Account Executive, Mid-Market (DACH)

Reddit
Amsterdam, Netherlands
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in online media sales and managing client relationships in the DACH region.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in managing advertiser relationships and driving performance in the DACH region
    — “building the international ads engine outside of the US”
  • Individuals who have successfully grown revenue through strategic account planning and execution
    — “responsible for revenue quota of assigned book of business each quarter”
  • Professionals fluent in English and German who can navigate both languages in client interactions
    — “Fluent in English & German”

Things to consider

  • This role requires in-person work from the Amsterdam office, with no remote flexibility mentioned
    — “This role is required to work in person from our Amsterdam office”
  • Candidates should be prepared to advocate for clients and influence internal processes
    — “Communicate feedback on our sales processes, narratives, and products in order to advocate for customers”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to take ownership of client accounts and drive results independently
    — “take full ownership of strategic conversations, implementation & optimisations”
  • Emphasize your experience in developing and executing strategic sales plans to meet revenue targets
    — “Develop and execute strategic sales plans to meet and exceed revenue targets”
  • Demonstrate your data analysis skills by showcasing actionable insights from past campaigns
    — “Pull and analyze data to compile compelling and actionable insights”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • grow Reddit's international ads engine
  • onboard and grow advertisers
Typical background
salesmarketingadvertising

Skills & requirements

Required

SalesNegotiationCRM ManagementStrategic Planning

Preferred

Presentation SkillsMarket Analysis

Stack & domain

SalesAccount ManagementCRMCommunicationLeadershipProblem-solvingBusiness Development

About the role

Original posting from Reddit via Greenhouse

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.

The EMEA Mid-Market international team is responsible for building the international ads engine outside of the US, onboarding & growing advertisers to achieve their marketing objectives with proven solutions and at pace globally. This is an opportunity for you to be part of the team that expands the Reddit footprint: design the strategy, develop a high performing sales team and bring the magic of Reddit into new markets! We're looking for sharp, positive and motivated self-starters to help us build this team from the ground up! In addition to laying the foundation of the team

We're introducing a new role into our Mid market team that is end to end responsible to grow our book of business, managing both the pre and post sales journey of our clients. You will be responsible for your own book of Business, taking full ownership of strategic conversations, implementation & optimisations to grow the accounts. You will build & maintain a relationship at both client direct & agencies to meet their business objectives using Reddit's advertising suite. You will work closely with the wider Mid Market DACH Team to define best practices, treatments and process improvements that allow for more sustainable growth, efficiency or scale.

This role is required to work in person from our Amsterdam office. Reddit offer a generous relocation package.

Core Responsibilities:

Act as the CEO of your book of business, and take full ownership of strategic bets, revenue forecasting, and ensuring operational rigor. 

Generate advertising revenue from assigned clients via ad agencies and advertisers directly, ensuring their needs are met and exceeded 

Responsible for revenue quota of assigned book of business each quarter

Develop and execute strategic sales plans to meet and exceed revenue targets.

Own client meetings from agenda to final presentation, instilling confidence and setting all interactions up for success by appropriately setting client expectations, identifying outcomes, and communicating clear next steps

Act as the primary point of contact for clients to communicate major platform updates, releases, changes, and/or opportunities that will deepen or expand the relationship

Provide strategic, proactive, and consultative advice to clients in order to uplevel and grow the relationship; Identify areas of additional opportunity within existing client relationships, including new lines of business, and move them through to close

Communicate feedback on our sales processes, narratives, and products in order to advocate for customers and improve the team's effectiveness and efficiency

Implement & optimize campaigns ( with the help of account strategists) to meet our clients’ advertising objectives through performance-driven or awareness campaigns

Pull and analyze data to compile compelling and actionable insights to move your clients' businesses forward.

Recognize and represent client needs and asks to cross-functional stakeholders

Proactively and continually identify areas of improvement

Qualifications: 

5+ years of relevant experience in online media sales (platform experience preferred)

Strong understanding of the media landscape across the DACH region

Client-facing experience in advertising sales, account management, or paid social campaign management

Experience in monitoring marketing campaign performance, and make manual optimizations or strategic recommendations as needed

Experience in Pulling and analyzing data to compile compelling and actionable insights to move your clients' businesses forward.

Fluent in English & German

Users-first orientation

Positive outlook, team player

Demonstrated high achievement against sales targets

Motivated self-starter who thrives in unstructured environments

Solid understanding of customer marketing funnel and traditional marketing ecosystem

Experience working with Excel/Gsheets and delivering actionable insights

Understanding of digital measurement, tracking fundamentals and mobile measurement partners

Tenacious and entrepreneurial approach to working through product, process, and client challenges

Demonstrated ability to cultivate strong relationships with external partners

Benefits

Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support

Family Planning Support 

Gender-Affirming Care

Mental Health & Coaching Benefits

Private Pension plan with Employer-matching

100% employer-sponsored group medical plan  

Income Replacement Programs

Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off

Generous Paid Parental Leave

In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.

During the interview, we will collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, Professional and Employment-Related Information, Sensory Information (audio/video recording), and any other categories of personal information you choose to share with us. We will use this information to evaluate your application for employment or an independent contractor role, as applicable.  We will not sell your personal information or disclose it to any third party for their marketing purposes.  We will delete any recording of your interview promptly after making a hiring decision.  For more information about how we will handle your personal information, including our retention of it, please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for Potential Employees and Contractors.

Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve.  Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.

Source: Reddit careers (Greenhouse)

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