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Account Executive, Local and Government

Location: Chicago

Team: Sales & Account Management

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This position is based in Chicago, IL; Ann Arbor, MI or San Francisco, CA.

The area: Large Customer Sales

The regional Large Customer Sales (LCS) teams partner closely with our major advertising clients and agencies to develop digital solutions that build our clients' businesses and brands. We are in a unique and exciting position to shape how marketing and business is conducted in the digital age. We generate revenue from across Google's broad range of solutions, from Google AdWords, to YouTube, to Mobile, that help our customers connect instantly and seamlessly with their audiences and get the most out of the web.

The role: Account Executive, Local and Government

Reach for new revenue-generating heights as a Sales Googler. Businesses that partner with Google come in all shapes, sizes and market caps, and no one Google advertising solution works for all. Your knowledge of online media combined with your communication skills and analytical abilities shapes how new and existing business grow. You leverage your entrepreneurial drive to target, educate and persuade new customers to embrace Google's latest advertising products and technologies. Using your influencing and relationship-building skills, you provide Google-caliber client service, research and market analysis. You anticipate how decisions are made, understand the details of individual campaigns and persistently explore and uncover the business needs of your key clients. Working with them, you set the vision and the strategy for how their advertising can reach thousands of users.

As a Google Account Executive, you'll help to provide integrated, cross-platform advertising solutions. Google has become a leader in this space because we've developed effective products and services targeted to marketers and consumers. The primary responsibility of the Account Executive is to drive and grow new business revenue with Google’s top advertisers. You'll manage business relationships to ensure that your clients' needs and requirements are met. This will require you to serve as their advocate within Google while collaborating with other Google teams to provide them with a comprehensive portfolio of solutions and options. This is a high-adrenaline, client-facing sales role requiring deep industry expertise, proven sales ability with a particular penchant for closing deals, and a broad base of industry contacts. You understand and anticipate how decisions are made, and you will persistently explore and uncover the business needs of your key clients.

Responsibilities:

  • Work collaboratively with a team to drive revenue growth with new and existing customers.
  • Develop high-level relationships to serve as a trusted consultant with major customers to optimize their advertising expenditures.
  • Generate business plans to define your selling strategies and tactics.
  • Manage multiple cross-product opportunities and projects.

Minimum qualifications:

  • BA/BS degree (In lieu of degree, 4 years relevant work experience).
  • 5 years of experience in advertising sales, marketing, consulting, or media.

Preferred qualifications:

  • 8 years relevant experience in digital advertising sales.
  • Experience working with Fortune 500 advertisers, agencies, and/or clients.
  • Knowledge of and established relationships within the advertising industry and the relevant industry vertical.
  • Knowledge of traditional as well as contemporary/online marketing tactics and strategy.
  • A deep understanding of the industry's issues, a vision for its growth, and a commitment to advance Google's forward-looking strategies within the marketplace.
  • Willing to travel.

The Big Picture

Chicago office

At Google Chicago, our engineers develop products used by people around the world, and our sales teams help advertisers big and small engage their target markets. We don’t shy from the heavy lifting - pretty fitting, in the City of Big Shoulders.

Location: Chicago

Sales & Account Management

Transform the way companies interact with customers and help businesses grow.

Team: Sales & Account Management

Account Executive, Local and Government

Location: Chicago

Team: Sales & Account Management

Apply now

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