advertisers
• Utilize Sales CRM tools to track all pertinent account information and sales progress as well as forecast and prioritize to achieve quarterly and annual quota goals
• This role requires a minimum of three days working from the assigned office a week and will require travel as needed.
Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years digital ad sales experience
• Experience closing sales and generating revenue
Preferred Qualifications
• Demonstrated ability to perform well in a highly dynamic, rapidly changing environment.
• Experience selling digital or online media.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, as well as written and verbal communication.
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